This is the final configuration I have chosen. Whats you guys think? is it worth it for a $2,000 dollar budget? let me know any changes should be made. im not waiting for 9800x2, its only 2 8800 gt anyways, and not planning going 9800x2 sli, too much money for video cards. This system will be mainly for gaming, multimedia, and lan party. I will be overclocking E8400 hopefully over 4.0 watercooled, and keeping this cpu until Nehalem arrives by the end of this year.Anyone asking themselves, Why will he spend over $120 on headphones? Im those people cant stand expensive highend gaming headset with poor bass respond, and decent sound (razer 5.1 headset as an example), you could say im an audiophile. why im not moving into new technology displays? lcd are not convincing to my eyes, and really dont care about space and wide screen. I still prefer crt over lcd, and concider crt as the best gaming monitors, and best image quality, and looks much better than a 30'' lcd since crt runs at 2048x1536 at a smaller screen, smaller screen the better it looks. but now these days people cant accept crt as the best monitors, and consider lcd as the best, well, every person have different visions. I already have a custom made case, keyboard,mouse, Logitech thx 505w 5.1 speakers,and water cooler, Vista Home Premium x86. Any changes should i make before i buy today? thanks for your replies.
NEC MultiSync FE12142SB-bk 22" 2048x1536 CRT $230
GigaByte GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard $219.81
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor $235.99
Patriot Memory Extreme Performance 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 DIMM Memory $56.52
Patriot Extreme Performance 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $38.54
PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GT Video Card $240
PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GT Video Card $240
Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply $152.71
WD Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive $107.89
Ultrasone HFI-700 Headphone$229.00
Samsung SH-S203B/BEBN Black Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $36.30
Creative 70SB046A00003 Sound Blaster XFi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card $190.73
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare$50.87
Tax/shipping Grand Total $1992.06
NEC MultiSync FE12142SB-bk 22" 2048x1536 CRT $230
GigaByte GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard $219.81
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor $235.99
Patriot Memory Extreme Performance 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 DIMM Memory $56.52
Patriot Extreme Performance 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $38.54
PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GT Video Card $240
PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GT Video Card $240
Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply $152.71
WD Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive $107.89
Ultrasone HFI-700 Headphone$229.00
Samsung SH-S203B/BEBN Black Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $36.30
Creative 70SB046A00003 Sound Blaster XFi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card $190.73
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare$50.87
Tax/shipping Grand Total $1992.06