Does this system sound like it will work?

[havikgrafix]

I've never built my own system, so please let me know.

Lian-Li Silver "PC-V1000" $189.00
ABIT "AA8XE-3rd Eye" 925XE Motherboard $179.00
SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon X800 PRO Video Card $269.00
ASPIRE Silver 550W Aluminum PSU, 120mm LED Fan $69.00
Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 3.2 GHz$227.00
PQI Dual Channel Kit 240 Pin (2x1gb) DDR2 533 $375.50
Alps Silver 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive $11.00
Hitachi 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive $143.50
Iogear 250GB COMBO 3.5" ION Drive Enclosure $196.00
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth $119.00
ACER AL2032wd 20" LCD Monitor 8MS $632.00
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Silver $54.00
NETGEAR 108Mbps Wireless Firewall Router $69.99
NETGEAR 108Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter $49.99
D-Link Wireless USB Bluetooth Adapter $40.49
Arctic Silver Premium Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound $7.99
ArcticClean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier $5.99
GIGABYTE 3D Rocket Cooler-Pro for P4/K7/K8 $47.99
Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 $141.95
Microsoft Office Small Business 2003 with Service Pack 1 $239.95
CyberPower Power 725VA 6 Outlet UPS $73.99

Electronic Waste Recycling Fee: $ 8.00
Subtotal: $ 3,150.33
Tax: $ 227.82
Shipping & Handling: $ 91.48
Grand Total: $ 3,469.63

 

[beedubaya]

Please...Please...PLEASE DO NOT GET the X800 Pro. I have that card, and it sucks, and you will regret getting it, as I do and everybody I know who has gotten that card does. Get an X800XL for not much more expensive, or a 6800 GT, which would be your best choice IMO.

Other than that, I have to say wow, man your spending a lot of money. Put a decent graphics card in there, and It could be an owning system.

 

[havikgrafix]

Even if this machine isn't for gaming? It seems like every top of the line hardware is targeted toward gamers now. With exception to the servers//workstations. But alrighty then, I'll go check out a 6800 GT.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Forget about putting a powerful graphics card in if it's not designed for gaming. What's the use?

 

[havikgrafix]

Forget about putting a powerful graphics card in if it's not designed for gaming. What's the use?

So then what kind of card would you recommend? I at least want it to be capable of good things in AutoCAD and SketchUP