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[anewguy]

Hello To Everyone.
I'm new to this forum & would appreciate any comments/hints to the sys specs that I'm in the process of purchasing & putting together.

AMD X2 3800
Gigabyte K8NF9 NF4
Kingston 2x 512Mb 3200/4000 CL 2.5
Seagate 250GB 7200Rpm HDD SATA2
Leadtek PX 7900GT 256Mb DDR3 Dual dvi
LG 8163 16X DVDRom
BENQ 1640 16X DVD+- RW-DL
Creative XI-FI Music
TopPower 450W DUAL FAN Psu w 24 pin/8pin
Leadtek TV200XP Expert TVtuner w/teletext
19' LCD Philips 190b DVI

I'll be using this mainly for gaming & some simple video transfer/editing.This is about the limit that I have to spend.Thanks.

 

[eddie500]

similar to my system

 

[HardD99]

so whats the limit? that could cost u $5000 if u buy locally, lol. whats the case also, i dont see it.

 

[anewguy]

so whats the limit? that could cost u $5000 if u buy locally, lol. whats the case also, i dont see it.

cost is bout 2.5K.or therebouts,using my old mini tower

 

[HardD99]

ok heres my input... first off, $2500 seems quite steep for that system. after doing a rundown on newegg i came to a total of $1317 without monitor, but u can get a nice Dell 20" widescreen monitor for $400-500. a few of the things are different, but from the products you chose im guessing some of it was done because of price. as far as the kingston ram i would stay away personally, i only buy corsair myself but i have heard really good things about the GSkill i put in the cart. the motherboard is a little cheap, and considering u are willing to spend $2500 you could upgrade to maybe an abit or asus board or similar. the gfx card is a good choice. hard drives are about the same relative price so its basically just chosing what brand u like, warranty's etc.. the soundblaster x-fi sound card is a very good card i have heard, and was thinking about gettin one myself. As far as roms go, i have never gotten a bad Lite-on drive, and samsung has worked great for me also, oh yeah and the one i threw in the cart also has lightscribe, so if u dont want that u can save about $15 per drive. i dont know why u chose TOPOWER for your psu, but again since your willing to pay $2500, i would suggest getting a PC Power and Cooling psu, i think anyone will tell u they are the best u can get, but gonna run u about $250 for one . the tv tuner i threw in the cart is not the one u chose but it was the closest in price (they were out of stock of the one u chose). monitors, as i said before u can log on to dell and check out the monitors there, the 20 inch widescreen in a great monitor. i currently have 2 of the 24 inch widescreens (the bigger brother of the 20) and they run great. i hope this info helps, and be sure to post back with some updates on what u chose. mainly because i just spent 30-40 min typing this, LOL. also check out my sig and u can see some of the stuff i suggested i currently have. good luck



Heres the cart link: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=1971089

 

[anewguy]

ok heres my input... first off, $2500 seems quite steep for that system. after doing a rundown on newegg i came to a total of $1317 without monitor, but u can get a nice Dell 20" widescreen monitor for $400-500. a few of the things are different, but from the products you chose im guessing some of it was done because of price. as far as the kingston ram i would stay away personally, i only buy corsair myself but i have heard really good things about the GSkill i put in the cart. the motherboard is a little cheap, and considering u are willing to spend $2500 you could upgrade to maybe an abit or asus board or similar. the gfx card is a good choice. hard drives are about the same relative price so its basically just chosing what brand u like, warranty's etc.. the soundblaster x-fi sound card is a very good card i have heard, and was thinking about gettin one myself. As far as roms go, i have never gotten a bad Lite-on drive, and samsung has worked great for me also, oh yeah and the one i threw in the cart also has lightscribe, so if u dont want that u can save about $15 per drive. i dont know why u chose TOPOWER for your psu, but again since your willing to pay $2500, i would suggest getting a PC Power and Cooling psu, i think anyone will tell u they are the best u can get, but gonna run u about $250 for one . the tv tuner i threw in the cart is not the one u chose but it was the closest in price (they were out of stock of the one u chose). monitors, as i said before u can log on to dell and check out the monitors there, the 20 inch widescreen in a great monitor. i currently have 2 of the 24 inch widescreens (the bigger brother of the 20) and they run great. i hope this info helps, and be sure to post back with some updates on what u chose. mainly because i just spent 30-40 min typing this, LOL. also check out my sig and u can see some of the stuff i suggested i currently have. good luck



Heres the cart link: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=1971089

..Forgot to mention the exchange rate,bout 1.6-1.7 to the US$, taking that into consideration, the price is slightly higher,around 1.5k,youre about right in the figure quoted.Was thinking of getting 2GB of Ram..will look up Corsair.As for Toppower ps..wanted Veridium Vorte 430 W, any others in this price range?.The XFX range of 7900 GT's does look tempting, however most models/variants are n/a where i am, no stock etc.and so far all online dealers dont except orders from my part of the world.. Budget wise, not much more that i can really afford for now anyways..maybe about a couple hundred$ one way or another. Am still waiting for the card to be available which will most likely be next week if im lucky.Thanks.