i'm about to get this config around thanksgiving time... what do you all think?
CPU Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz LGA 775 HT
Motherboard ABIT AA8-DuraMAX i925X LGA 775
Video Card eVGA 6600GT 128MB PCI-Express
RAM Corsair ValueSelect 1GB PC2-4200 Dual-Channel
Hard Drive WD Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA
Hard Drive Samsung 160GB 7200RPM SATA
Case Antec Super Lanboy
Power Supply Antec Solution Series SL450 450W
DVD-RW NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
DVD-ROM Asus DVD-E616P1 16X DVD-ROM
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Monitor SAMSUNG 997DF-T/T 19" CRT
total ~$1530
i picked intel over amd (even though i originally wanted amd) because from the sounds of it amd is only better than intel for gaming, and i'm not too big of a gamer. i also rear that hyper-threading helps a lot with apps like photoshop and premiere.
CPU Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz LGA 775 HT
Motherboard ABIT AA8-DuraMAX i925X LGA 775
Video Card eVGA 6600GT 128MB PCI-Express
RAM Corsair ValueSelect 1GB PC2-4200 Dual-Channel
Hard Drive WD Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA
Hard Drive Samsung 160GB 7200RPM SATA
Case Antec Super Lanboy
Power Supply Antec Solution Series SL450 450W
DVD-RW NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
DVD-ROM Asus DVD-E616P1 16X DVD-ROM
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Monitor SAMSUNG 997DF-T/T 19" CRT
total ~$1530
i picked intel over amd (even though i originally wanted amd) because from the sounds of it amd is only better than intel for gaming, and i'm not too big of a gamer. i also rear that hyper-threading helps a lot with apps like photoshop and premiere.