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Rosewill Case-$34

Asus M2N-3 AM2 mobo-$94

eVGA 7600GT-$179

Antec TPII 550W psu-$79

A64 3800 Orleans-$111

Corsair XMS 1gb RAM-$154

Samsung Floppy Drive-$6

Western Digital 80gb hd-$42

Logitech Keyboard and Mouse-$15

Acer 19inch Wide screen-$189

SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner-$32

-Is going with a am2 socket mobo a good choice?
-So far these parts fit my budget and i will be upgrading in the future, is the mobo a good choice to build around for future upgrades?
-I'm also thinking about overclocking, is this a good setup for it?

Suggested Changes:

Mobo: DO NOT go down the SLI route unless you're going to be doing ALL 3 of the following:

1. Gaming at resolutions over 1600 x 1200
2. Going to be getting 2 Geforce 7900GT's or higher
3. Going to be getting those 7900GT's or higher within 2 months of each other.

If you said no to AT LEAST 1 of these, do not get an SLI board. Switch to the M2N-E instead.

RAM: Forget about that 1GB stick altogether. The timings are really crappy. For an AMD build, you want the lowest possible timings on your ram and you DEFINITLY want CAS 4. If 1GB is all you're after for ram, get this set of XMS2 with 4-4-4-12 timings. If it's 2GB you're after, go for this set of XMS2, also with 4-4-4-12 timings.

Sound Card: The onboard sound will do fine unless you really care about good quality sound. If you do care about quality, get a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic.

I just went from a 6800GT to a 7900GT and I can tell you its worth every penny once you see DOD and CSS running balls to the wall with HDR on full.

Also, I've noticed on my A64 and XP systems seem to studder step anytime the physics really come into play, like a grenade going off in a pile of bodies and rubble in DoD. But on my P4 system that never happens. My A64 even has 2gigs whereas the P4 only has 1gig.

You may wanna consider a PD system since they're dirt cheap right now. It really has given me the better gaming experience thusfar.

Good advice.

If all you care about is playing the games that are out now, this is a stellar deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102688


Performance will be on par with the 7600gt, but the technology is older so expect the 7600 to pull ahead in future games. You can save some money for your next graphics card purchase, which will be dx10. However, if money is not a concern, the 7600gt is the right choice.

2 problems with what you're said here:

1. OCZ DDR2 doesn't work on Asus AM2 boards. Your point is well taken about Corsair being expensive though.
2. NEVER buy a used product just to save money. It was probably returned for a good reason.

I was just giving an example about the ram. On the open box cards... I m a happy owner of a x800gt saphire for $80 that OCs like mad, it even came in original box with all the goodies. Those open box got some good deals, I saw a 7900gt for $200.

OK alternatives...
Get a motherboard that has built in graphics.
On dual cores, I had a 3800+ single which was great. I was able to play everything on high and fast but as soon as I started to encode video and play games at same time, it choked so hard! This is what multitasking all about . I gota x2 3800+, OCed it to 2.2Ghz and can now do both things at same time. CPU performance is at 50% during multitasking compared to 100% on a single.

yeah its great, if you dont want a rebate then get
same card