ok thx guys, ill go with the venice 3200+
i want toknow if someone can check my system out quick that im planning to get...diablo 2 gave me most of it, just check to make sure everything goes together or if I should be getting something different...thx
-eVGA 256-A8-N344-AX Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail
-AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
-REFURBISHED: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA NCQ ST3200826AS 200GB 7200 RPM 8M Cache Hard Drive - OEM
-A-TOP XBlade AT859A-BL Blue/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply - Retail
-Rosewill R710E Black 17" 16ms LCD Monitor 260 cd/m2 450:1 0.264mm Pixel Pitch - Retail
-OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
-NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - OEM
-Logisys Computer MS802SL 2-Tone 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Ergonomic Cool Fan Mouse - Retail
this is all my stuff, plz review it to make sure its all compatible and its good choices...
also i plan on OCing a little bit...not a whole lot tho and i got around $70-80 left to spend on extra fans or cooling systems, thx everyone for your help
should i get an ergonomic/regular/wireless/foldable keyboard? any good gaming keyboard choices recommended would be appreciated
do you think i need a heaset? if so what kind? (cheap ones plz lol)
finally, anyone got any good choices for 5.1 speakers (is 5.1 good?) that are fairly cheap...<$30-35