Questions on New Build

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Hello all,

I'm new to the forums here and new to custom pc building in general so excuse my noob questions.

I've been lurking around the boards here and elsewhere the last few weeks trying to decide on parts for a new system. I use my system for gaming and internet surfing (mostly gaming).

Here is what I have in my current rig:

AMD XP2100
GeForce4 Ti4400 (don't laugh)
1 gig RAM (Samsung)
sound card, hard drive, blah blah blah

Needless to say it is time to upgrade as this just doesn't have the horsepower anymore.

Here is what I am looking at:

3700 San Diego - should I be looking X2?
Epox EP9NPA+Ultra or DFI Lanparty Ultra D (what about Asus/MSI)
2 GB OCZ Platinum Series
EVGA 7800GT
BenQ DVDRW
Hard drive?
Antec Sonata II

My budget is $1200. Please let me know of any suggestions you may have. I really appreciate all the knowledgeable people here!
 
get a raptor for windows and a bigger HD for storage
 
X2 is definitely worth a gander or two. There aren't many advantages right now (for games that is), but in the future many manufacturers should be optimizing games for dual-core.

I'd highly recomend that EPoX motherboard. It's a great overclocker, and very stable. The DFI is also very good (I own it), but it does have a relatively steep learning curve.

The OCZ Platinum is great RAM. You might also look at some of this though. Very good price for some very high quality RAM.

The 7800GT is easily the best bang-for-buck card out right now. Considering you can get one for $300 not even on sale, there's no reason not to go for it.

Get this DVD burner. Awesome price.

A 250GB Maxtor with 16MB cache will run you about $100 at ZZF, which is where you should get it from anyway. Newegg isn't known for their HD packaging.
 
sc00ter said:
X2 is definitely worth a gander or two. There aren't many advantages right now (for games that is), but in the future many manufacturers should be optimizing games for dual-core.

I'd highly recomend that EPoX motherboard. It's a great overclocker, and very stable. The DFI is also very good (I own it), but it does have a relatively steep learning curve.

The OCZ Platinum is great RAM. You might also look at some of this though. Very good price for some very high quality RAM.

The 7800GT is easily the best bang-for-buck card out right now. Considering you can get one for $300 not even on sale, there's no reason not to go for it.

Get this DVD burner. Awesome price.

A 250GB Maxtor with 16MB cache will run you about $100 at ZZF, which is where you should get it from anyway. Newegg isn't known for their HD packaging.
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QFT. I'd also look at the Coolermaster Centurion 5 case-wise, picking up something seperatley for the PSU such as the FSP AX-450PN.
 
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