Getting this soon, Opinions Please

[Rommels]

What yall think?


Case:
- Antec P180 $105 (Techonweb)

Power Supply:
- Antec NeoPower ATX 480W Power Supply 100 - 240V - Retail $90 (TechOnWeb)

Motherboard:
- ASUS A8N-SLi Premium $172

Processor:
- AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego $273 (ZipZoomFly)

RAM:
- OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel - Retail $264

Hard Drive:
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $109

Video Card:
- eVGA 256-P2-N537-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB /w BF2 - Retail $395

CDRW/DVDRW Bruner:
- NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM $43

Monitor:
- KDSUSA XF-9S 19" CRT $135 (Microcenter)

Keyboard:
- Saitek PZ30AU Black Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail $42

Mouse:
- BELKIN F8E850-OPT $17


Total: $1,704.53 (Shipping included) - $27 MIR on OCZ Ram.

• Newegg: $1,072.19
• ZipZoomFly: $273.00
• Techonweb: $224.34
• Microcenter: $135

-Rommels

 

[d2arcturus]

Switch the SLI board with a DFI or EPoX NF4 Ultra board, downgrade the memory to OCZ Value, and upgrade the processor to 3800 X2.
Oh, and maybe switch that Neopower with an Antec TPII or Fortron Blue Storm (both fit P180).

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: d2arcturus
Switch the SLI board with a DFI or EPoX NF4 Ultra board, downgrade the memory to OCZ Value, and upgrade the processor to 3800 X2.

agreed on all of the above recommendations

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Looks great! My only suggestion would be to ditch the CRT for an LCD but thats a matter of personal preference.

 

[imported_Akira]

people have sugegsted to me to get an antec sonata which comes with its its own 450 psu..that should save you a good buck if you considering that

 

[Rommels]

Kommie PSU suppliers, why can't they list cable lengths...yarrrrr...

I have yet to find the cable lengths on the neopower, not the mod cables the atx and other connected cables.

Can't find the TruePower's lengths either...

And the Fortron Blue Storm looks good, but I hear it is noisy..., love the molex connectors though, and that the cables are pre-sheathed...anybody got the lengths?

Also got the Enermax 495 Noisetaker on my list

I am frustrated looking for the lengths so I'll look again tomarrow, I am fed up for today.

I have the xf-7b 17" CRT and love it, so for $15 more than I paid for the xf-7b I can get the xf-9s 19"...saving tons of money not getting an lcd.