Improve my part list...

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Hey guys, here's my current list. This is well under my budget, so if you can recommend something that will REALLY help the performance of the machine, tell me. Also let me know if I'm spending too much on something that isn't helping the machine much.

LIST:
AMD ATHLON 64 x2 4400+ Toledo
ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIDA nForce4 ATX AMD MotherBoard
eVGA 256 MB PCI-E GeForce 7800 GT
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1
Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 500W
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2x1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
LITE-ON Black DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM (x 2)
Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Computer Case Here
Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Total: $1,530.95


Make any improvements you can!
 
Looks like a killer system mate, may i ask what your gonna use it for? Any plans to OC? If so maybe look into DFI ultra-D or ASUS A8N-sli deluxe.
 
This is a long-term system, so I will not be OCing at all.

This will be used primarily to surf the net, do homework, chat, do some picture/video editing and occasionally, to game.
 
That's a beast man, I don't know if that case is bad or anything(just glanced and say $50), but you don't want to scrimp on the cooling.
 
Don't get the X-fi. I know lots of people around the forums have been going on X-fi buying sprees lately, but I edit audio all the time and I can't tell the difference between the AC97 onboard audio on my Asus system and that of high-end X-fi products. It will save you a bundle of money too, since those things are really expensive.
 
why get a 7800GT?

maybe it is my OCD, but I would not want to buy a card that was crippled on purpose... just knowing that extra pipeline quad was on the chip, but disabled would really bother me.

get a GTX or wait for the 7900... I hear the GT will have the same number of pipelines like the GTX but just lower clocks. like the original 6800gt. it was better that way.

Don't get the freezer64 like suggested, the fan uses bushings and will wear out quickly.

the 4400 will come with a killer stock AMD fan with heatpipes, really you should use that.
 
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