Building First PC

[Eduax]

I'm am trying to find a good case...... not spending more than $80. Would apreciate the help.
The parts i'm thinking about buying are:

Motherboard- ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe

CPU- Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0E GHz 800MHz FSB

Hard Drive- Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

RAM- Kingston ValueRAM Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G

Burner- Sony DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DWU18A


Any suggestions would be good. All i'm missing is the case and the power supply.
thanx to the anandtech comunity

 

[elcoro2005]

I would recomend going with a case without psu, and getting a 400+w psu

 

[toastynoodles]

what about a video card????

 

[Sonic587]

What are you going to be doing with this comp? And what is your max budget?

 

[Eduax]

I already have a video card..... 128mb Xtasy gforce 4...... my max budget is $850.... i am planing on using it as a gaming pc and general uses.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Eduax
I already have a video card..... 128mb Xtasy gforce 4...... my max budget is $850.... i am planing on using it as a gaming pc and general uses.

gaming = athlon64

 

[jpeyton]

my suggestions here

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1371717&enterthread=y

 

[Eduax]

Thx for the help..... i am really learning alot from the forum jpeyton.. u think u could suggest other cases that are good and not too expensive.

 

[Sonic587]

A64 3000+ Retail
Epox NF2 250GB
2X 512MB 3200 mushkin
Same HDD you have listed except it's IDE
NEC Dual layer DVD durner

For a PSU I'd suggest this. Very good price/performance from a great brand.

Throw in a $30ish case and that should come to just under $700 shipped. If you're just fine with your current video card, you can throw in some more goodies like a 3200+-3400+ or a bigger harddrive. On the other hand, you can grab in a radeon 9800 pro if you cut some corners. I don't suggest getting it though, since the 6600 GT is soon to be here and might very well outperform the pro for the same price.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

If you're going to be gaming, I'd seriously consider upgrading the video card as well. Unless you don't plan on playing any of the newer games that'll be coming out or if you don't care about eyecandy.