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Ok, I am wanting to build a new computer. Especially since the one I have now is almost 3 years old. I am setting my own budget of $800-$900. I really don't want to spend more than this. Now I have a 19 inch CRT monitor which is decent. But I am wanting to upgrade to an lcd if possible. So if you guys can include that in the price somehow that would be great. I want the computer to be a very decent gaming computer. Here is what I am looking at so far:

ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail - $56.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811144026

MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $80.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813130491

SAPPHIRE 100129FB Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 FireBlade Edition Video Card - OEM - $160.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102613

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail - $201.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103533

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail - $78.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145440

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM - $103.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148065

Microsoft Digital Media Pro BX1-00005 2-Tone USB + PS/2 Standard Keyboard - Retail - $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823109137

Logitech G5 Laser 931376-0403 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Laser Mouse - Retail - $48.65
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16826104191

Pioneer Black IDE DVD Burner Model DVR-110DBK - OEM - $40.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827129164

Subtotal - $799.61


I already have Windows XP Home Edition. As you can see there isn't a monitor listed. But if there is a way to still stay within $800-$900 with a very decent gaming computer with a lcd monitor then give suggestions. Thanks to everyone in advance.
 
OK I think I changed my mind on video cards unless you guys can offer something else. I am now looking at the following:

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $289.00
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130256

Is this too much for my system or will it be great? I made up my mind about the lcd and I will be getting it later. No rush on getting it now so I will be using the crt I have right now. So far the total for the computer is :

$928.61

Is this a good price and is it worth paying this much, or will it be obsolete very soon? Thanks in advance.
 
I agree, get a decent PSU. If you don't get the 7800GT, I would go for the 6800GS.
 
If you really wanna go with the 7800Gt, you might be interested in the EVGA 7800GT + SLi Mobo combo, the mobo is pretty solid.

I didn't actually compare the prices, but it could save you couple of bucks and get you the N518 (I can't quote the differences off the top of my head, but they do exist iirc) version of the 7800GT.

Linkage: http://www.evga.com/articles/public.asp?AID=258
 
if ur gonna get such a nice mouse like the G5, then u should probably get a high quality mousepad to go with it. like the CorePad Magna or the Razer eXactMat.
 
devman said:
If you really wanna go with the 7800Gt, you might be interested in the EVGA 7800GT + SLi Mobo combo, the mobo is pretty solid.

I didn't actually compare the prices, but it could save you couple of bucks and get you the N518 (I can't quote the differences off the top of my head, but they do exist iirc) version of the 7800GT.

Linkage: http://www.evga.com/articles/public.asp?AID=258
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I hear good things about the eVGA SLI motherboard in terms of stability and oc'ability. ZZF has the combo for $350.

I've got an eVGA 7800GT already, but if I needed a mobo when I was purchasing, I would have definitely gone with the combo.

Differences: It's equipped with the aluminum reference hsf and is clocked at 445/1070 (as opposed to an un-noticable bump to 460/1100 for the CO SE, and 470/100 for the CO). The 7800GT runs cool anyway, so having the aluminum hsf is just fine unless you are wanting to oc it to the limits just to get higher synthetic benchmarking scores.
 
I agree with everyone else about the power supply, get a better one. I had an Aspire X Dreamer case and I used the power supply for awhile but I swapped it out when I upgraded.
 
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