Hi,
Can anyone tell me if this build makes sense? I'll be using this for gaming and HL2 mapping. I was wondering if you see any bottlenecks, or ways to save any money, or replacement parts that would increase performance while keeping the price the same or less (while maintaining good quality).
RAIDMAX ATX-208 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $20.75
Antec TRUE430 ATX 430W Power Supply - Retail $79.00
GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $129.00
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail $324.95
eVGA 6800 GT 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) $320.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail $87.85
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM $79.00
SONY Black IDE DVD Burner Model DWQ28A - OEM $46.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade with Service Pack 2 $94.99
Total w/o shipping $1,181.54 US
Thanks for looking it over
Can anyone tell me if this build makes sense? I'll be using this for gaming and HL2 mapping. I was wondering if you see any bottlenecks, or ways to save any money, or replacement parts that would increase performance while keeping the price the same or less (while maintaining good quality).
RAIDMAX ATX-208 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $20.75
Antec TRUE430 ATX 430W Power Supply - Retail $79.00
GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $129.00
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail $324.95
eVGA 6800 GT 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) $320.00
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail $87.85
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM $79.00
SONY Black IDE DVD Burner Model DWQ28A - OEM $46.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade with Service Pack 2 $94.99
Total w/o shipping $1,181.54 US
Thanks for looking it over