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New Machine - Final (???) specs, help?!

Gnu314

Limp Gawd
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Ok I've been doing a LOT of research and I'm starting to get antsy, I WANT to order this new rig but I want to see what other people think about the selections that I've made. PLEASE be critical if you think that theres something wrong, missing, or should change.

I intend to use this almost exclusively for gaming. I do NOT however intend to OC at all, I don't know what I'm doing in that department. I just want to plug things in and make everything work the first go around. I was trying to stay around $750 but I failed pretty miserably. The case + PSU ended up costing me more than I had planned on and I decided to go with the video card listed instead of a Radeon 9800 pro, which I think was a very wise decision. Prices listed will be delivered. I'm ordering almost everything from newegg except for just the processor and video card I think, which is significantly cheaper elsewhere. (anyone think that I should do it piecemeal from price watch instead? The peace of mind getting it all done in one big order is really appealing to me.)

If theres anything missing or if you think I should add anything, even small like rounded SATA cable or something PLEASE let me know it will really help me out. On to the system!

CASE - RAIDMAX ATX-278WSP 0W MID RET http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-023&depa=0 ~$46

PSU - Fortron Source 400W Power Supply With 12CM Fan Model FSP400-60PNU-R1 F062 Retail http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-962&depa=0 ~$73

MoBo - ASUS K8N NF3 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-512&depa=0 ~94

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 754 / 512k L2 Cache http://www.microtechcomputers.com/product.asp?Sku=A64-3000+BOX ~145

Ram - CORSAIR MEMORY 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200-KIT Value Select http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-480&depa=0 ~161

Video Card - BFG FX6800 OC 128MB http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4082672/ ~250

HDD - Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM SATA HDD Model HDS722516VLSA80 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-145-051&depa=0 ~100 [Not sold on this one, any input?]

Burner - Lite-On 8x DVD+/-RW http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-947&depa=0
Floppy - Samsung 1.44" Floppy Drive (Black) ~11

Total = ~$900

Thanks for any feedback that you offer me, I'm just now becoming clear.
 
Kill the CDRW .... DVD burners are so cheap and they read dvd's along with burning cdrw disks and don't cost much more then your spending and yes better PSU
 
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