Eh... time to build that new system for college

[Wuzup101]

Alright after talking to a bunch of people I've decided against buying a laptop for college for a number of reasons. Anyway, I'd like to build myself a nice desktop system - which will probably cost me less than a loaded (the only kind I like) laptop would cost me. Anyway here's what I got so far.

Note: Some pieces will be taken from my comptuer right now... because I have extra pieces which I can put in their place so that I can use my current system when i come home for vacation.

Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Delux
Processor: AMD 2500+ Barton Retail
RAM: 2 x 512mb Crosair pc3200 XMS cas2
HDD: 2x 80gig WD SE
CD: Lite On 52 x 24 x 52 CD-RW (black)
DVD: Sony 16x (black)
FDD: Sony (black)
Sound: onboard for the time being
Speakers: Logitech THX Z560 4.1
Case: Lan Li PC-61 USB (black)


Stuff I have that will be going in:
Video: Radeon 8500 Retail
PSU: Enermax 431watt
HS: Alpha PAL8045 w/ sunon HO fan

I'm going to keep my radeon 8500 for a while... then maybe right before school starts... or even around christmas... I'll upgrade the video card. I'd also like to get myself a tv capture card (any recomendations would be nice). No fancy lighting... no nonsense... just a nice system. I'd like to overclock to whatever I can get stable on air, and I'm buying the ram because I feel it will last the longest (being outdated wise) compared to it's price. I'm not really too concerned about little bits of price because the rents are picking up the tab for this system (thank god). So I'm gonna make it nice. I'm going to be getting a 19" ViewSonic LCD that I saw at bestbuy today... around $800 which should be quite nice. I play some games once and a while (though I'm find playing stuff without the absoulute highest eye candy). I'm expecting this to be a media center of sorts... something that can entertain me and a roomate. Anything you guys think I should add or change would be recomended. Also... the total parts above come to $1210 including shipping from newegg... after that all i need is the tv capture card, and a wireless mouse/keyboard.

BTW: I do have the ram and proc speed for a reason... I do dabble in photo editing and the like... and I always have a million and a half things open. So I like everything to run smoothly.

Sorry For the Long post... your feedback would be much appreciated

 

[Wuzup101]

Decided I'm probably going to add an Audigy 2 and the monitor will most likely be a samsung 191T - in black.

I hear there might be some A7N8X conflicts w/ the Audigy though... any news on this?

 

[gplracer]

Have you thought of an Epox 8RDA+? The sound is better than my audigy and it is a good board.

 

[Wuzup101]

Hum.... thought of it briefly... but just went for the more expensive asus because I trust them (who knows why) and because I wasn't paying. However, if the sound is really that good (as I've heard from several sources now, then I might be able to save some money by going for that board and the audigy).... thanks for the suggestion!