Building a new system...OPINIONS WANTED

[Shu8]

i'm building a new system. it must be under 1700 bucks. please give me opinions on this system. incase you wanted to know, i'm not planning to overclock unless i'm really bored and want to learn how to. here are the specs...

Antec SX830 [purchased for $80 @onvia]
Pc Power & Cooling 2x Turbo Cool [purchased for $50 @ pcpowercooling.com]
1ghz athlon retail **plan to buy @ buy.com for $300...i want it retail
320mb pc133 [purchased for $147 bucks]
MSi K7TPro2A **plan to buy @ spartantech.com for $137
IBM 30gb 75GXP [purchased for $132 @ buy.com]
Creative Annihilator 2 [purchased for $186 @ buy.com]
SB Live! Platinum 5.1 **plan to buy @ buy.com for $142
Pioneer 16x DVD **anyone know where i can get this for 110 or less?
Monsoon MM700 speakers [purchased for $82 @ buy.com]
Samsung 950p [purchased for $290 @ onvia.com]
Smart&Friendly 8x SCSI CD-R [purchased from compusa more than a year ago for $200]

i bought some of them, but for the ones i haven't purchased, if you found a price cheaper than that, can you link me? thanks...

if you were curious why i bought so much stuff from buy.com, it was because of the 30 dollars off $150 purchases and that was the best deal.

 

[Shu8]

is this configuration fine? bump

 

[dcdomain]

Yo Shu8. Wassup
DynastyExpress has the board for $114 with 8.52 shipping for a total of $122.52.

Why the Pioneer DVD? It's slot loading, might have more problems in the future than tray loaded players. Go for the Toshiba 12x! 😀

Uhm nevermind... you just told me it comes in tray config too.

 

[Supradude]

have you checked pricewatch for prices??? always a good starting point for deals

 

[Impact55]

Pioneer 16x DVD **anyone know where i can get this for 110 or less?


mwave.com

 

[Whitedog]

Save $100 and just get a SB Live Value (card only). You don't need any of the attachments or the CRAPPY software.

 

[networkman]

I agree with Whitedog, save yourself some bucks and get SB Live Value card... you can get whatever software you need off of the Web.

 

[billyjak]

I had the Live value it's good but the X-Gamer is a much better card for price performance.