Advice on components

[faded]

Well after a fair amount of research I have come down to the following for my new rig;

Motherboard: Abit AN8 Skt 939

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+

Ram: Hynix 2GB DDR400 (2 x 1GB)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA II (16mb Cache)

Video: XFX Geforce 7900GT XXX edition

Case: Coolermaster Praetorian

PSU: Enermax 600w Noisetaker

Sound: Onboard (for now)

Monitor: Samsung 930BF 19"

Plus DVD RW etc.

Just really want to know if these are good choices, as I'm wanting it primarily for gaming. And I'm also trying to keep it under 4000$(NZ)

Thanks!

 

[shadowduck]

Well after a fair amount of research I have come down to the following for my new rig;

Motherboard: Abit AN8 Skt 939

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+

Ram: Hynix 2GB DDR400 (2 x 1GB)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA II (16mb Cache)

Video: XFX Geforce 7900GT XXX edition

Case: Coolermaster Praetorian

PSU: Enermax 600w Noisetaker

Sound: Onboard (for now)

Monitor: Samsung 930BF 19"

Plus DVD RW etc.

Just really want to know if these are good choices, as I'm wanting it primarily for gaming. And I'm also trying to keep it under 4000$(NZ)

Thanks!

Looks good except I would make 2 changes:
1) Downgrade to the 4200+ (not really that much difference between 42 and 44)
2) Spend the roughly $100 USD you will save on getting a sound card. For gaming, a decent sound card will enhance your experiece.

 

[Chil]

If you're gonna downgrade from a 4400 to a 4200 you might as well go all the way down to a 3800. Personally I'd stay with a 4400 as it has double the L2 cache. Any 3800 can be easily OC'ed to 4200 speeds, it's just 200MHz.

 

[timberwolf1]

Why have such wonderful specs but no sound card? Get the Xi-Fi series from Creative Labs.

 

[faded]

Thanks for the comments, I really want to get an Xi-Fi but they are like $400 extra? Might see if i can get it in somehow though!

 

[shadowduck]

They are only lke $100 USD, I don't think NZ currency is that undervalued!