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Burncycle

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My current computer is an eMachines... 2ghz celeron, GeForce 2 MX 400 64mb PCI. Even the PSU is a modest 250 watt...

The video card is almost dead, maybe HL2 did it... regardless, this doesn't have an AGP slot, much less a PCI-E, so it was a dead end. Instead of trying to replace the video card, I figured it was time for a new computer, and I've been wanting to build one for a while.

I'm not a big overclocker, and I'm not looking for cutting edge top of the line since I'm shooting for about a $1,200 budget, but I do play games and wanted something that will serve for the next few years and has room to grow.

-NF4 EVGA Motherboard (Came with video card)
-EVGA GeForce 7800 GT (Video Card / Motherboard bundle)
-AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San Diego (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan)
-2 GB (2 pcs 1 GB) DDR (400) PC-3200 Corsair (TWINX2048-3200PT)
-Thermaltake TR2TT A4014 CPU Cooler for AMD 939/940 Heatsink-w-Fan
-Shin-Etsu G765 (syringe) .35gm Thermal Grease
-Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA3G 16MB Cache 7200 RPM
-Cooler Master CAC-T05UW Centurion 5 ATX Midtower w/ no PS
-Antec True Power 2 550 SLI ATX 2.01 550 watt Power Supply
-Plextor PX-740A/SW CD/DVD

It came in just under $1,200 overall

Here's a review of the Mobo: http://www.gamergod.com/article.php?article_id=3161
It's supposed to support SLI and dual core. I didn't opt for that this time around due to the budget, but hopefully that will give me some room to expand.

Does it sound alright?
 
I just realized the mobo doesn't appear to be an 'ultra'
Does that mean it won't be able to use the SATA 3G hard drive? Will it still work, just in regular SATA mode, or is it not compatible at all?
 
I have the same motherboard and hard drive and it works fine, I think it's in SATA II but I'm not sure lol.
 
I'd go X2 (if you want to run stock speeds) or Opteron (if I wanted to overclock) if I could squeeze the extra $ out, that is what was recommended to me :) You could drop the Thermaltake heatsink/fan and save a little toward the dual core that way.

You could also go with a BenQ 1655 drive (which is a great drive) instead of the Plextor and save some more cash toward the dual core... but dang those Plextor's are awesome :)
 
Wow, very similar to what I'm jjuuuust about to buy! Also upgrading from something near my current rig, an eMachines 1.5GHz, 512ram (added 256) with 128mb GeForce 5600 Ultra (added that).

You plan to upgrade to SLI in the future? Looks like your covered there.

All I have to suggest is that you take a look at my case, it's setup inside differently than most which adds some bling to your thing.
 
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