I've finally decided on everything I want... does anyone have any recommendations?
My main two things are GAMING, and programming in Visual Studio.NET 2003/2005... and obviously internet and office tasks.
Here are my specs:
*CPU ? AMD Athlon San Diego 3700+ CPU ($325)
*CPU Heatsink ? Thermalright XP90C ($48)
*CPU Fan ? Panasonic Panaflo 92mm High-speed ($8)
*Motherboard ? Asus A8N-SLI Premium ($185)
*Hard Drive ? WD Raptor 74 GB 10,000 RPM SATA ($196)
*Case ? Cooler Master Praetorian black ($109)
*Power Supply ? Enermax EG565AX-VEFMA 2.0 SLI ($113)
*Memory ? 2x512MB OCZ Gold ($136)
*Video Card ? BFG 256MB GeForce 6800GT OC ($349)
*Drive Bay 1 ? NEC ND-3520A silver ($48)
*Monitor ? Viewsonic VP171B-2 17? LCD ($338)
*Speakers ? Logitech X-530 5-speaker system ($54)
*Keyboard ? Saitek Black Eclipse ($47)
*Mouse ? Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse ($35)
Optional:
*Sound Card ? SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS ($84)
*Drive Bay 2 ? Sony DVD-ROM ($22)
My main two things are GAMING, and programming in Visual Studio.NET 2003/2005... and obviously internet and office tasks.
Here are my specs:
*CPU ? AMD Athlon San Diego 3700+ CPU ($325)
*CPU Heatsink ? Thermalright XP90C ($48)
*CPU Fan ? Panasonic Panaflo 92mm High-speed ($8)
*Motherboard ? Asus A8N-SLI Premium ($185)
*Hard Drive ? WD Raptor 74 GB 10,000 RPM SATA ($196)
*Case ? Cooler Master Praetorian black ($109)
*Power Supply ? Enermax EG565AX-VEFMA 2.0 SLI ($113)
*Memory ? 2x512MB OCZ Gold ($136)
*Video Card ? BFG 256MB GeForce 6800GT OC ($349)
*Drive Bay 1 ? NEC ND-3520A silver ($48)
*Monitor ? Viewsonic VP171B-2 17? LCD ($338)
*Speakers ? Logitech X-530 5-speaker system ($54)
*Keyboard ? Saitek Black Eclipse ($47)
*Mouse ? Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse ($35)
Optional:
*Sound Card ? SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS ($84)
*Drive Bay 2 ? Sony DVD-ROM ($22)