Good component choices?

[EniMysterEgma]

I think this is it. Any blatant mistakes?

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice $164

BIOSTAR TForce6100-939 Socket 939 AMD Mobo $69

COOLER MASTER Centurion 541 MicroATX Minitower case $45

Fortron 450W PSU $49.99

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) $ 79.85

Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $110

NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM $37.99

eVGA GeForce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $199

Thanks in advance...

 

[bamacre]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice $163.90

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) $ 79.49

eVGA GeForce 6800GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $189.99

Learn to love the ZZF

 

[seanp789]

Sound card !!!! onboard sound sucks

 

[OdiN]

I wouldn't get a Biostar motherboard. The rest looks okay.

 

[kiIIxthexIights]

whats your price limit?

 

[Bobthelost]

Maybe switch the Seagate for the hitachi 7k250, but otherwise fine.

 

[l Xes l]

ditch the biostar board.. try Epox or DFI

 

[EniMysterEgma]

Thanks a lot for all of your responses. Good Call on the sound card. I already have an audigy but maybe I should upgrade. my price limit before monitor is ~$800 which is what that list adds up to.

And I'v foung that ZZF is better for some of those things. The 6800GS has a $20.00 MIR at NewEgg but you can't beat the free 2nd day shipping of ZZF.

 

[EniMysterEgma]

Can anyone recommend a good 939 pci-e mobo?

 

[melocot82]

DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D

 

[Broly]

Lanparty sucks, stay away from it. I had one I should know.
Get an A8N SLi 32 DELuXE with the copper heatpipe, it is substantially better.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: EniMysterEgma
Thanks a lot for all of your responses. Good Call on the sound card. I already have an audigy but maybe I should upgrade. my price limit before monitor is ~$800 which is what that list adds up to.

And I'v foung that ZZF is better for some of those things. The 6800GS has a $20.00 MIR at NewEgg but you can't beat the free 2nd day shipping of ZZF.

If you have an audigy already, it's probably best to stick with that than to take money away from other parts by buying a new soundcard.

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: Broly
Lanparty sucks, stay away from it. I had one I should know.
Get an A8N SLi 32 DELuXE with the copper heatpipe, it is substantially better.

I have the 32 and it's a great board, but the Lanparty is just as good for overclocking.

If you want to go for a quiet computer then get the Asus, otherwise get the lanparty.

Both are topnotch boards.

 

[Broly]

I don't like the lanparty bob.
It didn't even hit post a fe wtimes.
It would freeze after memory testing, it's a POS

They need to get their stuff together, before I can recommend them, man.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Broly
I don't like the lanparty bob.
It didn't even hit post a fe wtimes.
It would freeze after memory testing, it's a POS

They need to get their stuff together, before I can recommend them, man.

The DFI boards are a bit picky about memory iirc.

That might have been a problem you were having. Hundreds of people here have had great success with the DFI Lanparty boards.

 

[i1o0i]

ABIT KN8 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard-$96

OR

EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard- $105

Case- This one is better but same case

 

[pkrush]

I think he wants a microATX system, and that biostar board looks fine.

 

[drpootums]

DFI=awsome

some people get bad boards, that doesnt mean that DFI is crappy, it just means that you got unlucky.

 

[Cheezeit]

I would agree that teh DFI is pretty good, as i have it, but the one you picked is fine and highly rated for an integrated board.

 

[EniMysterEgma]

Thank you all for your help. I think I'll be very happy with my choices.

If anyone here is in college, I recommend exploring your school's student software program. I was about to buy windows xp home from newegg for 90 bucks, but then I poked around on my schools website and downloaded an .iso of windows xp pro w/sp2 for free. It works perfectly and I have a unique serial number. That would have cost me $140+ on newegg for the oem.

Also, at least at my school, if you want to finance a computer it's much cheaper to do it through the school than through a website. In effect, you can just buy it and take the reciept to the financial aid office and they will reimburse you for the cost of the machine. Then you just have to pay them back at a much lower interest rate, if it's not subsidized already. You can even get a straight discount on the machine if you go through the school. Anyway, I thought it might help.

 

[d3lt4]

Thanx for that advice. I'm gonna have to buy parts through my bro from now on.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: EniMysterEgma
Thank you all for your help. I think I'll be very happy with my choices.

If anyone here is in college, I recommend exploring your school's student software program. I was about to buy windows xp home from newegg for 90 bucks, but then I poked around on my schools website and downloaded an .iso of windows xp pro w/sp2 for free. It works perfectly and I have a unique serial number. That would have cost me $140+ on newegg for the oem.

Also, at least at my school, if you want to finance a computer it's much cheaper to do it through the school than through a website. In effect, you can just buy it and take the reciept to the financial aid office and they will reimburse you for the cost of the machine. Then you just have to pay them back at a much lower interest rate, if it's not subsidized already. You can even get a straight discount on the machine if you go through the school. Anyway, I thought it might help.

Legit windows for free is great.

I was able to get XP pro for $25 and Office XP for $35 through my school a few years ago.

Be aware that some schools with special educational discounts from places like dell can actually be worse deals than you can get with regular rebate deals though.