My new build - opinions please...

[spunkyjon]

I am abit out of touch of the pc scene at the moment. My current pc is a p4 1.7 8) OH yeah!!!

But after a bit of research i have a preliminary list of my build.

Processor: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+, €90.31
Motherboard: Abit KN9 Ultra, Nforce570 €78.32
Ram: 2048MB-KIT G-Skill PC6400/800, CL 5 €131.89
Processor cooler: Scythe Mine €30.00
PSU: BE Quiet! Dark Power Pro 530 Watt €87.29
Case: Coolermaster Elite 330 €30.08
Monitor: LG Flatron L1919S €176.51
Harddrives: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA II NCQ 250GB 16MB ST3250620AS €59.44 x2 (RAID 0)
Graphics Card: ASUS GF-7600GS Silent, 256MB, PCI-Express €83,33
DVD Writer: NEC AD-7173S LabelFlash SATA €37.68

Any ideas? I am looking to build a general purpose system, without breaking the bank.

The parts i am still not sure about are the MB, Ram, PSU and Monitor.

Any opinions would be much appreciated.

Cheers

 

[proof]

Good budget build.

 

[akhilles]

The AMD cpu prices have dropped:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_609,00.html?redir=CPPR01

List the model # of the ram, especially. If you're not overclocking, get 667mhz brand name value ram. i.e. Kingston. If you don't o/c, scrap the cpu hsf. The video is overkill for 2d. 6200/x300 is more than enough. Do you game? Do you watch hd movies?

 

[proof]

DAMN!!! THAT IS ONE HELLUVA PRICE DROP ON THOSE 6000+.