System build

[Callan]

Hi, ive been debating these specs for a new system and wondering if you knowledgable people could have a look at it for me.

Anywho the specs are:

Case:
Antec NSK6500 Black Steel Super Mid Tower Case - Silver Bezel - 430W PSU

Motherboard:
DFI NF4 Ultra Infinity S939 PCI-Express GbLAN IEEE 1394

CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor "SAN DIEGO" Socket 939 Retail BOX

Memory:
MUSHKIN PC3200 EM 1GB Kit (2x512Mb) DDR400, 1024Mb, 991460 Enhanced Memory Performance & Frostbyte Heatspreader Technology

Hard disk:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD - 80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive - 8.9ms, 8MB Cache

Graphics:
Asus NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Extreme 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card - EN6600GT-HTD-256

Wireless network card:
Netgear WG311 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter

Optical drive 1:
LG GDR-8164BBK 16x DVD-ROM Drive - Black OEM

Optical drive 2:
LG GSA-4167BBK Internal SuperMulti Drive - Black OEM

Floppy disk:
Sony BLACK Bezel 1.44 MB FDD Drive to suit all Black Case

Monitor:
Viewsonic VA702B 17" 12ms Black TFT LCD 1280x1024 D-Sub

Speakers:
Logitech R-20 2.1 Total 20Watts RMS, Ported Subwoofer

This comes to around AU$1500 (my modest budget) and want it to play some games on the weekend and do homework. Please tell me what you think.

 

[slick_tech15]

I dont think you should get that DFI board, if you want one in that price range, get the MSI K8N Neo4 board. Its seems like a midrange build, have fun!

 

[Callan]

Cool, thanks alot i shall have a look at that board. Anymore suggestions just fire away (not at me).

 

[The General]

are those dual layer dvd burners?

heh the DL will come in handy for copying DVDs (ALL LEGALLY OF COURSE ) when the dual layer dvd+rs get cheapers

i have two dual layer dvd burners.

of course you could always just shrink them but the quality is p!ss poor

 

[gurusan]

Nice build...I would choose a different 3d card though. Try to find a 6800 or 7series used.

 

[Static_11]

and i wouldnt get an Asus video card.. get a bfg or w/e they have over in aussie lol

 

[Callan]

Yes one is dual layer, but the other is read-only (i like having two). And what did the last senetence mean?

 

[The General]

movies are on dual layer dvds

dvdshrink, or if you use linux, k9copy can shrink the content to fit on a single layer dvd. just that the quality isnt very good.

 

[Callan]

Oh i see, ok then. i'm changing the video card to a sapphire X1600PRO, it looks ok (spec wise)

 

[Callan]

Do you think i should down-grade the CPU?