My planned computer build

[Amos_Moses]

I plan to build a new computer here in the next couple of months.
Here's my plan at present.
thoughts comments?

The prices have come down on some things and up on others since I put this all together last month, so you might disregard those. ;)

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103751
$189.00

MOBO
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2302&ProductName=GA-M59SLI-S5
GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128011
$159.99

Video Card
GIGABYTE GV-NX76T256D-RH GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Silent Pipe II, Lead Free Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125025
$145.99

Case
GIGABYTE GZ-FA1CA-ASS Silver 1.0 mm Aluminum body ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811233012
$139.00

PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139001

HDD
Seagate SV35 Series ST3160812SV 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148163
$62.99 x 2 each.

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102006
$69.99

CD/DVD
HP 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827140021
$45.99

Floppy
SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103203
$6.99

speakers
Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836116153
$ 86.99

Monitor
ViewSonic X Series VX922 Black-Silver 19" 2ms DVI LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 650:1 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116375
$239.99

Keyboard
Saitek PK02 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys USB Standard Eclipse II Keyboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175001
$54.99

Mouse
Logitech 931658-0403 Blue & Silver 3 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical LX3 Mouse - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104020
$19.99

[Mike]

How much memory?

Why two seperate HD's?

Is a seperate sound card really necasary? The onboard audio has 8 channels.

I would rather have a GeForce 8 Series video.

Are you going to run Vista or XP?


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[Amos_Moses]

How much memory?

Why two seperate HD's?

Is a seperate sound card really necasary? The onboard audio has 8 channels.

I would rather have a GeForce 8 Series video.

Are you going to run Vista or XP?


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Two 1 gig sticks of DDR2 800 or 667, haven't decided on the brand.
I like corsair but they're getting some bad reviews on these sticks, I'm waiting to see where that goes.

I was thinking about raiding the hard drives

Separate sound card probably isn't necessary, just want it. ;)

For what I do, the 7600GT video card is over kill

XP pro, since support for Vista is still pretty shallow

[Kung]

I was gonna say, either RAID the hard drives, or have one serve as a backup.

And I'd agree on Vista. As a computer tech, I must say that I REALLY like Vista, because it's keeping me in business. :D

[Amos_Moses]

The thing I tried to work towards hardest with this build was it's upgrade ability.
It will more than serve my purposes now, but has a long way to go if I want to let her grow.

The Geforce 8 series cards, if I'm not mistaken are all directX 10, where with XP Pro I'd be running 9, and am running 9 on my little machine here.
I understand from others that there aren't a lot of games out there yet to really benifit going with 10, but I'm not a real intensive gamer anyway so it really doesn't matter all that much to me.
I like the layed back build the city kind of games a lot more than the shoot em' ups. ;)

I might increse the size of those HD's too before I make the actual purchase. ;)

[Angyl]

Ought 'n you be looking at SATA 2 drives instead of IDE for this kinda system?

[Amos_Moses]

Ought 'n you be looking at SATA 2 drives instead of IDE for this kinda system?

Those are Sata's ;)
Unless they changed the link on me.

[Angyl]

Oops...you're right. I misread.

[patientlywaiting]

I'd go with a turtle beach sound card, XP Pro, and as much memory as can be squeezed in there.

My humble opinion.

[Amos_Moses]

I'd go with a turtle beach sound card, XP Pro, and as much memory as can be squeezed in there.

My humble opinion.

I'm not familar with the Turtle Beach sound card.

I'm going to start with 2 gigs of memory, the board will hold up to 16.