Ordering in a week

[AustinMatherne]

I?m ordering this in about a week what do you think???
Also do you think I should wait and see if the prices on the 6800GT's will drop down with the release of the new cards???


Motherboard_____ASUS A8N-SLI_______________________________Newegg_________$142.00
Processor________AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice___________________ZipZoomFly_____$190.00
Memory________Corsair Value Select 1GB DDR PC-3200 CAS 2.5____Newegg_________$84.33
Hard Drive______Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB Serial ATA_______ZipZoomFly_____$129.99
Optical Drive____NEC ND-3520A_______________________________Newegg________$53.99
Floppy Drive____Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive______________________Newegg________$22.99
Case___________AeroCool Spiral Galaxies________________________Newegg________$102.49
Power Supply____OCZ ModStream 450W_________________________Newegg________$73.94
Video Card______eVGA e-Geforce 6600GT PCI-Express_____________Newegg________$173.00
Sound Card______Chaintech AV-710 7.1__________________________Newegg________$27.00

Total________________________________$999.73

 

[knothead34]

i would wait yes. they have dropped in prices since i bought mine a few months back. the downside to a 6800gt assuming you are going to go sli with them in the future is you might need more then 450watts. yes ocz is a good psu. if your even thinking of getting in the g70 cards later on they are even more power hungry. just a thought. i see alot of people getting sli rigs and using gts or ultras or talk about the g70 and only have 450 or 480 watts. if you were just gonna use 6600gts then ok yeah im sure 450watt modstream would be enough. i always buy a power supply looking ahead for whats coming around the corner and i see more power hungry hardware ahead.

 

[Bucks]

Switch that Venice 3200 for the 3000 and save 30 some dollars

 

[CheesePoofs]

Looks good overall.

I doubt the prices on the 6800gt will fall when the G70 is released because it will be another 1 or 2 months before the G70s actually start appearing. You might want to consider switching the processor from a 3200 to a 3000 upgrading the graphics card to an X800XL, which is almost as fast as the 6800gt in most games and even slightly faster in a few others.

 

[AustinMatherne]

Ok I think I will get this when the prices go down a little.



Motherboard???ASUS A8N-SLI??????????????????????????Newegg???$142.00
Processor?????AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice???????????????ZipZoomFly?$190.00
Memory??????Corsair Value Select 1GB DDR PC-3200 CAS 2.5??Newegg???$84.33
Hard Drive?????Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB Serial ATA???ZipZoomFly?$129.99
Optical Drive????NEC ND-3520A?????????????????????????Newegg???$53.99
Floppy Drive????Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive????????????????Newegg???$22.99
Case?????????AeroCool Spiral Galaxies??????????????????Newegg???$102.49
Power Supply????OCZ ModStream 520W??????????????????Newegg???$121.99
Video Card?????eVGA e-Geforce 6800GT PCI-Express????????Newegg???$345.00
Sound Card?????Chaintech AV-710 7.1???????????????????Newegg???$27.00

Total????????????????$1?219.78

 

[CheesePoofs]

I wouldn't suggest the modstream 520w unless your really want to have a modular power supply. Instead, I'd recomend the Powerstream 420w (which is actually more powerful).

 

[Bucks]

As mentioned numerous times, the AMD Venice 3000+ will overclock just as well as the 3200+, saving you 23%

 

[Bucks]

Sorry double post