Help me figure out what to buy

Mo0o

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Samsung173P-Silver SyncMasterTM 173P-Silver (17 inch monitor ) $609-newegg

Shuttle SB61G2 i865G Mini BareBone System $259.99 - newegg

Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST380013AS, OEM $77.25-newegg

Intel Pentium 4/ 2.4C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail $166.00-newegg

ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
-RETAIL $228.00 - newegg

Corsair Value Select 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM $46.00

Corsair Value Select 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM $46.00

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy ES PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0162" -OEM $48.00

Thats what I'm looking at. I looked on newegg for prices, zdnet and various places of rating and i've picked these parts. Please critique and help fine tune. I am sort of on a budget so i can't go too overboard.

Thanks!
 

Mo0o

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would it be in general hardware? its kind of an all encompassing question.
 

JulesMaximus

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Why are you skimping on the video card? I'd get an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro for about $60 more.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: Mo0o
would it be in general hardware? its kind of an all encompassing question.
Yep, a quick look there would have shown it's the "build my system" threads home :)