New build look all right, Thanks

[Coletrickle]

Nice site, thanks for having me!

Allrigh, I allready have a Thermeltake Tsunami Case, Antec Neopower 480W, and my Lighton DVD burners that I will be reusing with the following items.


Motherboard: Asus A8N32-sli deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+
Ram: Patriot 2GB(2 X 1GB)
Video: EVGA Geforce 7800GT
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 160GB (X2 in raid)


I want to stay under $1500 for CPU,RAM,Videocard,HDD,Motherboard
Any recomendations over what I have here.

My main intent is for moderate gaming and something that will be able to run most software for the next 3+ years.

FYI: This will be my first build.

Thanks in advance

 

[fishmahn]

Fishmahn;'s standard first question: Why SLI mobo if you're not getting 2 video cards? If you think you'll do it later - say in a year - a year after 6800GT came out 7800GT outperforms 2x6800GT in SLI for less money. I expect it to happen next year (well, later this year) with the next generation. Your choice.

Moderate gaming? 7800GT is a little more than a 'moderate' gaming card - but that's not a bad thing as it will have longevity.

I would try to upgrade the CPU a little more, or overclock it in which case I'd get a socket 939 Opteron.

Mike.

 

[Coletrickle]

I realy don't plan to go SLI, just an option. What mother board would you recommend. I would like to stick with ASUS.

 

[HumbleGod]

If you want to stick with ASUS but don't need SLI, the A8N-E looks pretty good. Has most of the options of the SLI board (minus Firewire, but a cheap card can resolve that) for $50+ less.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131530