My father wants a new rig and I've convinced him to build it. His gaming
is limited to XP pinball and he'd never oc it. He's a huge music/movie buff
so it's mainly going to be used for the web, music, and HDTV capture.
He'll be buying at the end of next month with a budget in the 2 to 3 G range,
but I want the components to come in under 2, leaving a grand for a case,
psu, speakers, and a monitor.
Here's what I've come up with so far...
Asus A8N-SLI premium
AMD X2 4800+
Radeon X1600XT 256MB
Corsair XMS 2x1GB (overkill going XMS?)
Seagate 7200.9 300GB 16MB SATA2
Creative X-Fi Platinum
Burner and possibly another HD or 2 to be named later.
He didn't go for the Raptor and doesn't want to wait for AM2.
Any thought's and suggestions greatly appreciated.
is limited to XP pinball and he'd never oc it. He's a huge music/movie buff
so it's mainly going to be used for the web, music, and HDTV capture.
He'll be buying at the end of next month with a budget in the 2 to 3 G range,
but I want the components to come in under 2, leaving a grand for a case,
psu, speakers, and a monitor.
Here's what I've come up with so far...
Asus A8N-SLI premium
AMD X2 4800+
Radeon X1600XT 256MB
Corsair XMS 2x1GB (overkill going XMS?)
Seagate 7200.9 300GB 16MB SATA2
Creative X-Fi Platinum
Burner and possibly another HD or 2 to be named later.
He didn't go for the Raptor and doesn't want to wait for AM2.
Any thought's and suggestions greatly appreciated.