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I think I've finished planning out the computer I'm going to build. It will be used mostly for gaming. This will be the first computer I've ever built:

- CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (part of combo deal with motherboard - more
info at link below under "Combo Deals")
- Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon X1800XT 512MB ($299)
- Hard Drive: Western Digital 250GB 16MB Cache SATA ($79.99)
- Memory: Patriot 1GB (2 x 512GB0 184-Pin DDR SDRAM ($66.16)
- Motherboard: ASUS A8R-MVP Crossfire ATX ($189.99, including CPU in combo deal)
- Chassis: Antec Sonata II (99.99)
- DVD Drive: Lite-On SHM-165H6S (34.99)

Subtotal: 770.12
Shipping: 23.79

Total Cost: 793.91


What do you think? Any suggestions?
 
I would step up the memory to at least 2gb, possibly this memory here. Another thing to consider is that the airflow of the Sonata II suffers a bit because of the position of the front 120mm fan, so your components may run a bit hot. You might want to read up on a couple of reviews on the case and see if you still like it. A different case choice would be the Antec 3000b coupled with a good powersupply, such as xclio, seasonic, enermax, fortron, antec, and some others. But if you like the Sonata II I'd say go for it.
 
jakuum said:
I would step up the memory to at least 2gb, possibly this memory here. Another thing to consider is that the airflow of the Sonata II suffers a bit because of the position of the front 120mm fan, so your components may run a bit hot. You might want to read up on a couple of reviews on the case and see if you still like it. A different case choice would be the Antec 3000b coupled with a good powersupply, such as xclio, seasonic, enermax, fortron, antec, and some others. But if you like the Sonata II I'd say go for it.
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Great advice, but I need to keep this rig under $800.
 
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