Socket 939 $1500 Build

[FadingTheory]

A friend of mine wants me to help build him a system. Starting completely from scratch, monitor and all, but and operating system is not a problem.

Lian Li Black Aluminum ATX Mid-Tower Case, Model "PC3077B" -RETAIL

Lite-On 16X, DVD Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Model SOHW-1673S Black, Retail

Seagate 80 GB Barracuda 7200RPM SATA with NCQ Hard Drive, Model ST380817AS, OEM

Logitech Cordless Desktop USB / PS/2 -RETAIL

Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

ACER AL1715b 17" LCD Monitor, 12ms Response Time - Retail

DFI "LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR" NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU

Aspire 520W 12V Black Triple Fan Aluminum Power Supply, Model "ATX-AS520W BLACK" -RETAIL

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail

eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, Dual DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "256-P2-N376-AX" -RETAIL

Is this a blanced system? It comes out at 1440. with shipping (Roughly) at newegg.

Thanks in advance.

 

[dale5605]

I would get the non-SLI DFI motherboard if you want to save a little money, unless you are planning to have two video cards.
The power supply isn't that good.
Also I don't like cordless mice/keyboard but htat's preference.
Could use a little bit better of ram, corsair xms series if you can afford it.

Overall pretty good and balanced.

 

[phosho510]

yea just get the dfi ut nf4, no need for sli

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Im against them and i say the SLI is worth it for the future, when you want to spend another 400$ or less on the PC.

Great system

Besides putting a volcano 12 on their I wouldnt change much

I would build my own case or get a full size tower.
I would probolly get a diff PSU (personal opinion)

Great system

 

[20mm]

possible better ram if you could...to save a bit of money you could downgrade to a 15 inch lcd wich is still pretty big compared to a 15 inch crt or you could get a 19 inch crt for about the same price.

 

[aspire]

nice comp yeah i agree downgrade the mobo to non sli upgrade the ram lower the screen size add a cpu heatsink and fan (aftermarket)

 

[Zeeg]

yeah i say non-sli becuase SLI will get better towards the furture, and that means new motherboards.

 

[jnev_89]

do not get a 15" lcd, they suck, the resolution is tiny. i got my monitor for $250, now it's even cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-171&depa=0

 

[20mm]

not unless you get a good 15inch lcd...but that's gonna cost the same as that 17 inch

 

[CreditSolutions]

I bought a used 22" CRT. It weighs a ton, but the image kicks ass.

80 bucks