So I am planning to build a new system to replace an old Dell (P4 2.0 Ghz, 768 MB RAM, 40GB HDD and a Nvidia GeForce 256). Here's a bit of a setup of what I'll be doing on it mostly.
I'm not trying to build anything over the top since I have other expenses to deal with. I mostly just surf a select few sites, listen/download music, download movies and TV shows (on a daily basis) and play WoW and CS:S and HL2 (and the next episode when it's released).
I'm looking for something to do those tasks, and do them fairly well. I don't really have any intention of playing anything at ridiculous resolutions like 1920. I at hoping to get a new monitor soon though, maybe a 20-24 inch widescreen so I'd like to be able to play WoW and CS:S and HL2 at the monitor's native resolution as well as view my movies and TV shows smoothly.
Here's the list of the components I plan to use:
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4850e (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103255)
Motherboard: Foxconn A78AX-S (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186147)
RAM: Kingston DDR2 800 2GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134488)
Case: Antec Three-hundred (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042)
PSU: Antec Earthwatts EA500 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007)
HDD: Segate 250GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262)
DVD: LG 22X DVD±R Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136147)
Video: AMD Radeon HD 3850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121219)
Comments greatly appreciated!
I'm not trying to build anything over the top since I have other expenses to deal with. I mostly just surf a select few sites, listen/download music, download movies and TV shows (on a daily basis) and play WoW and CS:S and HL2 (and the next episode when it's released).
I'm looking for something to do those tasks, and do them fairly well. I don't really have any intention of playing anything at ridiculous resolutions like 1920. I at hoping to get a new monitor soon though, maybe a 20-24 inch widescreen so I'd like to be able to play WoW and CS:S and HL2 at the monitor's native resolution as well as view my movies and TV shows smoothly.
Here's the list of the components I plan to use:
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4850e (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103255)
Motherboard: Foxconn A78AX-S (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186147)
RAM: Kingston DDR2 800 2GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134488)
Case: Antec Three-hundred (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042)
PSU: Antec Earthwatts EA500 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007)
HDD: Segate 250GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262)
DVD: LG 22X DVD±R Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136147)
Video: AMD Radeon HD 3850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121219)
Comments greatly appreciated!