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I would get a Seagate or Western Digital hard drive - my personal preference is Seagate for quality, silence and speed all in one
as for the video card, the X800 XT is a damn good card, and so is the 6800 GT or Ultra
IMO I think the 6800 GT is better for value, and you can softmod it to the ultra's BIOS, plus the 6800's have Smartshader 3.0 for better picture quality
I would get a Pioneer 108 DVD±R/RW which is 16x and burns dual layer
I woulds also reccomend against getting an Intel CPU ATM, as AMD have 64-bit CPU's which perform the same if not beter than Intel's, and because they process 64-bit they are more future-proof. when they actualy get to processing 64-bit applications, they should theoretically double in performance too
one thing you should know: socket 939 supports dual channel memory and a 2GHZ FSB, but socket 754 doesn't support DC memory and only has a 1.6GHZ FSB, so socket 939 is the way to go with Athlon 64's
the 3500+ is probbably the best one for price, the 3800+ is double the price
DDR2 isn't that great now, it barely performs better than DDR1 because of the higher latencies
if you want high frequency memory, Transcend make good PC4000 memory, which actually performs better then Corsair's PC4000 memory, and it doesn't cost as much, and its latencies are relatively low
as for the video card, the X800 XT is a damn good card, and so is the 6800 GT or Ultra
IMO I think the 6800 GT is better for value, and you can softmod it to the ultra's BIOS, plus the 6800's have Smartshader 3.0 for better picture quality
I would get a Pioneer 108 DVD±R/RW which is 16x and burns dual layer
I woulds also reccomend against getting an Intel CPU ATM, as AMD have 64-bit CPU's which perform the same if not beter than Intel's, and because they process 64-bit they are more future-proof. when they actualy get to processing 64-bit applications, they should theoretically double in performance too
one thing you should know: socket 939 supports dual channel memory and a 2GHZ FSB, but socket 754 doesn't support DC memory and only has a 1.6GHZ FSB, so socket 939 is the way to go with Athlon 64's
the 3500+ is probbably the best one for price, the 3800+ is double the price
DDR2 isn't that great now, it barely performs better than DDR1 because of the higher latencies
if you want high frequency memory, Transcend make good PC4000 memory, which actually performs better then Corsair's PC4000 memory, and it doesn't cost as much, and its latencies are relatively low