I am planning on building a new computer for my girlfriend, so if you're at all familiar with such details as what a computer needs, let me know how these sound for a from-the-ground-up system:
ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$64.00
ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
$110.00
XFX PVT42EUDE3 Geforce 6800 XTreme 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$134.00
ASPIRE ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply
$36.99
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX
$154.00
Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model KHX3200AK2/1G
$92.50
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$51.00
ZIPPY EL-715 (SILVER) Silver USB Wired Slim luminescent Keyboard
$34.00
Tyris T701DB Black 17" 8ms (Tr: 2ms + Tf: 6ms) DVI LCD Monitor
$180.00
Sunbeam FireLine Optical Mouse MS-2011-BK-BL Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse w/Blue Light
$6.99
LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/ 5X DVD-RAM Write Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHM-165P6S RTL
$39.99
Diamond XtremeSound XS71DDL 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
$57.00
LINKSYS EG1032 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter
$23.99
Subtotal: $984.46
Mail-In Rebates total $140, so total will come to $844.46 once the rebates come in. I don't see this system becoming obsolete in the next 3-5 years or so. Look good for the price? The highest items are of course the ones you would expect to be up there, but I think for those level products, they are a steal for those prices. I have also looked into the reviews for the main components and they look to be solid enough to warrant a purchase; however, I'm always open to suggestions.
ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$64.00
ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
$110.00
XFX PVT42EUDE3 Geforce 6800 XTreme 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
$134.00
ASPIRE ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply
$36.99
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX
$154.00
Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model KHX3200AK2/1G
$92.50
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$51.00
ZIPPY EL-715 (SILVER) Silver USB Wired Slim luminescent Keyboard
$34.00
Tyris T701DB Black 17" 8ms (Tr: 2ms + Tf: 6ms) DVI LCD Monitor
$180.00
Sunbeam FireLine Optical Mouse MS-2011-BK-BL Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse w/Blue Light
$6.99
LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/ 5X DVD-RAM Write Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHM-165P6S RTL
$39.99
Diamond XtremeSound XS71DDL 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
$57.00
LINKSYS EG1032 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter
$23.99
Subtotal: $984.46
Mail-In Rebates total $140, so total will come to $844.46 once the rebates come in. I don't see this system becoming obsolete in the next 3-5 years or so. Look good for the price? The highest items are of course the ones you would expect to be up there, but I think for those level products, they are a steal for those prices. I have also looked into the reviews for the main components and they look to be solid enough to warrant a purchase; however, I'm always open to suggestions.