specs of comp im planning to build

[silencer534]

gonna buy parts peice by peice hopefully Ill get it built mid-summer break

Thermaltake Xaser II A5000 A Plus Chassis $118.00
Lite On 52x24x52 CDRW Model LTR-52246S OEM $48.00
*BLACK* PANASONIC 1.44 MB DENSITY FLOPPY DISK DRIVE $8.00
WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM 8MB CACHE $132.00
Viewsonic G71f+B 17" Black CRT Monitor Retail $165.00
ASUS P4PE "Black Pearl Edition" P4 478 $146
Intel Pentium 4 / 2.53 GHz Northwood $189
Creative Audigy Gamer $87.00
CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 512MB 32MX8 PC-2700C2PT With Platinum - Silver Heat Spreader - $102

Total - 995

what do you think?

 

[gf4200isdabest]

umm, don't you need a video card?

 

[silencer534]

gonna use the one I have now, Ti4200, and wait till the top end cards become a bit cheaper

 

[ScrapSilicon]

looks ok

 

[silencer534]

any suggestions on the parts I used if I should get something else?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

well OfficeDepot will have a Maxtor 120GB 8mb 7.2k Retail box onsale starting tomorrow..check HotDeals forum on it..

WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM 8MB CACHE $132.00

OfficeMax sale on Cendyne(what's in the box is a ymmv..) again HotDeals forum..

Lite On 52x24x52 CDRW Model LTR-52246S OEM $48.00

 

[silencer534]

would I bet better off getting a AMD system instead?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If this is gonna be built by mid-summer break, wait a little on the cpu. Cpus by then will have come down a good amount for Intel. May 11 is when they will be doing a lot of their price cuts... I think its May 19th now, not sure