Budget PC thoughts? changes?

[MyopicRequiem]

AeroCool Masstige BLK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$102.99

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$148.99

Recertified: eVGA 256-P2-N516-RX GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$135.99

FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX450-PN, 12cm FAN, version 2.2, 2 SATA, PCI Express, 450W Power Supply - Retail
$53.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
$316.00

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$89.99

Rosewill RKM810BLK Black USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard & Mouse Mouse Included - Retail
$14.99

NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0B - OEM
$28.99

Total: $891.93 w/o shipping

trying to keep the total right around $900 w/ shipping

 

[b1gapl]

Nice pick on the processor and mobo. Looks like a good budget system to me.

 

[COD2_fanatic]

i consider budget $500 (since i'm 16), other than that it looks good

 

[Space_Coyote]

I don't see any RAM, did I miss it?

 

[b1gapl]

You're right space_coyote. His budget is close though. He might have to give something up, in order to get ram.

 

[COD2_fanatic]

XD cant use a computer without RAM

 

[vaderpro]

Thats a very nice system, u cant call any core2 duo system budget, even though they are inexpensive...that being said:

-Ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211064

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098

that case is pricey, could you do better?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077

this case with a side window is amazing bang for the buck:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112099

Otherwise, great build.

Rosewell m/k? you might do better with a Logitech m/k.

 

[Nukem]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 - 188.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005
ECS P965T-A (V1.0) LGA 775 - 93.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135022
pqi POWER Series (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667 - 96.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141018
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W - 70.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937
XFX GeForce 7600GT - 146.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150182
WD Caviar SE16 250GB 7200/16MB - 75.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+RW - 38.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106045
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 - 50.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 - 30.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126174

786.00 without shipping