Please review my gaming build

Diddi

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Mar 17, 2006
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Hey Guys,

I have decided on a gaming build. My budget is around $2500 CAN (excluding the monitor). I will not be overclocking for at least a year, because I have have no experience. However, I decided to choose overclocking ram because I plan on overclocking in the future. I have not bought these parts yet, so I am looking for suggestions from you guys:

AMD AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core Processor S939 Denmark 1.8GHZ 2MB
$363.24

DFI LANParty UT NF4 ULTRA-D Motherboard ATX S939 NFORCE4 Ultra DDR 2PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound LAN 1394
$151.43

OCZ EL Gold GX XTC PC4000 2GB 2X1GB DDR500 CL3-4-3-8 184PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit

2 X Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive
$238.06

LG GSA-4167B 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM
$45.89

NZXT LEXA ATX Aluminum Case Black 4X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS Temp Display Window & Carrying Strap
$163.04

Antec True Power 2.0 550W ATX12V V2.0 SLI 120MM Fan Power Supply
$106.83

EVGA E-GEFORCE 7900 GT CO 500MHZ PCI-E 256MB 256BIT 1.5GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out Video Card
$399.98

 

Gagan

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Mar 6, 2006
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Change the PSU, go Powerstream 520W or 600w, same with Seasonic

Buy a good brand PSU now so you won't have to hit a wall when it comes to upgrading.

You also have 1000 dollars unaccounted for... ? Is that 2500 INCLUDING The monitor?
 

Diddi

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Mar 17, 2006
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Oops! I meant $2500 with the monitor (including shipping and taxes). The monitor that I want to get is ViewSonic Xtreme VX924 19" LCD 3 ms. Also, what's with the Antec hating? I thought they make very good stable PSU's.
 

Gagan

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Mar 6, 2006
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ANTEC has issues. I do not like them. For your own benefit go fortron,seasonic, ocz. OCZ has the best warranty in the game as well with powerswap(you get the new one and send the old one back when you get the new one).