Rate my budget build ....

[emptymindedboi]

This is my first build, i'm going to use it for gaming (fallout 3, oblivion, crysis, farcry 2, etc, etc). My budget is around $800-$850. This is all the stuff I need ... I need some feed back ...

Case: Antec 300
http://www.buy.com/prod/antec-three-hundred-atx-computer-case/q/loc/101/207906549.html

Monitor: Acer 22"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145

HD: Western Digital 500 gb 32 mb cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

GPU: 4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121272

PSU: 610W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

RAM: Mushkin 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731

CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.66 ghz ( I plan on overclocking)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115132

MOBO: Gigabyte P45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

Anti Static Wrist Strap:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899261005

Optical: LG DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136149

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817130991
(I just need some cd's to burn some stuff ... I'm including it with the whole price of my build)

Mouse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105026
Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126013

I have a set speakers already. Need to decide between those 2 monitors. I like the second monitor I chose better though ... looks nicer.

Total: Around $825 (Including $100 MIRS and Shipping +$17)

 

[shortstuff_mt]

The build looks good. You might want to upgrade to a 640GB drive.

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319 $79.99

or

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://search.zipzoomfly.com/?Key=wd6400aaks&Category=00&x=0&y=0 $68.99

What OS will you be running? This one is highly recommended:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488 $99.99

 

[emptymindedboi]

Hmm well I have a question, does the cache amount affect performance much? I might get the 640 gb hard drive you recommended if it doesn't ... I'll also get the vista 64 bit, i've heard some great things about it too ... [EDIT] And I don't need that much hard drive space ... 500 gb is fine for me but 640 gb would be nice too so I don't have to make room for more stuff in the future

 

[Amg]

it depends were teh cache is, its like memory but its small and alot faster than RAM, think of it likes this

you a libery you have books YES and the main book selfs and the store room


if the staff have to keep runing backwared and foward in and out of the stock room its not going to be time effective however if they had like a box at the desk it would make life easier and faster

so yes it can do

 

[emptymindedboi]

Hmmm, I think I will go with the 500 gb version then. I usually delete all my movies after I watch them, so I won't need much space. My build is complete!!