I'm building a computer over the next few weeks, am on a budget, and have never built one before. So far I've already bought a cpu (sempron 2600+), heat sink fan (Cooler Master VortexDream), and a power supply (300W Fortron) for a total of $95 including shipping. I have $360 more maximum to spend for the rest of the parts, and would like to get the best "bang for the buck" as possible. I'm going to use this system for a lot of things: encoding, gaming (running Halo and HL2 at medium settings would be fine), music, watching movies/tv, photo editing, dvd/cd burning, 3d rendering, and multitasking frequently. I download massive amounts of stuff, but I can live with a 80gb hd if need be. I plan on overclocking as well. Here's the parts I'm thinking of getting; it would help me out greatly if you can make recommendations (upgradability is not a huge issue as I plan on getting another comp in a year):
Motherboard: ASRock K7VT4A PRO Socket A $ 41.98
RAM: Corsair VS1GBKIT400 1GB Kit DDR400 $81.00
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar WD1200BB 120GB $79.00
Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard
Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-R955128T Radeon $58.50
9550 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
Case: xPCgear A7902 $34.99
Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 $62.24
The sound card, dvd burner, and monitor I'm pulling from my current system.
Motherboard: ASRock K7VT4A PRO Socket A $ 41.98
RAM: Corsair VS1GBKIT400 1GB Kit DDR400 $81.00
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar WD1200BB 120GB $79.00
Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard
Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-R955128T Radeon $58.50
9550 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
Case: xPCgear A7902 $34.99
Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 $62.24
The sound card, dvd burner, and monitor I'm pulling from my current system.
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