First Build, any suggestions?

Nobi125

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This will be my first time building my own computer and wanted to run it by some people for some suggetsions. My budget is around $2000. I also plan to upgrade the video card for DX10.

Here's what I'm looking at:

- ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $166.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540


- AMD Opteron 170 Dual-Core 2.0GHz Processor Retail $405.00
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80107-R&affiliate=yahoo

- Mushkin eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory – Retail $229.00
($199.00 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146397

- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card – Retail $115.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188

- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM $105.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

- ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A BLACK – Retail $23.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135136

- ASUS Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM DVD-ROM: 16X max. (CAV) DVD-RAM: 5X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner – Retail $47.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135061

- ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply 90V~265V (Auto Adjusted) UL, cUL, TUV, CB – Retail $109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

- Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $99.99
($89.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133132

- Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 – OEM $93.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059

- Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse – Retail $38.89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104178

- Saitek PZ30AU Black 104 Normal Keys 4 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard – Retail $46.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175103

- eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card – Retail $314.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130249


Total without rebates or tax: $1796.74

EDIT: New Case: COOLER MASTER Wave Master TAC-T01-E1C Silver All Aluminum Alloy ATX Mid Tower Case without Power Supply - Retail $129.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119023
 
Looks pretty awesome to me. I was never a big fan of that case, but to each his own.
 
Very nice. Though I have seen a couple reviews where they said there was like a dark spot on the eclipse keyboard, I believe it is due to one of the support pegs in it that blocks out the light...but may'be this is just an isolated incident.

...Dan
 
The keyboard is fine. The supports are mostly hidden under the keys.

Nice build, looks great. I have to agree with Sc00ter about that case though.
 
I have that case and it's pretty sweet. The only thing I don't like about it is the firewire hook up (it's not one thing, it's a bunch of little wires you have to hook up, so I didn't >_>) and the PSU. Make sure you put the PSU in the case before anything else, and if you need to take it out, you have to take _everything_ but the IDE drives and stuff out...

It's a very cool case, especially with the fans and their locations :D
 
Oh, I had changed the case to the Coolermaster Wavemaster and never updated my word file with the build in it.

How's the Wavemaster?
 
So no one has any experience with the Wavemaster?

Or can someone recommend a better case?
 
Choosing a case is pretty much a personal preferance. The wavemaster is a fine case.
 
i'd suggest a power supply that already has 24 pins. fortron 500ax the blue storm. i have it it's silent, and nice.
 
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