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My final build plans - What do you guys think?

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xd9sc   09-23-2009 at 06:39:05 PM

After much research and some great info on this forum I came up with the following build. What do you guys think?

XION XON-MTR001B Color LCD Thermal Control Panel - Retail
Item #: N82E16811998050
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $29.99

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822152181
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$5.00 Instant
$54.99
$49.99

XFX HD-487A-ZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814150436
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy -$5.00 Instant
$149.99
$144.99

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811129021
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817371016
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$55.00 Instant
-$15.00 Combo
$219.98
$149.98

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116677
Return Policy: Software Return Policy
Patriot Viper II 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory w/Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Bundle ... - Retail
Item #: N82E16820220426
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy -$5.00 Combo
$180.98
$175.98

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor Model HDZ550WFGIBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103680
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813128394
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$5.00 Instant
-$20.00 Combo
$186.99
$161.99

XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835233001
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Item #: N82E16835100007
Return Policy: Consumable Item Standard Return Policy -$4.00 Combo
$33.86
$29.86
Subtotal: $742.78
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Grand Total: $764.91

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Bronze Home Brew badge wathman   09-23-2009 at 06:45:25 PM

Depending on what your upgrade plans are, you might consider going with 4GB of DDR3 RAM. If you are fairly confident that 4GB of DDR2 is all that you'll ever need for the life of the system, your build is fine. If you think you might need a RAM upgrade a year or two down the road, 4 more gigs of DDR2 is going to be more expensive than DDR3. As it stands now, high quality DDR2 and DDR3 RAM prices are near equal.

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xd9sc   09-24-2009 at 05:00:51 AM

Thanks Wathman. I decided on the DDR2 ram. Should be plenty for what I need.

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