1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. High end gaming, media viewing and editing
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread $1330
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture. I want to go with AMD for a future upgrade path to Barcelona. I would like to go with AMD video because I have read that Crossfire performs better in Vista than SLI.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.None
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Eventually overclocking the video, perhaps the CPU if necessary.
This is the build I had decided on for now, its ready to be ordered but I though I would ask you guys to look it over and see if you spot anything that could be significantly improved on.
Total price including S&H is $1310 USD
Thanks for any input.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread $1330
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture. I want to go with AMD for a future upgrade path to Barcelona. I would like to go with AMD video because I have read that Crossfire performs better in Vista than SLI.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.None
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Eventually overclocking the video, perhaps the CPU if necessary.
This is the build I had decided on for now, its ready to be ordered but I though I would ask you guys to look it over and see if you spot anything that could be significantly improved on.
- MSI K9A Platinum AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $119.99
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $239.98
GIGABYTE GN-WP01GS PCI Wireless Adapter - Retail - $22.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model - $84.99 - Placeholder for Barcelona
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - $5.99
SAPPHIRE 100212SR Radeon HD 2900PRO 512MB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP - $269.99 - Eventually Crossfire
LITE-ON Combo Black SATA Model DH-52C2S-04 - $24.99
Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - $99.99
Rosewill R6AS5-BK 0.8mm SECC 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $59.99
2x G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - $139.98
Dell SE198WFP 19-inch Widescreen Silver Flat Panel LCD Monitor - $189
Total price including S&H is $1310 USD
Thanks for any input.