New Comp Build. Comments?

[Boa Constrictor]

Case & PSU : Antec Solution SLK3700-BQE Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail - $81.49

Motherboard : CHAINTECH VNF4 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: VNF4 - $85.00

Cd : NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BK - OEM - $46.00

HD : SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP1614C 160GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM - $90.00

Ram : 2X WINTEC 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model 35145588-P - Retail - $34.50

CPU : AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail - $153.99

Video : SAPPHIRE 100109 Radeon X800 128MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - OEM - $189.00

This comes just over my spending limit which is around $700. (So I'm already over).

What do you think? Any suggestions? Keep in mind that of course theres bette stuff out there but I have a spending limit. And I have to keep within that limit here. This system is mainly for gamin

 

[l Xes l]

w0w.. dat's some cheap.. prolly crappy ram.. go for some cosair value ram at least...
if u r not going to OC.. no point in getting venice for more price... and w/ dat ram.. u prolly won't OC..

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: krnxpride83
w0w.. dat's some cheap.. prolly crappy ram.. go for some cosair value ram at least...
if u r not going to OC.. no point in getting venice for more price... and w/ dat ram.. u prolly won't OC..

Yep, see this thread

 

[Boa Constrictor]

Dunno, all the comments on Newegg are positive. Getting a top brand would throw me out of balance money wise.

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Boa Constrictor
Dunno, all the comments on Newegg are positive. Getting a top brand would throw me out of balance money wise.

Well, it's $79 at chiefvalue (run by newegg) , so about $10 more for this RAM vs. what you have listed. If $10 is really that big of a concern, then you need to save some more money before you build your system. Just my $.02

 

[Boa Constrictor]

But what is so bad about Wintec? If I can save some money that's good. Keep in mind I'm already over my limit here. I can't order later/save money because this is what I have. It's not going to get any more because I just don't get any more to spend on a system unless I win the lottery tomorrow.

So what complains do you have about Wintec?

Besides the memory, anything else you see thats wrong or is the rest fine?

 

[Boa Constrictor]

AlsO I don't see where you see it for 79. It's 42 a stick which comes to around 84!

 

[Boa Constrictor]

Bump?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Not too sure about that ram. $34 for a GIG? I'd try to avoid it, might save you some trouble. Be sure you look in Chaintech's Qualified Vendor List to make sure you get ocmpatible ram (to save yourself some trouble) - corsair value select *should* work.

Also, if you're really interested in saving money for a $700 build: www.amd.com/techtour On one of tyheir combos, they have a great motherboard and a great cpu and windows xp 64-bit edition for $250 - you save about $150 by getting that combo.

Also, be sure you check in the Hot Deals section, possibly one of the hot deals there will give your budget some breathing room (i've seen great deals on harddrives, cases, and graphics cards recently). If your budget is really getting pushed, try downgrading to Winchester.

Hope that helps,
-TPG