Re-did my rig, advice/opinions?

[andyrulez123]

Yeah, I'm finally getting it, and I need people to check over it. My budget is $1500. Getting new everything, besides sound card which I got about a year ago, everything is 4 years old and yucky.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+: $233
GPU: eVGA Geforce 7800GT: $269 after 20 dollar rebate
Mobo: Asus A8N-E nForce 4: $105
RAM: G.SKILL 2GB (1GB x2)-:$170
HD: WD Caviar 160GB SATA: $87
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5: $50
PSU: Antec SmartPower 22.0 400w: $55
Monitor: BenQ 19' LCD 8ms: $236 with $60 rebate
Mouse: Logitech MX518: $39
Keyboard: Lite-On wired keyboard: $7
Optical Drive: NEC IDE DVD Burner: $40
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1: $50
TV tuner: Leadtek TV2000XP with remote: $42
Sound Card(I own this already): Soundblaster Live! 24 bit

Comes out to $1544 with shipping, but without my $80 in rebates. Anyways, some notes: I don't want SLi. I was going to go with the Antec Sonata II, but this case has just as good, if not better reviews, looks nicer, and with the same PSU that comes with the Antec, is the same price.

You can see everything here if you want to:
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/WishDetail.asp?position=HISTORY&ID=1867717&WishListTitle=PC+7

Thanks for the opinions/advice.

 

[mdd1963]

Looks like a darn decent combo to me, and at good prices! Enjoy!

 

[Jagger]

Very nice indeed.

 

[hella-d]

Looks Good To Me.... But, Id Reccomend The 3800+ X2 (Dual-Core) Cant Help It I Like Dual-Cores And Belive Me... They Do Help!

 

[Jagger]

I'm with you Hella but it depends on the primary purpose of his rig. If he wants it for gaming and word processing, the dual core is not going to do much for him. If encoding, editing, working with music or videos, doing a lot of multitaking etc., then dual core is the way to go.

 

[hella-d]

Thanx

 

[andyrulez123]

Thanks everyone, after so much research, I'm glad to know it payed off. And I looked at dual cores, but it gives me less preformance in games than the 3700+, for 90 dollars more, and I don't do any picture/video editing, or any intensive multitasking, so I think that the 3700+ fits my needs perfectly.

 

[Jagger]

Good luck to you brother, let us know how it goes.

 

[andyrulez123]

Thanks, hopefully I'll be able to order it by around Monday.