Buying a new PC. Need your suggestions

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marvsz

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Ey guys,

Please help me out. I need to buy a new mid-end pc for gaming and programming. My problem is I don't know much about hardwares and I want to make sure I?m buying the right stuff at a reasonable price.

I've come up with a list of choices based on research and I need some comments and suggestions to help me make up my mind. My budget is around $1100

CPU:
- Athlon64 3000+ s939 *1st choice
- Athlon64 3200+ s939

MOBO:
Budget is less than $170. Preferrably Nforce4 Ultra. I want a mobo that wont give me a hard tym.
- EPoX EP-9NPA3 ULTRA (It's cheap! but no firewire. Is there a way I can have one?) *1st
- EP-9npa+ Ultra (Some say the usb has problems and the board's design is bad)
- DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D (All the features I'm looking for is here except for the "Dual Xpress Graphics" and I'm not an OC'er)
- EP-9npa+ SLI[ (dont need to go sli but it has the features and I dont have any bad feedback on this one yet. It's also not pricey)
- Other Choices: DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-D, A8N SLI PREMIUM, A8N-E

VC:
- xfx 6880 GS XXX Edition
- HIS X800GTO IceQ II Turbo
- eVGA / XFX 7800GT *1st

MEM:
Don't have much idea on the timings but it says that the lower is better.
- OCZ Gold GX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 2-2-2-5 *1st
- CORSAIR XMS (2 x 512) 2-3-3-6. (Cheap!)
- OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) Platinum 2-3-2-5

PSU:
A Not Sli ready, good but cheap PSU would do. Maybe <= 500W? Can anyone tell me what the pins and connectors all about.
- 450w Task Dual Fan (Don't know if this is good but it's very cheap. PLS CHECK IT OUT) *1st
- Antec True Power 2 550 SLI ATX 2.01 550W (Just to be sure)

CASING:
I like the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Tower Series because of its lightweight and has good airflow. It's hot in our place that?s why I need this kind of cooling factor.

HDD:
- WD 250GB 16MB cache SATA-II

Please help me choose what to buy for my new PC. I would really appreciate your suggestions. THANKS.
 
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alimoalem

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cpu: get the opteron 146 or amd 3700+ ($220)
mobo: go with your 1st choice if the only thing you need is firewire. go to fry's and buy 3 for $15.
vga: 7800GT ($300)
HDD: perfect choice($120)
RAM: go with the 2x1gig kit. you need 2 gigs. why not value ram ($160-200 should be what you spend)
PSU: fortron 450W ($50)
Case: perference really. go with yours. (i'll but $100 just to be safe)
this'll get you at the $1100 mark. you can obviously cut back on the cpu cause your original was $50 cheaper...ram can be value ram. looks good. really looks like your researched
 
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Boztech

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The Corsair and Geil won't overclock very well.. of the two, Corsair has the lower timings. The G.Skill will most likely overclock better (230-240Mhz) but it depends on which kit you have priced out. $160 for 2Gb of Corsair is hard to beat.
 
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Malladine

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My recommendation:

A64 3200+ - $160
2gb basic mushkin/crucial/corsair/geil/ocz ram (faster ram useless unless overclocking heavily) - $165ish
msi neo4-f mb - $85 (built 3 systems with this mb now, flawless everytime - oldest is now 4 months and going strong).
7800gt - $275
fsp group 500w - $70
74gb raptor hdd - $155
Antec case - $100 ($150 if you want the shiny P series)
total here - $1010

What else do you need man? Monitor/kb/mouse? You can reduce price here, obviously, by choosing regular sata over raptor and getting an antec case for under $100 with ps built in. $50 can be saved going from 7800gt to 6800gs oc too. You could afford a x1900xt if you drop to a sata and the antec case w/ps.
 
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