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Does this system look good? This my first pc that I plan on building. I know you guys get a lot of ?s like this. But can you see any changes I should make? I want keep the price below $2,000. Thanks

Case-IN WIN ATX Mid Tower Prescott CAG 1.1 Case with I530 Card reader/writer with IEEE1394 and 430W Power Supply

Optical-Plextor Black 8X DVD-RW/+RW Drive

Optical-MSI Black 16X DVD-ROM

Floppy Drives-Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive

Hard Drives-Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive

Keyboards-Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo BLACK USB/ PS/2 105keys

Memory (System Memory)-Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM

Monitors -ViewSonic E90B 19" CRT Monitor

Motherboards - AMD-ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU

Processors-AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1MB L2 Cache, The Only 64-bit Windows Compatible Processor

Software - PC Games-UBI SOFT FarCry - PC Game - OEM

Sound Card-M-AUDIO 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card, Model "Revolution 7.1"

Speakers-ALTEC LANSING ATP3 BLACK 3-Piece Speaker System

Video Cards-ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video ard, 256MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP
 
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-Skystalker
 
It's your shopping cart, so it depends on your cookie from Newegg. Just give us the part names or make a wish list and we'll see what we can do.
 
might wanna hold off on the video card, the new ones will be out in a week or 2

don't waste money on the 256MB version of that card, get the 128MB if you can't wait for the new cards
 
Might also include a secondary SATA drive (slower, cheap) for storage (120+ GB)... the raptor is a HELL of a drive, but you will be a bit short on storage.

You could store files that are not I/O intensive.

I will never (EVER NEVER!) run a single HDD machine again... if windows gets screwed, at least I have all my goodies safe.

-Skystalker
 
Skystalker said:
Might also include a secondary SATA drive (slower, cheap) for storage (120+ GB)... the raptor is a HELL of a drive, but you will be a bit short on storage.

You could store files that are not I/O intensive.

I will never (EVER NEVER!) run a single HDD machine again... if windows gets screwed, at least I have all my goodies safe.
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74GB will be enough for most, and you can always put windows on a second partition

however, I would keep an eye on the Hot Deals section, as you can usually find regular ATA drives for cheap ($0.50/GB)
 
I see your point, however I size is more than enough for me right now. I currently have a 30g hdd in my laptop and have some free space. This would more than double what im used to.
 
You would be surprised... :)

A bigger/better computer you tend to install more games, more vid files, more movies.

Also... the backup thing is a real bonus... especially if you front-side bus overclock until your IDE dies (scrambles files, windows dies, just plain BAD).

The rest of the system looks great tho. :)

-Skystalker

PS: A HDD is one thing I would never buy used, unless I knew the person. Could be killed in shipping, etc...
 
J/-\RE|) said:
I see your point, however I size is more than enough for me right now. I currently have a 30g hdd in my laptop and have some free space. This would more than double what im used to.
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that's fine, just make sure you install windows on a seperate partition, then if you decide to add another drive later, you can just copy over your storage partition to the new drive
 
Thanks guys, I won't be able to get it for a month or two so prices may go down enough that I can add another hdd. I'm also gonna go with the x800. Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
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