Building a Gaming PC... need advice

[Jeffrey99]

So far i've been doing some research and it has come down to this:

Antec "Sonata" Case w/400watt powersupply w/120mm fan
Asus K8V Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3000 w/heatsink
Kingston Value RAM 3x256MB(768)RAM
Seagate 80GB IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive
ATI Radeon 9800PRO 256MB 8x AGP
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Plantium
Plextor DVD-RW/CD-RW
Sony floppy Disk Drive
Linksys Wireless G PCI Card (for internet)

I am reusing my old hp monitor "view sonic" 17inch CRT and also my old keyboard,mouse,and speakers

I'm building this computer for basically gaming...any opinions or advice would be appreciated

 

[ATIRAGEPRO]

"ValueRack..."

If you Overclocked the ram to 768, you will need to underclock it before it starts exploding like fire crackers! j\k you could use sommore stuff to cool it down. you know; Fans, Thermal stuff, (Just a suggestion )

 

[beedubaya]

Not too shabby....will play games such as Far Cry, Doom 3, and HL2. However, I would upgrade the RAM to either Kingston HyperX or Corsair XMS PC3200. I would also get 1GB of it. Not 768MB.

 

[tOny mOnt4n4]

if you plan on playing online games i wouldnt recommend wireless internet, my friend has wireless and lag spikes when playing cs. you should also just go with 1 gig of kingston rather than taking up 3 slots with 256's.

 

[Jeffrey99]

about the wirelss internet thing i wouldn't have much choice since i use dsl through a router and its in my sister's room...unless i buy a real long ethernet line....but thanks for the suggestions anyway guys