starting from scratch, hows this look?

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romeoagogo

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Okay I am rebuilding my PC from scratch since I haven't upgraded in the past 2 years and have no reason to stick with any of my old hardware. My current PC is:
Radeon 9600 Pro
AMD XP-M 2400
40 & 80 gig IDE drives
1 (2x512) PC-2700
400W Antec PSU
Antec Full Tower
52X CD-RW
17" CRT

I wanted to come in under $1500 and I came up with this:

Coolermaster Centurion Case: 49.99
Antec SP 2 500W: 69.99
NEC 16x DVD+-R: 34.99
WD 250GB SATA: 87.99
Acer 19" 8ms widescreen LCD: 185.99
Logitech X-230 2.1 spkrs: 32.99

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe: 144.99
AMD 64 X2 4600 301.00 (after 7/24)
eVGA Gforce 7900GT KO: 289.99
G.SKILL (2x1GB) DDR2 667: 147.49
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Total: $1351.66

Came in nicely under my budget and I can't really see where I would need to spend more. I do eventually plan to SLI when I can see the need to do so in my games and I will probably add another gig of RAM when I do. The processor may even be more than I need right now but it seems to be the best performace to value ratio after the price cuts and I figure that it should last me thru my next upgrade. I don't know if the eVGA superclocked card is worth it for the extra 80MHz when I could probably get a regular eVGA GT and OC it a bit myself but who knows.
Any suggestions or improvements?

thanks,
-ac
 
I'm guessing you're not going to OC?

Would you be at all interested in a larger monitor?
 
I've had a few problems with Centurion in the past.

I would reccomend an Antec P180. They're very big inside and offer great cooling. My ambient case temp idles at 78F/26C
 
Thanks for the tip on the case.

I do plan to OC just not right away. I figure when I first build the system it will be running so smooth in comparison to what I have that it wont matter and down the line when I invest in some water cooling I can go ahead and start OCing a bit.
 
From the looks of things, your not buying an AM2 Processor. That DDR2 ram isnt going to work with an AMD Socket 939 Processor.

As for the 7900gt, I just bought one myself. People are hitting on average 10k (some have hit 11 and 12k) doing volt mods. Only would recommend a volt mod if you have experience with that sort of thing.
 
Fuse said:
From the looks of things, your not buying an AM2 Processor. That DDR2 ram isnt going to work with an AMD Socket 939 Processor.

As for the 7900gt, I just bought one myself. People are hitting on average 10k (some have hit 11 and 12k) doing volt mods. Only would recommend a volt mod if you have experience with that sort of thing.
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That is probably AM2 processor if romeo referring.. I'm sure romeoagogo is ordering AM2 X2 4600+ not Socket 939 X2 4600+.. Blame AMD.. confusing with the same model but different socket. I think this should be called 4700+ instead 4600+

Romeo, I'm hoping you ordering the right processor.. I'm sure you ordered this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103751
 
i like it but i would go with a biostar tforce mobo. oh and i would pick up 2 of those sata 250gb hdds and run em in raid 0.
 
If it were my build, I would go with the X2 3800+ and the Viewsonic VX2025WM. A 3800+ would not serve as a bottleneck in games with a 7900GT KO, and in other CPU-bound applications, you can likely OC the 3800+ to speeds that the 4600+ maxes out at.
 
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