Hey everybody. Just went through and picked my components based mostly off newegg reviews. Also used advice from dfi-street and this wonderful forum. I think I don't have any conflicting pieces.
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529&ATT=Processors&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r
Mobo
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152
RAM
OCZ 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
plan to use 4*512 mb for 2 GB total
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146898
GPU
eVGA 256-P2-N527-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130254
HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417
optical drive
SONY White 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, Extra Black bezel included - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131244
PSU
OCZ PowerStream 600W
http://www.computerhq.com/OCZ_Power...et/OCZ600ADJ/hardware/partinfo-id-521798.html
CASE
XION Black XION II XON-103 SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply
won't be using this PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208008
Monitor
DELL UltraSharp 1905FP 19-inch Flat Panel Monitor
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...ry_id=211&cs=19&l=en&Page=productlisting.aspx
Total cost ~$2100
My comments -
-Not sure if the RAM i picked is right
-Still kinda debating between x2 4400+ and a64 4000+
-This was the easy part... I'm petrified of the actually assembly/installation..... don't want to end up with $2100 of junk.
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529&ATT=Processors&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r
Mobo
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136152
RAM
OCZ 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
plan to use 4*512 mb for 2 GB total
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146898
GPU
eVGA 256-P2-N527-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130254
HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417
optical drive
SONY White 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, Extra Black bezel included - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131244
PSU
OCZ PowerStream 600W
http://www.computerhq.com/OCZ_Power...et/OCZ600ADJ/hardware/partinfo-id-521798.html
CASE
XION Black XION II XON-103 SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply
won't be using this PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208008
Monitor
DELL UltraSharp 1905FP 19-inch Flat Panel Monitor
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...ry_id=211&cs=19&l=en&Page=productlisting.aspx
Total cost ~$2100
My comments -
-Not sure if the RAM i picked is right
-Still kinda debating between x2 4400+ and a64 4000+
-This was the easy part... I'm petrified of the actually assembly/installation..... don't want to end up with $2100 of junk.