New Computer Build

[Danenania]

I'm building a new computer (for the first time) to be used primarily for video games and multitabling poker. A friend of mine who's a computer science major helped me pick out the parts and will help me build it. I'll be purchasing 2 accompanying Dell 2001FP's for monitors. The max I'm willing to spend before monitors is 2k. Like the picks? Any suggestions?

MOBO
$105.00
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS Ultra-939" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...P=OTC-d3alt1me

CPU
$267.00
AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Socket 939 Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...463&depa=0

RAM
$540.27
CORSAIR XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 2GB(1GBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...503&depa=1

GRAPHICS
$450.50
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, and Doom 3 Bundle 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/Dual DVI, 8X AGP, Model "PVT40AUD + Doom3" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...074&depa=1

HD
$190
2 x Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD1600JD, OEM Drive Only*
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...152&depa=1
*Connected by raid array

DVD BURNER
$65.50
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3500A BK W/SW, OEM with software
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...029&depa=1

DVD ROM
$27.50
SONY 16X BLACK DVD DRIVE #DDU1613
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch...iteria=AA25370

CASE
$100.50
CoolerMaster Cavalier 3 Black/Blue ATX Mid Case With side window, Model "CAV-T03-WK" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...062&depa=1

POWER SUPPLY
$41.50
COOLMAX 400W CX-400B, BLACK, Taurus CX Series Silent Power Supply; 1 x 120mm fan, 3 Speed Fan Control Switch ( Auto, Low, Medium).
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...023&depa=1

FLOPPY DRIVE
$7.00
NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive, OEM
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...005&depa=0

SOUND CARD
$47.99
Turtle Beach 6-Channel PCI Sound Card, Model "Santa Cruz" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...102&depa=0

FAN
$41.49
ZALMAN Aluminum + Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 775/478/754/939/940, Model "CNPS7700-ALCU" -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...114&DEPA=1

TOTAL
$1883

[itsmarty]

A Tom's Hardware article from last week, worth reading before buying an NVidia card and flat screen monitor:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...129/index.html

Makes no difference for poker, but could be something to consider for gaming.

Martin

[SomethingClever]

Looks good, but....

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FLOPPY DRIVE
$7.00
NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive, OEM
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...005&depa=0


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That's like putting one of those tree air-fresheners in a Ferrari.

[realwtf]

Maybe a 480 watt power supply upgrade.

[BusterStacks]

well, it's surely a huge waste of money, but it will be top of the line at least until 2005.

[Danenania]

Yeah I was sort of wondering about the power supply. My friend says 400 is plenty but I'll probably jack it up to 500 just to be safe.

[Danenania]

Got nothing better to spend it on. And that's what UPGRADES were invented for!

[Jay36489]

I gotta say 2Gb of RAM is uneccesary. You dont even need 2GB for half life 2 or DOOM 3. And why are you buying a sound card when the nforce 3 has good onboard sound? I believe the onbaord sound is better then that turtle beach card you're getting.

[Danenania]

I'm thinking 2 gigs will just help to make everything FLY which is what I'm going for. And I didn't know that the vid card had sound onboard. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Jay36489]

Yeah, Nforce 3 sound is quite good, use that. I think it will fly with 1GB. 2GB will only give you a little lower load times in HL2 and D3, and its not worth the money, but I guess its all about what the money is worth to you. If you 8 table 30/60 get 3GB [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]