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i am building a pc for a friend and would like to make sure that everything is checking out ok and that im not missing anything. she plans on using the pc mainly for playing WoW and maybe a few lower system spec games. nothing too fancy. heres the parts i plan on getting:

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103485

ECS 755-A2 v1.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135151

Western Digital Caviar SE 40GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144173

Kingston ValueRAM 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141413

ATRIX CSCI-L8007-C43 Black/Silver Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811209008

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

comments? suggestions? i plan on ordering everything pretty soon so if there is something that is off id like to know.
 
ok, making the following corrections:

Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 800MHz FSB Socket 754 E6 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103606

Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220037

and you know i almost forgot the optical drives and video cards fromt the list. ive got spare drives that will work just fine, but i have a GeForce 5200 also lying around. after further thought ive decided to get this instead:

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600XT RADEON 9600XT 128M Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102338

budget isnt a big issue, but id like to keep it around $600-$700 max

WoW is the big thing here. pretty much the only game the system will be used for
 
monkey_slap said:
ok, making the following corrections:

Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 800MHz FSB Socket 754 E6 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103606

Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220037

and you know i almost forgot the optical drives and video cards fromt the list. ive got spare drives that will work just fine, but i have a GeForce 5200 also lying around. after further thought ive decided to get this instead:

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600XT RADEON 9600XT 128M Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102338

budget isnt a big issue, but id like to keep it around $600-$700 max

WoW is the big thing here. pretty much the only game the system will be used for
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looks better :)
 
In the Monarch deals sticky in the Hot Deals forum there is a PCIe 6600GT for $99 AR.
 
KoolDrew said:
I would get something like this:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ S754 - $120
Asus K8N4-E Deluxe - $87
Corsair Value Select 1GB - $76.99
Saphire X800GT - $99
Western Digital 80GB - $53
Antec Solution SLK1650B w/ 350w PSU - $62.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home w/ SP2 - $93.95

Total - $592.93
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QFT.

Act on this. Pretty much the best you can do in your price range, and will run WoW perfectly fine assuming you don't want to run around ironforge with all the crazy graphics turned on.
 
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