Scrutinize this build please

[alimoalem]

Case: $265 is way too much. i'd go with the antec p180 or something cheaper (you'll save like $150 here)

PSU: fortron 450w ($50 USD)

CPU: X2 4200 ($200 savings maybe)

Motherboard: your's is fine but don't SLI. i'd just get it cause it's a stable motherboard

Memory: you're not OCing so you don't want the good stuff. get 2gb of value ram (either OCZ, Corsair, G.Skill, or other reputable manufacturer)

HDD: 250gb (or 400gb if you can afford it) Western Digital SE16. it's a SATA drive with 16mb cache and i believe the 400gb one is one of the fastest 7200 RPM drives around

GPU: $260 is a ripoff for a 6800GS. go with an eVGA 7800gt or get an ATI x1900xt. you have at least $350 in savings if you cut down on the case and cpu which can be applied to your video card budget. you can definitely afford the x1900xt

Optical: pay the extra money for a DVD burner. if you have a DVD-RW, you'll have no reason to have a separate dvd drive

what is your monitor btw? you don't want to be visually limited by it

 

[Bobthelost]

The NEC is infereior to the BenQ 1640 sorry forgot to mention that, there's been so many of these threads recently i forget which ones i've noticed all the bits in.

I've got a 3540 and it's not bad, but they really do need the hacked firmware to be considered good.

 

[Googer]

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=T51SLI

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: doan

Originally posted by: Wall7486
Also, get the samsung floppy drive instead. Two of my friends and I have gotten the sony and it crapped on us, guess you can say we got some horrible luck but telling you just in case.

Or just skip the floppy, I can't remember the last time I used a floppy.

As long as you are running Windows XP, you still need a floppy for driver installation.