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Building new pc for self...looks ok?

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I'm selling my current PC to a friend for $400. Just the tower it self with whatever thats instead of it. I think he's getting a killer deal from me(look in sig for pc spec) Lol. But anyways, here's what i'm going with...

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
$176.99

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BIBOX
$190

SAPPHIRE Radeon X800 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
$249

Ram - this is the part i'm stuck on...on the curernt pc that i'm using the one that i'm going to sell my friend has a Kingston HyperX 2x512mb @ 2-2-2-5 and it works wonderfully...

But i like to try new things...so What'd u recommand?...I heard Cosairs good...but too many "types" of editions....dunno which ones are good.

OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4001024ELDCGE-K

sounds ok?...Right now with all that totally $791.66, still need to get new case, more fans, cdrw/dvdrw drives. How much watts of voltage do you think i'll be needing for this new PC that i'm building? 420watts should be well enough don't you think?

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153006

Thanks all!
 
for the gfx card go with a x800xl, a much better card than the pro and only $20 more. that power supply would be ok as long as you never went to sli...and with your choice of the sli board maybe your thinking of that option, but your buying a ati card. the asus board is good but if you're not gonna go sli you'd be better off with a dfi board which will allow you to overclock that winchester and give the voltage to that the twinmos or the ocz value that they need for good overclocks.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152
 
yes, i also looked into that board. I couldn't decide on which one to go with, so i went with my first choice. But since you and somewhere i read that the DFI board u posted, has a better chance of overclocking. Thanks for the advice! What would you recommand for a nice and long lasting quiet power supply system? Because the current one that i have on my PC is pretty loud...but it's been nothing but good coming from the PS. Its just a little loud..
 
the x800xl is definately worth it. for a nice quiet power supply seasonic would be a good buy. sli really isn't worth it since your paying $700-$1000 for maybe 20-40% max performace gain. if you want the best and have the money then sli's the way but i really don't think its worth the money IMHO.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164041 only 269 for a x800xl which has almost equal performance of a 6800gt or x800xt

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-S12-430 <---link for seasonic. if your not going sli your current power supply or an xclio should work fine
 
thats the thing, i dont really need 2 video card later on...so i switched over to the DFI nf4. thanks for looking out!
 
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