Newbie... Please Double Check My Build....

[Onefastdak02]

My proposed build:

CASE
AMS Gmono CF-2029SW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power
+
2 80mm, and 120mm fans

MOBO
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

GPU
XFX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail

PSU
ENERMAX Whisper II EG465P-VE FMA(24) ATX12V 460W Power Supply - Retail

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - retail

RAM
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail

HD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3200822A 200GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

Optical drive
LITE-ON SOHW-1673S Black IDE DVD Burner - Retail

Wireless
D-Link DWL-G520 32bit PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter - Retail

OS
Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 - OEM

Monitor
NU L921G 2-Tone 19" 25ms LCD Monitor - Retail

I basically plan to use this computer for doing Photoshop and Illustrator work, also 3D modeling. I want to be able run an occasional game, (World of Warcraft). I was looking at an 800XL GPU but, I think the 6600Gt will be fine, because I want to run dual monitors, and going better than 6600GT with 2 DVI outputs blows my budget. Down the road I would like to take advantage of SLI once it becomes more mainstream.

My budget is $1,500USD, that includes the monitor, input devices and software...

Any problems I may run into with this build? Any suggestions?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I personally think that getting an X800XL now would be a better idea. You can save money going with a non-SLI motherboard and you'll be able to get away with a cheaper powersupply and use the money towards a single faster card.

Would a $300 X800XL with dual DVI really blow your budget? If you saved $50 on the motherboard and a little bit on the powersupply it wouldn't be that much more.

You could also bump the CPU down to a 3000+ and not take much of a performance hit.

That wouldn't help you much in the photoshop department, but it would certainly help you out with gaming... and possibly rendering work, I'm not so sure about that though.

 

[Onefastdak02]

If I make these changes it will work with my budget...

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail

MOBO
ASUS A8V-E Deluxe Socket 939 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

+$70

Worth It??

 

[Ike0069]

I suggest you get 2x1 GB RAM.
Dropping the CPU NAD MB down is a good idea.

 

[Chosonman]

Oh no, not another SLI + 6600GT Highschooler build....