Need some advice on parts

[BraindeadGuy]

I'm looking at building my system at the beginning of the year, and am starting to do my homework now to find out what some good parts are. As always money is an issue as I do not want to go over 2000$ for the entire system if it can be helped.

Right now I am looking at the following:

Case: Chieftec SX1040 DX-01BD
PSU: Turbo Link 420 WATT AMD AND INTEL P4 CERTIFIED PSU
Motherboard: ASUS P4S8X 533FSB DDR AGP8X LAN SND USB2
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
Memory: 1 Gig PC2100 DDR RAM
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
DVD RW: Sony DRU-500A DVD+RW-RW
Speakers: Yamaha TSS-1

I need to know how good the stuff is I have picked out and any recommendations on a soundcard, cooling, or what not. I plan on using this system to do programming (Visual Studio .Net), surfing the net, gaming, and watching movies. Eventually I hope to get a digital camcorder so I'd do movie editing stuff with it too.
If the prices of the Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz go down by January-ish then I'll probably get one of those and a Granite Bay board depending on how well they do or what not.

If you have any friendly insights on anything to add or change let me know. I do want to stick with the Video Card, Speakers, and DVD RW, and the CPU.

I am not really too concerned about overclocking.

It'll be the first system I build but figure that this way I can have what I want and not end up with a bunch of crap I'm never gonna use if I were to get it pre-built.

Thanks for your input I appreciate it.

 

[Wolfsraider]

for better performance id recommend pc2700 ddr ram or better

i don't know about the mobo but id recommend the epox 4g4a+ no snags for me
i am running corsair xms 3000 ram and it does fine

i would recomend waiting for the 3.06 and granite bay it will be more future proof and offer better performance ymmv

hth
mike

 

[BraindeadGuy]

ya but the 3.06 chip is gonna be 637$ when it's released NOv. 14th I dunno if it'll drop like 150$ by January

 

[Wolfsraider]

the rig i built in my sig was 1666.00 total

you should be able to build a granite bay for the same or so

637 is suggested it will be lower in places

depending on how much effort you put into finding deals it should still be in your budget

imho
mike

 

[NasdaqTrader889]

Why don't you just go to ABS computers and get one made from them. The cost will probably be lower than what you are paying for your build.

ABS PC


ABS Computer will warrant this system for 3 year parts, lifetime labor, and lifetime tech support.

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: NasdaqTrader889
Why don't you just go to ABS computers and get one made from them. The cost will probably be lower than what you are paying for your build.

ABS PC


ABS Computer will warrant this system for 3 year parts, lifetime labor, and lifetime tech support.

no thanks i'd rather build mine than trust someone not to use cheap parts