Please help before I hit buy

[BIRISH]

Ok I am about to hit the buy button and just wanted to gauge the pros and cons of getting this system. It all comes out to 1800 shipped. Shoudl this be a good setup for most gaming situations?


Thermaltake Black Highest Xaser III Super Tower without Power Supply, Model "V1000A" -RETAIL

Thermaltake BLUE ROUND 18" Floppy drive cable, Model A2058 -RETAIL

Thermaltake BLUE ROUND 18" IDE(ATA66/100/133) cable, Model A2048 -RETAIL

ABIT "AV8" K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU - Retail

EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card With Free Doom 3Bundle, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N349-AX" -RETAIL

Antec 550 Watt Power Supply With 2 Fans 5.25 Control Panel, Model "TRUE CONTROL 550W" -RETAIL

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Socket 939 Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor - Retail

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only

Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD1600JD, OEM Drive Only

ViewSonic P95F+B 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor –RETAIL
Item# N82E16824116232

Sony Internal 16X DVD+R / Double Layer/DVD+RW Drive, Model DRU710A, Retail

Arctic Silver Premium Silver Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound, Model "Arctic Silver 5", 3.5-gram( 1 cc. ) tube

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 478/462/754/939/940 CPUs -RETAIL

 

[Echo_]

im am building something very similar for 1500

 

[shibbi]

that wasnt of much help was it?

 

[joshyouah]

cost

i think the main point of that reply was that it is a good system to game on, it seems that you could get the parts for cheaper possibly elsewhere. I would say that his post of around possibly 1500 or lower would be a good price.
i would recommend checking -
( www.monarchcomputer.com ) for processor/mb combos, maybe other parts with them
( www.newegg.com ) - case, maybe monitor, miscellaneous parts
( www.meritline.com ) - dvd burner, they have cheap ones on clearance
( www.priceline.com ) - double check prices, its a price posting site for all different distributers.

 

[BIRISH]

Well shipping is 97 bucks so there is 100 pretty much right there. Plus everything is from newegg and I like ordering everything from one place. But If you can get the exact same things I am getting monitor included I would like to know where you are ordering from.

monarch actually wants more than new egg for the same MB/Proc combo. Only plus I see there is that they give you a free game.

 

[Echo_]

ops sorry for not being mroe helpful my point was that you can build a similar system for chneaper, hhmm tryin to see how you spent 300 bucks more money can u list the prices with those components

 

[BIRISH]

1765 before the 96 dollars for shipping for:
Case
2 Sata harddrives
Av8 MB
AMD 64 3500
Cosair 1GB
Dual layer DVD burner
Cables
Antec 550 ps
Monitor
HeatSink
Video

Thermaltake BLUE ROUND 18" Floppy drive cable, Model A2058 -RETAIL
$3.25

Thermaltake BLUE ROUND 18" IDE(ATA66/100/133) cable, Model A2048 -RETAIL
$4.25

Thermaltake Black Highest Xaser III Super Tower without Power Supply, Model "V1000A" -RETAIL
$137.00

Sony Internal 16X DVD+R / Double Layer/DVD+RW Drive, Model DRU710A, Retail
$89.99

Arctic Silver Premium High-Density Thermal Compound, Model "Ceramique", 2.5-gram( ~0.8 cc. ) tube
$4.49

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-Cu Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 478/462/754/939/940 CPUs -RETAIL
$47.99

Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only
$66.50

Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD1200JD, OEM Drive Only
$86.35

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
$198.00

ViewSonic P95F+B 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor –RETAIL
$247.50

ABIT "AV8" K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 939 CPU - Retail
$111.00

Antec 550 Watt Power Supply With 2 Fans 5.25 Control Panel, Model "TRUE CONTROL 550W" -RETAIL
$105.00

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Socket 939 Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor - Retail
$272.00

EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card With Free Doom 3Bundle, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N349-AX" -RETAIL
$395.00