This is MY RIG, tell me what you think, HELP ME OUT

[ninno12345]

OK, i'm on a tight $1,000 budget and I want to Build my own computer. I did a lot of research on all my computer parts for a very long time, but I still think its not enough. I also wish to OVERCLOCK to get the most performance out of the product. Thats where you guys come in. Here I have a list of all the components I want to Buy. Keep in Mind, anything that is not listed, I already have from Old Computers. Please Tell me what you folks think and your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Cases (Computer Cases, ATX Form) : [$59.00]

Aspire X-Dreamer II(Black) ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, With Window, Model "ATXB4KLW-BK/350"

CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives) : [$74.99]

NEC 8X Black DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model ND-2500A, OEM Bulk

Fans, Heatsinks (Case, CPU, Chipset) : [$34.99]

Thermaltake SILENT BOOST Highest Performance Cooler for AMD AthlonXP up to 3400+ -RETAIL

Hard Drives : [$67.00]

Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only

Memory (System Memory) : [$285.00] A BIG issue for me

OCZ Enhanced Latency Dual Channel Series Memory 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3500

Motherboards - AMD : [$89.00]

ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL

Power Supplies : [$60.00] Another issue also

Antec 430W Power Supply, Model "TRUE430" -RETAIL

Processors : [$88.00]

AMD 45 Watt Mobile Athlon XP 2500+, 266 FSB, 512K Cache - OEM

Video Cards : [$205.00]

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -BULK


So what do you guys think? Can you help with anything? Any suggestions that would make things run more smoothly for me? Overclocking suggestions always welcome.
You guys would take a load off my back if you could help out.
THANKS!

Prices from http://www.newegg.com😕

 

[NokiaDude]

Go for a 120GB>* HD. I started off with 80GB but quickly needed a 120GB HD to add on!

 

[ninno12345]

thanks dude, I remember the days when 4 gigs were a lot. 😵

 

[Apologiliac]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
Go for a 120GB>* HD. I started off with 80GB but quickly needed a 120GB HD to add on!

I dont know where you live nino but CC was having a sale for 120gb (maxtors/western? it was name brand) for $60 dollars

 

[Gurck]

Well you listed a 350w psu and then a 430w psu later on in your post, not sure which one you're looking at - I'd go with at least the 430 if you plan on overclocking. Might want to go with faster rated ram too, if overclocking.

 

[slpaulson]

I'd get two of these sticks of ram.
I'm not a big fan of OCZ, and Mushkin is good stuff.
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3827637

 

[Connoisseur]

Dude, in all honesty maybe consider going for a "less quality" set of ram. See if you can find some Kingston HyperX or even ValueRam deals. This might sound like a travesty to overclockers but from the system, you're probably trying to O/C the mobile to at least 2.3-2.4 ghz so you get the ~3200+ speeds. ANY stick of PC3200 ram will accomplish this task and regardless of it's valueRAM name, Kingston chips are pretty high quality. They can probably easily hit 210+ fsb which is gonna be the upper limit of your overclock anyway. Best Buy has frequent kingston deals and you can often find HyperX going on sale for $100-120 and ValueRAM going for $70-80. This'll save you a decent chunk of money and still get you a nicely overclocking system.

As an example, I have two sticks of two year old PC2100 ValueRAM (133mhz). These sticks stably overclocked to 160mhz before they became Prime unstable and 170mhz before they became totally unstable. I've since replaced it with PC3200 sticks for better overclocking...but you get the point. Just because the name has "Value" doesn't mean it's not good.