Critique a bugit PC

[bobsamples]

Wife said she wants her own PC. And I said, well how much do you want to spend? She replied $300.00 (not including windowsXP, monitor etc. etc.)... Can you do that? she asked. Sure I can. So this is what I came up with. I will be upgrading the GPU in my computer soon so I will use the old one for hers (8800gts).

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031

MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128077

MEMORY:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141062

HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136195

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171028

OPTICAL DRIVE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135147

CASE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147075

The size of the hard drive will not be a big deal (connecting to a network with over a TB of space). Tell me what you all think, any advice or critique would be much appreciated.

 

[akhilles]

Looks fine, but I'd go with Antec Earthwatts 3x0W.

 

[nvalhalla]

Looks good. I would probably get the E2200 and spend the saved money on another GB of RAM. Id also look at an FSP or Antec EW PSU. A SATA DVD drive would also be better.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Also, if there's no OCing, seeing as your on a budget, check out AMD chips and boards, I'm thinking you could have an X2, AM2 mobo and 2 gb of memory for 200 bucks from newegg, of course add case and what not, but look at that as well...

 

[bobsamples]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[tlmck]

Wife said she wants her own PC. And I said, well how much do you want to spend? She replied $300.00 (not including windowsXP, monitor etc. etc.)...

Yours comes to ~$341.50 before shipping. I would propose the following which comes to $303.93 after rebates and before shipping. Will be faster at stock speed, and is upgradeable to Phenom later if desired. It also doubles the hard disk, adds 1gb ram, and a DVD burner. Power supply has 30 amps on the 12v rail which is plenty to run that card. Also much better quality than low end Coolermaster.

Rosewill RZS01 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811147084
$19.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA69VM-S2 AM2 AMD 690V Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128043
$59.99

Antec earthwatts 430W Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817371006
Mail-in Rebate
$59.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
Item #: N82E16819103212
$84.99

A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Memory
Item #: N82E16820211066
Mail-in Rebate
$43.99

Western Digital Caviar 160GB Hard Drive
Item #: N82E16822136075
$49.99

SAMSUNG 20X DVD Burner
Item #: N82E16827151161
$24.99

Subtotal: $343.93

 

[akhilles]

I second tlmck's AMD build which is the best bang for a stock pc.