Tetraconigo
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Brand new to these forums. I'm planning on building a new rig when I get home from this deployment in the sandbox, and was just looking for some commentary/critique/advice/part substitutions on what I have picked out so far. All of the parts are going to be ordered from Newegg, and I'm looking at a 1500-1600 budget (Current configure puts me at 1600.75 with shipping.) It's meant to be a gaming platform with the room for a small amount of overclocking in the future. I have only built a few PCs in the past. Component list:
Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131540
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103547
Ram: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) Platinum Dual Channel DDR 400 OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227210
GFX: XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150108
HD: HITACHI Deskstar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - OEM (x2, gettting two of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822145087
DVD: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152047
Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 530 RC-530-SWR2 Black w/ 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119081
The only component I'm really worried about is the case w/ PSU. I'm trying to skimp and save money, but am really considering going with a coolermaster wavemaster coupled with an antec psu but that puts me over my budget by close to 100 bucks. Any suggestions that will keep me within my budget without hurting performance?
Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131540
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103547
Ram: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) Platinum Dual Channel DDR 400 OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227210
GFX: XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150108
HD: HITACHI Deskstar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s - OEM (x2, gettting two of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822145087
DVD: NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152047
Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 530 RC-530-SWR2 Black w/ 430W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119081
The only component I'm really worried about is the case w/ PSU. I'm trying to skimp and save money, but am really considering going with a coolermaster wavemaster coupled with an antec psu but that puts me over my budget by close to 100 bucks. Any suggestions that will keep me within my budget without hurting performance?