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Well, I'm about to inherit some money, and along with buying a new car, I want to build a new PC.

Here is the stuff I'm looking at:

CPU: AMD 64 4000+.

MOBO: Not sure, but I was thinking of the MSI SLI board.

GPU: EVGA 7800GTX (the one with BF2).

RAM: 2 Corsair Value 1GB sticks. (I want 2gb's of RAM)

HDD: One of the 250-300gb Maxtor 16MB cache drives.

PSU: I dont know, recommend me one please.

Case: Lian-Li PC65b

Sound: X-Fi, the cheapest one.

Without the monitor, I want to spend around $2000 on this. (including G5 mouse, saitek keyboard, DVD-RW drive, and 1030 mousepad.)

Then, I'm thinking of buying a Dell 2405, look's very nice.
I game on my PC, but would it be a good idea to go with a dual core processor?
 
No, I dont plan to OC, and I want the Lian-Li case, thats for sure. And that RAM seems pricey to me if I dont plane to OC.
 
I would definitely get a dual-core CPU if you can afford it. For the mobo I would suggest the Epox NF4 board. Something like a Fortron AX500-A would be fine for the PSU.
 
Okay, I've revised it, and here is what I came up with:


Case: Lian Li PC-65B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case


Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard


Video Card: eVGA 256-P2-N538-AX With Battlefield 2 Bundle Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card


CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor


RAM: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory


Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive


Keyboard: Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard


Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser 931376-0403 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Laser Mouse


Mousepad: fUnc SU-BK-BK Surface 1030 Black Base Mousepad


DVDRW: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A


Sound: Creative X-Fi 70SB046000007 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card


OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home

Here is the wishlist link: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersio...asp?position=HISTORY&ID=1700441&WishListTitle

Still not sure as of the PSU.
 
Looks good. Even though good is a bit of an understatement... Like DejaWiz said, a nice Fortron should be fine.
 
Man, I'm excited about getting this next month. I've alway's had crappy PC's, and this one will be my first top of the line computer.

So does anyone know how much I should pay for a Dell 2405, because they are $1200 on dell.com.
 
If you check the Hot Deals forum regularly you can usually find some really good prices on it. Not so long ago they had it for $950 after rebates/coupons etc. Just keep your eyes open.
 
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