Is this ready to be ordered

[StevenNevets]

Hi guys.. been working on this for months
I plan on building a good gaming rig (whole package) for under $1,200 and below is what I've come up with...

Still have a couple questions/Statements:
Is it all compatible?
Sense I got OEM versions for a few parts will I be missing important wires and what not?
Recomend better products, cheaper price (newegg/tigerdirect ONLY)
Comment on the overall performance and selections..
I'm wondering if my newsly selected CD/DVD drives are good..

Anything else you have to say, feel free to


CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300
http://www.newegg.com
$210

Motherboard: Conroe compatible ? not sure
http://www.newegg.com
$80-$120

Monitor: Acer AL1906AB / 19" / 8ms / 500:1 / SXGA 1280 x 1024 / Black / LCD Monitor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...em-details.asp?EdpNo=1962523&CatId=170
$159.99

Ram: CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145098
$147.99

Video Card: eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT CO 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283
($139.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate)

Case/PSU: Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155
$99.99

Operating System: Windows Xp home with SP2 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059
$87.99

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415
$64.99

Speakers: Logitech X-530 70 watts 5.1 Speaker - OEM
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...em-details.asp?EdpNo=1068238&CatId=492
$49.99

CD/DVD Burner: NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152055
37.99

Mouse: Razer KRAIT RZ01-00110100-R2ML Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...Details.asp?EdpNo=2265232&sku=R99-1028
$29.99

DVD Drive: SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s ? OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131
$19.99

Keyboard: Logitech Internet Pro 967450-0403 Black 103 Normal Keys 8 Function keys Function Keys PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard ? OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126167
$14.99



Approximate Price = $1,065 + motherboard ($80-120)

 

[bX510]

i replied to your post here....
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1892957&enterthread=y

 

[Smartazz]

Never mind.

 

[StevenNevets]

Originally posted by: bX510
Your going to have to go lower for your cpu and ram... and your mobo. I don't think you can afford a conroe with a 1k budget with a monitor... Probably case too, Sonata II isn't really THAT great... I would say its a little bit overrated and its a bit pricey for just a case. Centurion 5 would be a really good choice.

My bugets actualy $1,200, sorry

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: StevenNevets

Originally posted by: bX510
Your going to have to go lower for your cpu and ram... and your mobo. I don't think you can afford a conroe with a 1k budget with a monitor... Probably case too, Sonata II isn't really THAT great... I would say its a little bit overrated and its a bit pricey for just a case. Centurion 5 would be a really good choice.

My bugets actualy $1,200, sorry

My budget is $1200 too, when I find my thread I'll post it here.

 

[StevenNevets]

Find it?

And I still need some mobo suggestions

 

[TheInternal]

I'm an AMD man, myself. I've heard good things about the 7600 series though, so should be good there... I'd suggest getting Windows Media Center Edition or Professional over Home though. Home's kinda limited on it's networking stuff.

 

[StevenNevets]

I'm not to intersted in changing anything

What I realy want is to find myself a motherboard

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: StevenNevets
Find it?

And I still need some mobo suggestions

Sorry No I didn't find it. But I wrote down the specs:
Conroe E6400
ASRock 775Dual-VSTA
Logitech G5 Mouse
Fortron 450watt PSU
Sony Black DVD-ROM drive(I have an external cd burner)
Sapphire X1900XT
D-Link DWL-G510
Western Digital Caviar SE16
Cooler Master Centerion 5

It costs about $1135 after taxes and it has an X1900XT in it.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

slight problem: all the Core 2 Duo reviews that released today said that while July 24th is the official launch of Core 2 Duo, it is only for systems integrators like Dell, HP etc. Intel is only promising the X6800 in decent quantities...indications are all the E-series Core 2 Duos won't be in sizable quantities for the retail market (i.e. Newegg, TigerDirect etc.) until mid-late August.

They aren't saying there won't be any Core 2 Duos out until August....they're just saying they can't promise consumers lots of them. I think they will become available for a day or two, then placed on backorder or something before you know it. You will probably have to start checking Newegg every 6 hours or so whenever news spreads they are available

I would suggest you PM 'TankGuys' because his company was taking preorders for Conroes a week or so ago. I think he will be able to shed some fact-driven insight on the availability issue.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
slight problem: all the Core 2 Duo reviews that released today said that while July 24th is the official launch of Core 2 Duo, it is only for systems integrators like Dell, HP etc. Intel is only promising the X6800 in decent quantities...indications are all the E-series Core 2 Duos won't be in sizable quantities for the retail market (i.e. Newegg, TigerDirect etc.) until mid-late August.

They aren't saying there won't be any Core 2 Duos out until August....they're just saying they can't promise consumers lots of them. I think they will become available for a day or two, then placed on backorder or something before you know it. You will probably have to start checking Newegg every 6 hours or so whenever news spreads they are available

I would suggest you PM 'TankGuys' because his company was taking preorders for Conroes a week or so ago. I think he will be able to shed some fact-driven insight on the availability issue.

I just read the same thing.