So I've decided to try to make my own gaming pc and wondered if all this stuff is pretty good (and compatible), and what recommendations you can give for maybe lowering the price. Here are the items (with links) I am thinking about buying.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2 socket processor.
Gigabyte GAM55SLi-S4 AM2 socket motherboard.
Kingston HyperX 240-pin DDR2/800 SDRAM - 1 GB (2x512 MB).
200 GB Western Digital Caviar SATA 3.0 GB/s hard drive.
SLi-config'd (2) Gigabyte GeForce NVidia 7600 GS cards.
LG 16X DVD +/-RW drive.
LG 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-ROM drive.
19" LCD Monitor
All in an Aspire X-Pleasure-AL black full-size ATX case.
Monitor: $200
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1960185&Sku=H54-1910
Motherboard: $96.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128321
Processor: $295
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735
Video cards: $223.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125028
Hard drive: $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144416
Memory: $165.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134064
Power supply: $159.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194004
Case: $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144128
DVD-RW: $32.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136091
DVD-Rom: $16.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136083
OS (Win XP Pro w/ SP 2): $279.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837116195
TOTAL: $1676.41
(I think the OS is overpriced so I'll prob get it elsewhere and reduce the total cost some.)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2 socket processor.
Gigabyte GAM55SLi-S4 AM2 socket motherboard.
Kingston HyperX 240-pin DDR2/800 SDRAM - 1 GB (2x512 MB).
200 GB Western Digital Caviar SATA 3.0 GB/s hard drive.
SLi-config'd (2) Gigabyte GeForce NVidia 7600 GS cards.
LG 16X DVD +/-RW drive.
LG 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-ROM drive.
19" LCD Monitor
All in an Aspire X-Pleasure-AL black full-size ATX case.
Monitor: $200
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1960185&Sku=H54-1910
Motherboard: $96.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128321
Processor: $295
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735
Video cards: $223.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125028
Hard drive: $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144416
Memory: $165.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134064
Power supply: $159.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194004
Case: $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144128
DVD-RW: $32.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136091
DVD-Rom: $16.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136083
OS (Win XP Pro w/ SP 2): $279.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837116195
TOTAL: $1676.41
(I think the OS is overpriced so I'll prob get it elsewhere and reduce the total cost some.)