Hey these are the parts I'm hoping to buy. I think I did a pretty good job of squeezing out alot of power with not a huge budget. How did I do? Anything I should consider changing (and wouldn't increase my cost considerably)
CASE
ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "SX1040BII"
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-120&depa=0
$102
MOBO
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-484&depa=0
$159
PROCESSOR
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-502&depa=0
$193
VIDEO CARD
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/VIVO, PCI-Express, Model "R43C-TVD3D" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-299&depa=0
$370
MEMORY
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-299&depa=0
$132
HARD DRIVE
Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1600JB, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-203&depa=0
$92
MEDIA
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-035&depa=0
$62
FLOPPY
Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-203&depa=0
$9
MONITOR
ViewSonic VP171B-2 17" LCD Monitor, 8ms ?RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=24-116-347&depa=0
$335
TOTAL $1454
I think I'm getting a great deal here. I'm getting one of the best dollar for dollar video cards out there in the Radeon x800 XL. It outperforms the Geforce 6800GT in everything aside from Doom 3 and is cheaper. I'm getting a quality case and powersupply from Antec and one of the best gaming LCDs.
Any thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!
CASE
ANTEC Black Performance Series II SOHO File Server Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "SX1040BII"
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-120&depa=0
$102
MOBO
MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-484&depa=0
$159
PROCESSOR
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-502&depa=0
$193
VIDEO CARD
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/VIVO, PCI-Express, Model "R43C-TVD3D" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-299&depa=0
$370
MEMORY
Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-299&depa=0
$132
HARD DRIVE
Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1600JB, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-203&depa=0
$92
MEDIA
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-035&depa=0
$62
FLOPPY
Samsung Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model SFD321B/LBL1, OEM Drive Only
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-203&depa=0
$9
MONITOR
ViewSonic VP171B-2 17" LCD Monitor, 8ms ?RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=24-116-347&depa=0
$335
TOTAL $1454
I think I'm getting a great deal here. I'm getting one of the best dollar for dollar video cards out there in the Radeon x800 XL. It outperforms the Geforce 6800GT in everything aside from Doom 3 and is cheaper. I'm getting a quality case and powersupply from Antec and one of the best gaming LCDs.
Any thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!