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New computer, need advice

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fattybear

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I've been using a laptop for a year, so Im very much out of the loop on what systems are good, components etc. Can anyone tell me how this looks?

Aspire X-Dreamer II(Black) ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply

Lite-On White 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW

Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T White

Western Digital 200GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive

2x Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-2700

GIGABYTE "GA-K8VT800M" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 CPU

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache

eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card, 256MB

Sorry for the long descriptions, copying this off of newegg.com

What should I change/add?
 
Get the GT instead, and put the $100 for a 3500 and a 939 mobo
 
I'd get faster RAM if your board will take it. PC2700 isn't too fast anymore but it isn't bad either. NewEgg has Kingston (or Kingmax - one of the kings!) PC3200 of 512 MB for a little over 80. Its works good and is a good value.

Do you want to pay shipping for your case? I'm sure it would be at least 10 you might consider a retail store if they have something you like. As for the athalon 64, i'd be sure the model your getting isn't one of the ones that they are going to change the socket for. The athalon 64 mx (i think) will have its socket redesigned so there aren't many boards for it which also could equal poor customer support in the future.

I'd be sure to have a fan on your hard drive, since they get pretty warm.

Is your cpu retail? The oem's don't come with a heatsink and fan. I'm waiting for newegg to get some more of these in: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-043&depa=1
 
Thanks for the replies. I think the power supply might be too small wattage wise. Do I need to get a more powerful one, or maybe a different case?
 
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