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Black Friday deals always seem to get the best of me so I decided to make another PC this season. These are the parts I have chosen:
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L
Don't need raid support and don't plan on crossfire in the future so I chose the DS3L over the UD3P
CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W bundled with CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800
Great PSU and great ram. I really wanted a modular PSU 
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black-Retail
Comes with Nero 8 Essentials.
Antec Nine Hundred
Great case for a great price! $60, I mean common!
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB
Yea... 500gb is more then enough space.
POWERCOLOR HD2600PRO 512MB
Will allow for light gaming on a 19" monitor and has low power consumption. Great buy for $19.99.
Newegg Total: $432.93 - $100 MIR = $332.93
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHz
I got the E7300 bundled with a ECS mobo from Fry's today for $100. Anyone want a ECS GF7050VT-m board?
So total of system comes to $432.93 after rebates.
The build gives plenty of space for future upgrades. My main concern was power consumption in this build. My mother had burned out her system so this is a great replacement
Did you consider the UD3R?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128359
Pretty nice system for the cash outlay 
o_O no raid support, most have that particaly intel o_O and AMD onces I m suprised by that 
I think it does acturly looking at it its south bridge is the same as mine and it has more than enough SATA to have a raid, but like I said they all do these days
I noticed it was P45.....which cna xfire but only 8/8x a P35 might be better but than the CPu FSB mught be a bit nasty that would save you a bit
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