Going to build my first PC

[xEDIT409]

ANTEC SONATA

ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology
ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP
(2x) Mushkin 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
Maxtor 200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

Lite-On 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW
Lite-On Black 16X DVD-ROM
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive
Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys
Hauppauge PCI TV Tuner Card, Model "WinTV PVR 250
SAMSUNG 172X-Silver 17" LCD Monitor

$1900

Thanks for your input!

 

[ShellGuy]

I would suggest 2 Hdd's as that will give you something to back up to incase ur sys dies.
But other than that looks sweet. I personaly dont care 4 Intel but that is me.


Will

 

[someone16]

I'd stick a cheaper CPU in there and go with a X800 Pro. Might as well =)

 

[ShellGuy]

What do you plan on doin that would warrant the 3.2 Extreme? They are alot more money. I would say if u want to pay that get an AMD Opteron.....

Will

 

[HokieESM]

What do you plan on doin that would warrant the 3.2 Extreme? They are alot more money. I would say if u want to pay that get an AMD Opteron.....

Its a Prescott (hence the 1MB of L2 cache, not 2MB of L3, like the Extreme Edition)... they're roughly $450 or so now (not the $900+ for the EE).

To the OP: What are you going to be doing with the computer? This makes a big difference to whether those parts are "good" or not. Certainly, its a nice, powerful system. Also, I would recommend looking into some aftermarket heatsinks--solely to make it quieter (the stock intel one is a bit loud). I'm also NOT a big fan of the Sonata... the Antec SLK3700AMB is much nicer in my personal experience.

 

[xEDIT409]

Thank's everyone for their input.

The reasons why I'm putting so much into this pc is well:
1. It's for college, and I want this pc to last the entire 4 years. I'm not a heavy gamer, but I do enjoy playing from time to time. Overall, I just don't want to have to upgrade a lot, if anything, in 3-4 years.

2. My dad is paying for it as a bday/grad present, so I'm just gettin what eva I want!



also, I've asked around and changed a few things from the last configuration:

CASE: Antec SUPER LanBoy. (Nice cause it's light, and comes with 2 120mm fans)

CDRW/DVD- Lite-On Black 52X32X52X16 Combo (Instead of a seperate dvd drive, i just got the CDRW and DVD combo. I thought it'd be nice to have 2 drives, but then i took a more realistic approach and realized i dont even use the 2nd drive that i have in my current pc right now.

COOLING- Got a ZALMAN CNPS6500B-AlCu CPU Cooler for the processor.

HDD- Gonna get 2 Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA Hardrives instead.

Power: Since the case doesnt come with a POWER supply, I picked up a Aspire 520W 12V Triple Fan Aluminum Power Supply.


And thats about it. All these changes make the new price to be $1917. Only 17 dollars more than the first price

 

[Falloutboy]

not bad setup but its over tripple the price of my rig and to be honest besides the graphics card not much faster

 

[Falloutboy]

if this rig is for college why not going with a

shuttle SN85 - $310
Athlon 64 3200+ $282
2x512mb ram $200
x800pro - $479
1x200gb $122 Mwave http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA25650
DVD-RW 8x $100
TV card (any good one under 100 bucks with the chip you got you don't really need on board encoding)

comes out to around 1500 which leave you 400-500 for monitor of your choice.
this setup will be much better than a p4 setup because in 2 or so years 64bit will be really catching on which will give you a boost in speed that the p4 will not give.

 

[dealseaker]

i agree with falloutboy525, or i would get a decent laptop, and if you need storage, an external hd, $1900 is alot of money, have you looked in the fs/t section? alot of people sell their stuff that is only a couple months old, that is alot of money in my opinion, but hey everyone's got one

 

[Mloot]

Don't know if you would be interested, but check the FS/FT forum for Mangler's post. He has a nice deal on a 3.2EE. Could save yourself a few bucks that way.