Thoughts on new rig?

[VivienM]

Any thoughts on the following?

(Note: before people scream at the prices, these are all Canadian $$$)

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum 24BIT Sound Card W/ Front Access Panel & Remote Control
In Stock 16550 $209.99 $209.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor S939 Manchester 2Ghz 512KBX2 90NM Retail Box
In Stock 15708 $409.99 $409.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA W/ NCQ 7200RPM 8MB 8MS Hard Drive 5YEARS MFR Warranty
In Stock 13631 $128.98 $128.98

Kingston ValueRAM PC3200 512MB DDR400 CL3 184PIN DIMM Memory
In Stock 13212 $52.99 $105.98

HALF-LIFE 2 - Voucher Only - *Bundle W. Athlon 64 CPU & Barebones System Only*
In Stock 13537 $0.00 $0.00

Nero 7 Ultra Edition *Promo Only - Bundle With AMD Athlon X2 Systems - Not For Sale*
In Stock 16672 $0.00 $0.00

Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM
In Stock 6527 $155.99 $155.99

Antec Neo HE500 High Efficiency 500W ATX12V V2.2 & EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply
In Stock 16603 $113.80 $113.80

EVGA 7800GT PCI-E 256MB & NFORCE4 S939 SLI DDR Motherboard Bundle (Limited Quantities) *IR-$80*
In Stock 16671 $509.98 $509.98
1 x EVGA ATX S939 NFORCE4 SLI DDR 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E 3PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard
1 x EVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT PCI-E 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV VIVO SLI Ready Video Card

LITEON Black 16X DVD-ROM INT E-IDE OEM W/ SW DVD PLAYER
In Stock 8522 $28.51 $28.51

And an Antec P180, purchased locally... (shipping one of those halfway across the country... expensive) and a DVD burner to be purchased later...

I basically just want a very stable, non-overclocked, dual core system for both gaming and non-gaming purposes...

In particular, any thoughts on that board? Would the $50 extra for an Asus A8N-E instead (yes, I know, it's not SLI, but that's not a concern) be money well spent? (Keeping in mind my criteria is stability, NOT overclockability)

Also, is the stock HSF going to drive me nuts noise-wise?

 

[Sentinel]

Get the mobo combo, it will run fine for you.

 

[w00t]

go opteron 165-170
i would also get a seasonic s12 500W and a benQ 1640
and 512mb for 100 dollars wtf i can get a gig for 80.

 

[VivienM]

Originally posted by: w00t
go opteron 165-170
i would also get a seasonic s12 500W and a benQ 1640
and 512mb for 100 dollars wtf i can get a gig for 80.

Seasonic 500W is $50 (CAD) more... hard to justify, I'm afraid, unless you have good reasons?

I'm deliberately NOT buying a DVD burner now because I would expect there to be big sales on those on boxing day (Dec. 26, for our friends south of the border); last year, BenQ was the massively discounted brand.

And as for the RAM, I'd be buying 2x512... at $52 (CAD) each. If you know a place selling gig DIMMs for $80 (CAD), I'd love to hear about it

 

[VivienM]

Originally posted by: VivienM
Kingston ValueRAM PC3200 512MB DDR400 CL3 184PIN DIMM Memory
In Stock 13212 $52.99 $105.98

Oops, I just realized that was unclear... This is supposed to be TWO of those DIMMs, not one.

 

[VivienM]

Oh, and another thing... would a smaller PS (e.g. 430W) do adequately?