Need Final input on this system

plaidfro

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I'm such a wuss... I haven't pulled the trigger on my new home computer yet. But the wife said I can get it in Sept.

How's it lookin? A lot of the changes I have made have been because of advice and suggestions by you guys, Thanks:

MoBo = EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX $105
CPU = AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 $146
Case = Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano ATX Mid Tower 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 $109
Video Card = eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $154
HD = Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive $55
RAM = CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400l $90

Total = $670

Is there a specific brand of 6600GT I should be looking at or is the eVGA just fine?

Not bad for a low budget computer... If I can squeeze out some more money from somewhere I would like to get a 6800GT Video Card... but its not cost effective yet.

EDIT: Now built, Thanks guys
 

Ricemarine

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A good brand would be XFX, or eVGA or BFG... Oh wait... I think evga applied their lifetime warranty to 7-series and up... err... heh...

Still, I say buy a separate psu instead of getting the sonata II.
 

JBDan

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Looks good to me and for 670$$ thats a nice rig! :) My vote is eVga on the GFX card.
 

GR8Madmax

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That looks good. The only suggestion I have is to get a Seagate HD (5 year warranty) over WD.
 

plaidfro

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I'd like to thank everyone who helped me get my system built. It is unbvelievable. The only difference from the above specs is that I got a Seagate 80GB SATA150 HD instead of WD.

System runs great... we'll see about OC'ing later.

Thanks,
Plaid