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any possible way of cutting the cost down?

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here is the system i'm planning on ordering this week. However, if i can save some money by changing a few parts that would be great. here is the system:
mb dfi lanparty ultra-d 129.00
cpu amd 3800 x2 347.00
gpu BFG 7800GTX 489.00
hd Seagate 7200.8 250GB 109.00
ram G.SKILL 2x1gb DDR500 245.00
od NEC IDE DVD Burner 39.00
case Antec p180 130.00
psu OCZ Powerstream 119.00

any ideas on how i could cut the cost down to about $1200-1300?
 
Yep, drop that 7800GTX to a 7800GT. Only marginally less performance and you can get it for about $350. You can save your self about $140 that way, and you could probably also konck down that hard drive to maybe a 120GB.
 
You're in pretty much the exact same situation I'm in. I think that for the power supply, you could cut back to the OCZ Mod Power (550W) PSU that's got a rebate to bring it down to $93-ish. Antec also has an offering in their Truepower 2 line that's around $75 and I believe that's also around 550W. While a miniscule amount of cash you'd save, you could opt for the EVGA 7800GTX instead of the BFG... from what I've seen and heard, the EVGA is a little better overall if you're going to OC.
 
If he wants to save some serious cash like he says, then the 7800GT would probably be the best option as far as video cards go. The 7800GT is just slightly less powerful than the GTX and its a hell of a lot cheaper. The 7800GT is still a top-of-the-line card.
 
that xfx 7800GT looks like a great deal. i will definitely switch to that. but dfi ultra-d does not like all the power supplies. is antec neopower 480 compatible with the dfi ultra-d?
 
I would do the Epox 9NPA+ Ultra mb, Fortron Source 500 watt blue storm, and EVGA 7800GTX.

That PS will easily run what you're looking to do.
 
i was just going to mention epox 9NPA ultra. that will save me some too without taking a performance hit, right?
 
should i switch the g.skill ddr 500 with ocz platinum (which has lower timings) or do the timings really don't matter with x2?
 
get the 7800GT and the epox 9NPA+ultra. i have both and can tell you how awesome they are. if you plan on OCing, get the ram fibes mentioned, but if you want to keep stock speeds then stick with the g.skill. i know i told you to stay with the g.skill in another thread no matter what, but this time you are asking to cut cost. that is an easy way to drop 47 dollars and it can be made up by OCing.

you could save a few dollars by getting the seasonic s12-500...its a better PSU anyway. i wouldnt ditch the case, though. it is awesome.

overall the build looks great and i think you will regret not getting nice hardware. it is worth the extra 100 or 200 dollars.
 
Ok, you need to decide first if you are doing a ballls to the wall high end system or do you want something more modest? Because if you truely want "high-end", well, 1300 dollars is cheap.


Some ideas of where you might cut costs (in order of priority, you don't have to do them all):
I would start first by
getting a 7800 GT instead of the GTX. Also, do you realy need 2 gigabytes of high end RAM? Most games only need 1 GB of RAM to run smoothly, games like BF 2 are an anomaly (bloat), and at any rate, 2 GB is about the max that Windows XP can address for an app. You might alternatively want to get 2 GB of of higher-latency value RAM. Lastly, you might consider an Athlon 3200 instead of an Athlon x2 3800, until they actually make a game or application that really needs dual core processing. A modest gaming system should really push the graphics more than the CPU, if gaming is your main goal.

I might also suggest an ADDITION. Take that money you saved and buy a Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music. Good sound card, and if you like sound quality you'll enjoy it, just ignore the Fatal1ty version, because the XRam does nothing at the moment. It's too easy to get hung up on the CPU or graphics card, they are only part of the experience. I'll go so far as to suggest I'd rather have a quiet, stylish PC over one that is blazing fast, noisy and/or liquid cooled.
 
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