Building A New Computer

[Warrior Legolas]

I?m purchasing a new computer from top to bottom for $2500 and I?m wondering what you think of the stuff I have picked out???

Motherboard====ASUS A8N-SLI====Newegg====$175.00
Processor====AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester====ZipZoomFly====$191.00
Memory====Corsair Value Select 1GB DDR PC-3200 CAS 2.5====ZipZoomFly====$132.90
Hard Drive====Seagate Barracude 7200.8 SATA 250GB NCQ====Newegg====$160.00
Optical Drive====NEC ND-3520A Sliver====Newegg====$62.99
Floppy Drive====Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive====Newegg====$24.00
Case====Antec P-160WF====Newegg====$116.00
Power Supply====OCZ ModStream 450W====Newegg====$90.00
Video Card====PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL====Newegg====$369.00
Sound Card====Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS====ZipZoomFly====$86.99
TV Tuner====Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE====Newegg====$72.00

Total==========$1?479.88

Monitor====NEC/MITSUBISHI FE991SB-BK====Newegg====$269.00
Speakers====Logitech Z-5500 Digital====ZipZoomFly====$269.99
Headphone====KINYO KY-100====Newegg====$40.49
Keyboard====Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard====Newegg====$29.99
Mouse====Logitech MX1000====ZipZoomFly====$59.99
Fingerprint Reader====Microsoft Fingerprint Reader====Newegg====$45.99
Printer====Canon PIXMA iP3000====Newegg====$64.95

Total==========$780.40

Operating System====Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005====ZipZoomFly====$155.99
Microsoft Office====Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003====Newegg====$125.49

Total==========$281.48

COMPLETE TOTAL===============$2?541.76

Regards
lilvip

 

[bovinda]

I think it looks good. I have a similar set-up, and it works very well. The Hauppauge card and MCE 2005 are working great. One small suggestion to save a few bucks, maybe: PCAlchemy (www.pcalchemy.com) has a bundle for MCE 2005, the Hauppauge 150 MCE, the MCE remote, and the NVidia decoders for like 219$ (that's where I got mine). Here's the link: http://www.pcalchemy.com/index.php/cPat...sCsid=29a4757634eb3f6af1953d17c0eba75f

If you just want the card, MCE 2005, and the decoders, it's like 200$. Either way, it will save you money. NVidia's decoders have been working very well for me though.

EDIT: I just noticed that ZipZoomFly bundle has the remote included. The PCAlchemy bundle still has the NVidia decoder though, but that's only like 20$ separately, I believe. Can still save you a couple bucks!

 

[Gravity]

I admire the work you did on your post with the links. I'm recommending you for newb of the week!!!

 

[Gamingphreek]

#1. Do you plan on OCing at all. If so dont get Value RAM. At stock speeds there is no reason not to get Value RAM, but you have OCing hardware there, there is no reason, unless you aren't OCing, to not get some nice RAM.

2. Why are you getting a non-SLI card with an SLI motherboard, especially when the 6800GT is faster and roughly the same price?

3. What are you getting the media center version of the TV-Capture card. Get the regular version and Windows XP Pro, no reason to get MCE.

-Kevin

 

[nick1985]

i dont understand the point of an SLI motherboard with a non-SLI card???

 

[thesurge]

Maybe think of getting this hard drive:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-358&depa=1

It's 6 dollars more and also 250GB but it is SATAII with 16mb of buffer.