New Gaming Rig Advice Request

[valdamax]

Am looking to purchase a new gaming rig, and am on a budget of around $800 after rebates. Any suggestions on my current design? I've already purchased the case, which comes with an Antec 350W (SL350S) Power Supply. Am kicking myself a little since I was originally wanting a DFI Lanparty board, but most posts I've seen advise a minimum 480W PS for it, so am also wondering if this configuration will fly with PS I've already got.

Case + PSU : Antec SLK3700-BQE, ($47 AR)
RAM: Corsair ValueSelect 2x512MB PC3200 ($90)
Video Card: ATI X800XL PCIe - ($280)
CPU: AMD64 3200 Venice ($190)
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 (nForce4) ($90)
Hard Drive: Seagate 160GB SATA 7200.7 Retail ($50 AR w/ Fry's)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS OEM ($71)
Optical drive: Previousled owned NEC 3500 DVD+RW

Any input would be appreciated!

 

[gonzaga1751]

What about an OS and monitor you really don't need the sound card (with that budget) and you could bump down from the xl to pro to save some money

 

[valdamax]

Will be using WinXP Pro, currently owned, and also a currently owned ViewSonic G790s 19" CRT (I believe is the model, off hand)

 

[DavidoFoo]

Get an Epox 9NPA+

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: DavidoFoo
Get an Epox 9NPA+

2nd that
Also, don't get the audigy 2 zs, get the m-audio revolution 7.1 or 5.1. I still don't like mine heh. And I upgraded from a SB Live! 24-bit... I just have to grow accustomed to it.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: valdamax
Am looking to purchase a new gaming rig, and am on a budget of around $800 after rebates. Any suggestions on my current design? I've already purchased the case, which comes with an Antec 350W (SL350S) Power Supply. Am kicking myself a little since I was originally wanting a DFI Lanparty board, but most posts I've seen advise a minimum 480W PS for it, so am also wondering if this configuration will fly with PS I've already got.

Case + PSU : Antec SLK3700-BQE, ($47 AR)
RAM: Corsair ValueSelect 2x512MB PC3200 ($90)
Video Card: ATI X800XL PCIe - ($280)
CPU: AMD64 3200 Venice ($190)
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 (nForce4) ($90)
Hard Drive: Seagate 160GB SATA 7200.7 Retail ($50 AR w/ Fry's)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS OEM ($71)
Optical drive: Previousled owned NEC 3500 DVD+RW

Any input would be appreciated!

System looks good for the price except for the Audigy 2 for $71, the retail version can be had for ~$20 AR as Creative is trying to get rid of them in favor of the X-fi. I picked up the gamer edition for $50 AR and love it.

Otherwise it looks decent, hopefully you can squeeze a little higher clocks out of the venice with your psu, I am willing to bet you can.

-spike

 

[valdamax]

The Epox looks nice, though according to a post in the Newegg reviews, somebody quoted Epox tech support as saying that a 400 PS should be minimum. Think it'll still fly on my Antec 350W SL350S?