budget pc for a friend

[thor15]

the folowing is a list of parts for a friend. he doesnt want to spend more than 800 dollars. feel free to tear this list apart and/or make a better one for under 800 bucks, thanks in advance for the help.

Mobo: ASUS A8N-E ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131530

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 200GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148072

Ram: CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145449

DVD Drive: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152052

Power Source: Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 500W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

Video Card: XFX Geforce 6600GT PVT43GNDF3 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150098

Case: got it

Monitor: got it

Keyboard and Mouse: got it

 

[Flanker]

Motherboard change - DFI Lanparty UT nf4 Ultra-D

Is he overclocking? If not, Corsair XMS isn't worth it. Regular Corsair ValueSelect will do fine.

Only other thing I would suggest is getting a different power supply. Antec is an "Eh, whatever" brand. You can find really good PSUs with ThermalTake, OCZ, and a lot more I can't remember cuz I'm not a PSU guy, lol.

Otherwise, it looks fine. Only thing I would really recommend changing is the motherboard, and you will save money with ValueSelect RAM.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Antec is one of the TOP brands, what are you smoking, and it's a good price.

I would change the motherboard to an MSI K8N Neo4-F or DFI Lanparty Ultra-D depending on the budget, and drop down the ram to cheaper ram like Corsair valueselect.

I would also get an eVGA, Leadtek or BFG branded graphics card

 

[vaderpro]

As above, with mboard and antecs are great. Get a sata150 seagate hardrive not an ide. Get this ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141212

With the savings in ram price you could bump up the processor to this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

and a slightly better video card is a 6800, but a little more money

 

[thor15]

updated list, total comes to $807. my friend is currently playing poker to get money for this, haha and well hes not doing to bad. thanks to one guy on our floor who seems to lose 30 bucks a time

Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148069

Ram: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

DVD Drive: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152052

Power Source: Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 500W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937

Video Card: eVGA Geforce 6600GT 128-P2-N368-TX Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130214


Case: got it

Monitor: got it

Keyboard and Mouse: got it

 

[vaderpro]

Giddy-up.

 

[PZEROFGH]

man, why does vaderpro have to beat me to all this, i was going to say all the exact same things..

build looks good.

 

[vaderpro]

man, why does vaderpro have to beat me to all this, i was going to say all the exact same things..

build looks good.

Its rare that I beat you to anything...hehe

U know thats an amazing system for $807.....considering I paid $1500 CAD, (in Jan) for my piece of crapola....

 

[PZEROFGH]

i paid 900 for my piece of crap in my sig. cant believe i chose a 9800pro over a 6600GT, but thats when i knew nothng lol