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hey guys this weekend im finally ordering all of my computer parts from newegg so i can build my new comp over my spring break, so before i order the parts i just wanted to see what everyone thought of this setup and if anyone has any suggestions for me.
(total price should be around $1100-1200)
*Asus A8N-Sli premium $167
*AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego $223
*Lian Li PC-65B Black $125
*Antec TRUEPOWERII-550w $90
*eVGA 256-P2-N391-AX Geforce 6800GS 256MB $184
*OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Platinum $205
*NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A $40
*Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s $96

total is $1130
 
I just ordered the new parts for my upgrade. I originally chose the SLI premium motherboard, but I decided that I wasn't going to be running an SLI setup so I dropped down to the Asus A8N5X motherboard.

Regarding the RAM, read this article and see if you still want to spend that much on your RAM. After reading that (and a few other articles) I changed from OCZ Gold to Corsair ValueRam and saved some money.

If you change your mobo and RAM to the less expensive versions, you might be able to afford a 7800GT or X1900XT with the money you save.

Your system looks great as it is, but that's my $0.02 on it.

Good luck with whatever you go with!
 
Davermonk said:
I just ordered the new parts for my upgrade. I originally chose the SLI premium motherboard, but I decided that I wasn't going to be running an SLI setup so I dropped down to the Asus A8N5X motherboard.

Regarding the RAM, read this article and see if you still want to spend that much on your RAM. After reading that (and a few other articles) I changed from OCZ Gold to Corsair ValueRam and saved some money.

If you change your mobo and RAM to the less expensive versions, you might be able to afford a 7800GT or X1900XT with the money you save.

Your system looks great as it is, but that's my $0.02 on it.

Good luck with whatever you go with!
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This is good advice. But if you plan on OC'ing (I'm assuming you do with that CPU), then I'd keep the OCZ. Dropping down to a single-slot mobo woudln't be a bad idea though.
 
i just thought about the mobo you suggested with a single slot instead of sli and i thought i'd stick with the premium because i will prolly want to upgrade to SLI in the future at some point so i want to leave that option open
 
and along the line of overclocking...this will be my first build so i probably wont do too much overclocking due to my lack of experience.
 
ok well i just decided that instead of getting the 6800gs, im gonna swap that for the new 7600gt from evga since its the same price and much better
 
I agree with sc00ter... if there's any chance you'll be overclocking, go with the OCZ (and possibly even upgrade to DDR 500). ValueRam isn't really made for OC'ing.
 
anyone else have any other suggestions? lol this is my first build i just dont want to miss out on anything
 
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