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building a new pc..

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im planning on buying these parts for a new pc, and i was hoping you guys could give some suggestions on any changes i should make. i'd like to keep the budget at around 800$, thx

psu: Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply 115/230 V TUV, UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

optical drive: LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/ LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHM-165H6S - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106019

hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144701

ram: CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145566

cpu: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800IAA5CU - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103735

graphics card: eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT KO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130017

motherboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131013

case: Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811133145
 
Looks pretty good to me. Kinda bottlenecked at the gpu. Another 100.00 bucks and you could have a 7900gt.
 
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