Replacing 5 year old system

[wetech]

Replacing my old Athlon 64 single core system. Mostly gaming (1680x1050), with some video encoding thrown in there. May do some overclocking, nothing too extreme. Going to be at a Microcenter for BF, otherwise, shopping at the Egg. I'll be reusing my case, monitor, HDD (500GB Samsung Spinpoint), keyboard, mouse, and DVD drive. Looking at:


From Microcenter:
CPU
AMD PII X4 955BE - $140
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0325957


RAM
Already picked up 4 sticks of the 2GB ADATA from the deal last weekend for $80
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2121272

Cooler
Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Black Friday deal - $17
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0315397

Was considering going for an SSD boot drive as well. Two options here:
Microcenter 64GB - $99 no rebates
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0351760

It's this drive, rebranded:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211485&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3332167&SID=

or

OCZ Agility 2 - 60GB - $99 after rebate (Black Friday sale)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0344221


Newegg:
Power Supply
Seasonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

Thinking about this MB:
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 - $80 after $15 discount code
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443


GPU:
GTX460 1GB. No real preference for model. Probably Gigabyte or EVGA. Seems like this can be had for about $170.


All in for $645. Comments, suggestions welcome.

 

[jaydee]

Newegg "leaked" a couple note-worthy Black Friday deals just an hour ago. The only one I saw applicable to you is a 64GB SSD for $85 after rebate (no word on which brand/controller). Appearantly, it'll be available tomorrow.

Excellent choice of PSU.

If you're going for that motherboard/CPU (don't see the MB rebate?), you might as well take advantage of the newegg combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.543364

In fact, I don't see any reason (for this build) at all to go to microcenter and have to face the crowds and pay sales tax. Unless a undeniable deal pops up soon.

 

[wetech]

Yeah, I saw the newegg teaser. will see which SSD they come out with the discount on. The $15 was actually a promo code. Didn't see the combo; looks like it just applies the code in addition to knocking $15 off the CPU, which brings it in line with buying the CPU from MC and the MB from Newegg.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

The same thing I tell everyone looking at upgrading now. Just wait for Sandy Bridge on Jan. 5th. That's not much of a deal on the CPU or mobo and you already have the memory so...

Unless you're an AMD man then just ignore me.

 

[mfenn]

Looks pretty good to me. Both SSDs are Sandforces, so I'd just get whichever is cheaper.

 

[wetech]

The same thing I tell everyone looking at upgrading now. Just wait for Sandy Bridge on Jan. 5th. That's not much of a deal on the CPU or mobo and you already have the memory so...

Unless you're an AMD man then just ignore me.

I'd consider waiting, but the current system is acting up. So I'll need the new one sooner then later.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

I'd consider waiting, but the current system is acting up. So I'll need the new one sooner then later.

How is it acting up? Unless it'd physically dying then you're having software issues which of course don't require new hardware to fix.