This is what I came up with

[john3]

why? get the Opteron 170, Seriously, ur going to HAVE to overclock anywayz, if you get the Opteron 170 you can get it SO HIGH! but the 4400+ doesnt overclock as well.

 

[bonehelm]

are you a serious gamer? if you are, john is right, you will definately want to overclock after a while as today's games are getting super demanding and unless you're rich you can't really upgrade every 3 months or so. so if you really want better performance later overclocking is not a bad choice.

 

[jwn9801]

Just kinda confused about the overclocking thing. But i was reading the reviews on the 170 and someone had it running at 3.1Ghz so i think i will go with it and its cheaper. I'm just hard headed and needed it beat in. lol. thanks

 

[jwn9801]

Ok, here is the revised setup.

Case: Thermaltake Tsunami

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16811133132

CPU: AMD Opteron 170 Denmark

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103586

Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813136152

Video Card: 7900 GT KO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814130015

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144701

Memory: G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231021

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16829102188

Power Supply: Antec TRUEPOWERII

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

Still kinda wondering about the case. A good choice? And is everything gonna mesh well together?

 

[Magilla]

Your Antec selection is awesome, my antec is some 6yrs old and still doing great. There's also an OCZ for $60 after rebate.

I'm looking for a PSU myself and curious if these brands have a difference.

Tiger has some HDD deals:
seagate 250 gb $70 and Seagate 300GB W/ ULTRA enclosure $90 after rebate. That comes from an email sale which is $10 cheaper than their web site and they're both ATA not SATA. I don't know if you shop at tiger or if there's much of a difference between them, NE or someone else but that sure is a $/GB deal if you need that much.

 

[jwn9801]

Is there anything else I would need besides keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS, moniter. And do I need thermal paste if the cpu has a thermal pad. Is the cooling fans that come with case and cpu good enough?