Gentlemen, what are your thoughts on this system configuration (asap):

[slim150]

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**** major update see a later post! ****


B]CPU[/B]: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 5200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)MSI K9N4 SLI-F nForce 500 SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA-II RAID MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express

MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB PCI Express x16

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

Optical Drive: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER


SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

extras: a briefcase, t-shirt, 2gb usb flash drive, hdtv tuner

Price: 750.00 Shipped

[tesco]

You're actually gonna buy vista?

[clocker]

Ditch the CPU and motherboard...why would you not go Intel at this point?

[slim150]

Ditch the CPU and motherboard...why would you not go Intel at this point?

thanks for the input.. what suggestion would you have for intel, E6400?


p.s. i sort of fell out of touch with hardware, not up to date on whats great i'm afraid. maybe overclock the e4300?

OK, major update.

CASE: RaidMax Smilodon Med-Tower 420W Case w/ Side-Panel Window

CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E4300 CPU @ 1.80GHz 800FSB 2x1MB L2 Cache EM64T

MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard

MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)

VIDEO CARD: NEW !!! NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI Express x16 (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Optical Drive: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)

SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

no vista

price 752.00 shipped

[tobb3]

First of all you must have 2gb ram! and I think you should consider buying a larger HD, at least 250gb and try to get one with 16mb cache. And what kind of PSU do get along with that case, u know the psu is very important espcially if u want to overclock! And a better motherboard, such as abit ab9 QuadGT or a Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 since you need it to be stable a high FSB.

that's all good luck

[Virtualbody1234]

VIDEO CARD: NEW !!! NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI Express x16 (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Optical Drive: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)

Why so secretive about posting the make(s)/model(s)? You even made the extra effort to point out that the video card is "(Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)". Why not just say which brand?

[clocker]

Why so secretive about posting the make(s)/model(s)? You even made the extra effort to point out that the video card is "(Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)". Why not just say which brand?

VB, this has to be a pre-assembled PC off the internets...the manufacturer isn't telling him what brand the card is, probably because it changes depending on supply/cost.

The Raidmax case and power supply suck.

OP-
If I were you I'd get on Newegg and start pricing components and plan on assembling this myself.

[slim150]

aye clocker,

what about this psu

parkle ATX-400PN-B204 400W 20/24pin Power Supply
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-FS400PN


or this one:

CoolerMaster SLI Supports Power Supply Unit(600 Watts eXtreme Power)
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-600PCAR

[Shiranai_Baka]

Before all this, is this your own gaming rig or what? and what's your budget?

[slim150]

$750 or less is what I want to spend, and it is going to be my primary gaming pc but aside from WoW I haven't been gaming a lot really (except on consoles) so it doesn't have to be top of the line. I would like it to last a while though, and be able to handle newer games.

I know I need more memory, but I will add that later.

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Thank you all that are reading this and giving me criticisms, its what i wanted.

From suggestions, I've come up with this build.. thoughts..:

CASE: NZXT Nemesis Metal Mid-Tower Case 400W W/ side-panel Window (WHITE COLOR)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146030

PSU: CoolerMaster SLI Supports Power Supply Unit(600 Watts eXtreme Power)

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-600PCAR

CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E4300 CPU @ 1.80GHz 800FSB 2x1MB L2 Cache EM64T

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115013

MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131142


MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)


VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB PCI Express x16


HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)


Optical Drive: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (SILVER COLOR)


SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD


$807