New system - suggestions?

[PointlesS]

I'm building a new system for a friend...it'll be a gaming machine...remember this computer will run at completely stock and it won't have a bunch of fans or 3 hard drives running...I'm trying to stay around $700

ANTEC Life Style Series Black Case With 380W Power Supply, Model "SONATA" - $99

NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM - $52

NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive, OEM - $10

Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only - $57.90

KEYBOARD-2000 KB-118B Black Keyboard PS/2 104keys -RETAIL - $4.55

Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail - $90

CHAINTECH NVIDIA nForce4 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU, Model "VNF4" -RETAIL - $84.50

DCT Factory Black Internet Scroll Mouse, Model 03M-2002B - Retail - $3.25

AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail - $146

EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "128-P2-N368-TX" -RETAIL - $179

total - $726.20

 

[NetDevil]

It`s great price. I wouldn`t change nothing at it.

 

[ts3433]

Nothing to change. Hit "order" about now.

 

[Icopoli]

I'd have to agree with the above.

 

[rivethead]

The only comments I have are:

1) I'd spring for the extra $16 and get the Chaintech VNF4 Ultra. You'll get an onboad hardware firewall, SATA2 support (some future proofing), NVidia nTune software (performance tweaking...although you said you weren't OCing).

2) The NEC is a good choice, but the Benq 1620 is suppose to give a higher quality burn, more consistently, from what I've read at cdfreaks.com. But the NEC is a little faster. I decided quality was more important than speed and went with the Benq (also because it came with Nero 6.0). I paid $54 for the Benq/Nero package.

3) If money is tight, go with a Geforce 6600 VC. I bought the Leadtek Geforce 6600 for $109. From what I hear, you can overclock the 6600's to 6600GT speeds. However, I haven't tried it yet.

4) Why a floppy drive?

5) I'd spend a little more on a better mouse/keyboard. These input devices are used everytime you use the computer. You want quality there. If you go with cheap, you'll be reminded of cheap evertime you use your computer.

Looks good.

Best of luck!