Suggestions for my build..

hyphven

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I am planning on waiting a little bit for the AM2 stuff to settle down and maybe modifying my build a bit. This is my plan as of now for my Microtower gaming build. I am trying to stay under $1000 including shipping =/ What can I expect to be cheaper in the next month or so?

Case: ASPIRE X-QPACK-BK $85.00
Motherboard: eVGA 131-K8-NF44-AX Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Micro $99.99
Video Card: eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB $169.99
Power Supply: Rosewill RP550S-2MK ATX 2.01 550W $83.99 -
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 $185.99
Memory: CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) $188.00
Hard Drives: 2x HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $46.00*2=$92.00
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner $35.99

TOTAL: $930.95
 
You'll probably have to drop the Rosewill PSU, since the X-Qpack has a mATX PSU requirement so it will be a difficult fit.
The 420w should be able to handle it as it stands.

Unless you plan to upgrade the GPU at anytime - in that case my recommendation would be to ditch both the Rosewill and X-Qpack and get these:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 541 RC-541-SKN1 $57 shipped
Antec TPII-550 550W $80 shipped

-an excellent mATX build, to handle almost any GPU upgrade.
 

hyphven

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I put the Rosewill power supply on my list because in the reviews many peoples said the PSU that came with the case was crap. One person also posted that that Rosewill PSU would fit inside that case. But I think I will give the stock PSU a chance and buy a new mouse and keyboard.