Building new PC(first PC)

[demetrics]

Cases (Computer Cases, ATX Form)

ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, Model "PLUS1080AMG" -RETAIL

$129.49


Extended Warranty Coverage
CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)

Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive, Model SOHC-5232K, OEM Bulk Pack
$44.00

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NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3500A BK, OEM

$81.00



Extended Warranty Coverage
Hard Drives


Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST3160023AS-RK, Retail
$128.00



Extended Warranty Coverage
Memory (System Memory)


CORSAIR VALUESELECT 240-Pin 1GB DDR2 PC2-4200, Model VS1GB533D2 - OEM
Manufacturer:
$305.00



Extended Warranty Coverage
Monitors - CRT


ViewSonic E90B 19" CRT Monitor -RETAIL
Item# N82E16824116302
$181.00




Standard Warranty only
Motherboards - Intel


Intel "BOXD915PBLL" 915P Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775 CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813121230
$153.00



**This item may only be returned for a replacement of the same make/model.
Extended Warranty Coverage
Processors


Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache w/ Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
$237.00



Extended Warranty Coverage
Video Cards


ATI RADEON X800 XT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/VIVO, PCI-Express, Model "102-A31904" -OEM
Item# N82E16814102394
$699.00



Product total: $1,957.49
Shipping & Handling: $ 0.00
Total (Before tax): $ 1,957.49

 

[Spawne32]

did you actually do research into these parts or did you just select the highest priced parts off a website and put them together lol

 

[yankeesfan]

-Look into the AMD Athlon 64s, they perform better than their Intel counterparts in almost any task.
-Do you need the second drive (the lite-on)? You can't make straight 1-1 backups of DVD movies anyway (if that was what you were looking to get the drive for).

Parts are good, prices are bad (if they are US dollars).

 

[EnDaRi]

My first computer I made is quite similar. I had a enermax case, Seagate 160 gb 7200 rpm, 512 mb Corsair XMS ram, Asus Radeon 9600 xt, lite on cd-rw drive/dvd drive, p4p800 deluxe motherboard, and a ati radeon 7000 pci version for a triple monitor setup.

Little did i know, i could have saved ALOT of money equivelent to what I have now.

 

[whitelight]

a64 3000+/3200+, dfi lanparty ut, pqi 2-2-2-5 2x512, x800 pro

will save you a lot of money.

 

[ViRGE]

And drop the extended warranties; even if you have to shell out your own money to replace something, it'll be cheaper than all those warranties.

PS And I second the motion of asking if you thought this through. I'm looking at a $1,350 system with the following specs:

A64 3500+
1GB PC3200 Corsair Value RAM
Abit AV8
Maxtor 160GB SATA
NEC 16x DVD-burner
Antec Sonata w/380W PS
Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro

This is nearly 33% off of the cost of your system, leaving you $600 to get the monitor, and pocket the change and/or upgrade to better parts somewhere; it's already faster than your system not counting video, and if you swap out the Radeon for a GF 6800GT, it'll be a few $ cheaper, and only a couple of percentage points off of the X800 XT's performance.