Suggestions with this build plz!

[JDawgDSC]

Ok, so im a 20 year old guy workin full time and payin for college. All of my rich egotistical friends are deciding to build new gaming computers (with mommy's help ofcourse) and i dont want to be left in the dust since we do lan alot (when were not out partyin ofcourse). Iv got a $1400 max budget and came up with this build on newegg. Let me know what ya think, suggestions, help, anything!

ASPIRE X-CRUISER-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower - 69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144151

ASPIRE ATX-AS600W-BL ATX12V/ EPS12V 600W Power Supply - 99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817148025

eVGA 123-K8-NF47-AX Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard - 149.99 (full x16 slots worth it?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813188006

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester - 297.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562

XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - 299.00 (520/1500 overclocked Extreme Edition)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150149

G.SKILL Extreme Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - 89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231031

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - 48.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148107

LITE-ON Black Combo Drive - 34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106014

Tyris T901DB Black 19" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 500:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch - 189.99 (my first lcd monitor)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824224008

And a extra 120mm and 80mm blue led fan for the case.

Its at about $1375 with shipping. I picked that motherboard cuz it supports dual x16 bandwith on the sli instead of x8 worth it?. Also would it be worth it to get 2x HD's and raid them for gaming? Thanks.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Here are the changes I would make:

Video: eVGA Geforce 7900GT KO Superclocked
This card is $10 cheaper than the XFX you picked, and has Core/Ram frequencies of 580Mhz/1.58Ghz, compared to 520Mhz/1.5Ghz on that XFX.

Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI
Honestly having full x16 slots isn't worth it quite yet. Games don't take full advantage of it yet and probably won't for some time to come.

Power Supply: Someone else will probably recommend a different power supply. Because unless you are getting a second 7900GT right away, 600W is overkill.

 

[Akifuddin]

The_Prophecy is correct but I'd like to give my own opinion. I say, just get a powerful card and keep that instead of going SLi because you'd save more money and be able to save up for an even better card. And since I recommend not going SLi, I'd recommend this motherboard that many people used to use when s939 was alive: Asus A8N5X Motherboard

And about the power supply, since I reocmmend no SLi, I'd recommend a cheaper power supply: Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W Power supply

Also, that's about $65 you save including the eVGA 7900GT CO Superclocked that The_Prophecy recommended and you still have $30 left to get to $1,400 right? Use that $95 to get 2GB instead of 1GB RAM, trust me.

Now for my REAL opinion, I want to ask you why you are still shopping for a s939 system. AM2 is out and the prices are about the same even though AM2 is faster and you will have upgrade options. If you are thinking of going AM2, then just reply and I'll think of a good AM2 system.

And one more thing, if you don't mind waiting a month for Intel Conroe, then you should because first of all, it's only a month, second, you'll have more money saved up than now and so you will be able to get a much better system than your friends for gaming.

Edit: 2 Hard drives in Raid isn't really worth the price but if you want mroe speed from your hard drive, just get a 74GB 10,000 RPM drive.
:idea: :arrow:

 

[qwazzy]

Ok, so im a 20 year old guy workin full time and payin for college. All of my rich egotistical friends are deciding to build new gaming computers (with mommy's help ofcourse) and i dont want to be left in the dust since we do lan alot (when were not out partyin ofcourse). Iv got a $1400 max budget and came up with this build on newegg. Let me know what ya think, suggestions, help, anything!

ASPIRE X-CRUISER-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower - 69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144151

ASPIRE ATX-AS600W-BL ATX12V/ EPS12V 600W Power Supply - 99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817148025

eVGA 123-K8-NF47-AX Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard - 149.99 (full x16 slots worth it?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813188006

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester - 297.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562

XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - 299.00 (520/1500 overclocked Extreme Edition)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150149

G.SKILL Extreme Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - 89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231031

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - 48.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148107

LITE-ON Black Combo Drive - 34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106014

Tyris T901DB Black 19" 8ms DVI LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 500:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch - 189.99 (my first lcd monitor)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824224008

And a extra 120mm and 80mm blue led fan for the case.

Its at about $1375 with shipping. I picked that motherboard cuz it supports dual x16 bandwith on the sli instead of x8 worth it?. Also would it be worth it to get 2x HD's and raid them for gaming? Thanks.

The case looks good, but the cables that connect to its front door are crappy and will get smashed when you have to open the doors. Also, if you have Fry's Electronics near ya, I got a 300GB SATA Seagate Barracuda for only 90 bucks.

 

[JDawgDSC]

The_Prophecy

Good call on that video card, I must of missed it, although it did get some pretty bad reviews. As far as the Sli goes, I was planning on getting another 7900GT is about 2 weeks (hopefully 1) with my monthly bonus, hence the x16 MB and PSU. But if the x16 really isnt a big deal performance wise Ill go with the Asus A8N-SLI that u recommended and use the savings to go with 2GB of ram like Akifudden recommended. My cousin built his new one about 1 month ago and is running Sli on 2x 7800GT's and loves it, which still pushes me twords that.

Akifudden

I havent really checked out the AM2 yet, whats your take on it because I heard it wasnt really worth it atm, but if you think you can make up a better performance build with $1400 using it, im open for it. And as far as waiting, theres a huge LAN party were throwing in about 1 1/2 weeks to show off our stuff so id like to have it ready by then. How much would a 74G 10k rpm cost?

 

[JDawgDSC]

gwazzy

No i dont have a Fry's anywhere even close to me

 

[The_Prophecy]

The reviews on Newegg are notorious for being unreliable. I'd say don't pay attention to them.

 

[ArbY]

I'd go with an AM2 system for sure if you're building from scratch.
AM2 opens you up to more options, not only presently, but more importantly in the future.
I don't feel like picking around Newegg any longer to find you a good system, you can check out my thread here as well as my posts in two other AM2 threads, here & here.

I'd recommend reading what I wrote in those posts.
If you're going to consider the AM2 solution, I'd recommend XMS2 DDR2 RAM, as opposed to the OCZ I picked out ... just in case.

Good luck.