$1500 christmas computer please comment

[Mikeyluvsgames]

Hello all,as christmas is nearlly here it is time for me to get a new rig, all the stuff im buying is from umart and the prices i am showing arent official as it is likely that they will decrease as it come closer to xmas, tell what u think.

e8400 $229.00
Msi 4870 $340
Corsair DDR2 Twin2X 4096 6400C5 4Gb $116
OCZ StealthXstream 600W $109
Zalman CNPS9500ALED (Copper) CPU Cooler for Intel SK775/478, AMD SKAM2/754/939/940 $63
Coolermaster RC-690-KKN1 690 Case with Black mesh design with no psu $116
Samsung 500G 7200RPM SATAII $84
DVD $20
Benq T2200HD 21.5inch Full HD Wide LCD Glossy Black 5ms $233
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers System $70
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 P45+ICH10R DDR2 1200 1600MHz PCI-E 2.0 SATAII GLAN 1394a 8Ch Audio ATX Ultra Du $160

All up is around $1500 so ill be getting it around the end of school in 7 weeks when i earn the money, its gonna be pure awsomeness.

 

[axelscorpion]

Building a very similar rig myself. Unless you have had problems before, look and compare prices with tiger direct. May save some signifigant cash from what i see.

 

[aeiouandxyz]

Building a very similar rig myself. Unless you have had problems before, look and compare prices with tiger direct. May save some signifigant cash from what i see.

forget tigerdirect and try newegg. i have bought parts from both vendors and newegg is faster and cheaper. many of the parts you can get with free shipping if you buy at the right time.

 

[ragsters]

I have a feeling because of nahelem coming out next month a lot of these products you specified will come down in price. Therefor you probably are going to change your mind about these products because your either going to want Core i7 stuff or will be able to afford more stuff from this generation.

 

[huron]

Agreed- those prices look pretty steep. The rig looks OK, but I think you'll save a bunch if you check newegg, mwave, zipzoomfly, ncix, etc

 

[M3d]

I don't know what umart is but if you are shipping to the US those prices are steep. I just compared the 4870, e8400 and the 4 gigs of corsair and new egg saves you $36 on the 1 gig 4870, $59 on the e8400, and $46 on the 4 gigs of Corsair. Thats already a savings of $141 without any applicable rebates.
Shop around at the sites mentioned above and you should be able to build your pc for less than $1,500.