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first time building my own

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This is my first time ever building my own system, and I've spent some time looking around on Newegg trying to piece together what i want. My budget is about $3k (w/ tax and shipping) all told, and I need everything from monitor to mouse and keyboard.

I use my computer mostly for gaming, internet, chat, playing music, and I usually am doing some or all of these at once. So here is what I came up with, any suggestions for improvement are welcome. This comes to about $2900 on Newegg (w/ tax and shipping). Thanks!


ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory

eVGA 256-P2-N528-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

NEC LCD1970GX-BK Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

NEC Black IDE Slim DVD Burner

SAMSUNG White 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive

XG Dragon CA-DRG Silver 1.2mm Aluminum alloy ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W, Active PFC Power Supply

Logitech Internet Pro 967450-0403 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard

Logitech MX510 931162-0403 Blue 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse

CyberPower Surge Protector 880 8 Outlets Power Surge Protector

Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2

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Im jealous.... :lol:  ....na dude your list looks good....the only thing I dont like is that mobo the overclocking sucks on it but if you arent overclocking then its fine.....The DFI lanparty is a much better board but of course a little more expensive.....The Epox EP-9NPA+ is also a good one

only thing i'd say to change is your graphics card... the BFG 7800GTX is a kIller Card and it finally just got back in stock on newegg...

I liked that motherboard personally, it looked good.. But if your not gonna use SLI maybe get something that doesn't have it might save ya some money.

and also maybe take a look at a SATA burner... get rid of them ugly IDE's..

other then that killer system, im building my next big boy out of the 4800+ i can't wait..

Good Luck.

yes i know i know..... that's why im not gonna build until LiteON comes out with a killer sata Drive.


i got some guide lines before i purchase my next PC and they are..

make sure it's atleast 50x's better then my current setup.
keep it under 3500$
and make sure exactly everything i want i get... last time i got diff stuff cause certain stuff was on backorder and i was 2 impatient.
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