Well, I posted here a couple of weeks ago listing the specs of the comp I was gonna build from newegg.com. Well, after a huge riggamarole with ordering the parts (don't ask), we decided to go with TigerDirect.
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 +3800 Processor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...1-A64-3800%20E
RAM:
Corsair TWINX Dual Channel Memory (1gbx2)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...=C13-5104%20PT
PSU:
Coolmax 600W PSU
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&sku=T13-1062
DVD Burner:
Pioneer DVD Burner
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=P725-3056
Motherboard:
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=A455-2112
Sound Card:
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic PCI Sound Card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&sku=C44-3232
Hard Drive:
Seagate / 300GB / 7200 / 16MB / SATA-300 / Retail / Hard Drive
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=S130-1236
Case:
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Black Aluminum ATX Mid-Tower Case
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=G452-4002
Video Card:
XFX GeForce 7900 GT / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=P450-7832
Monitor:
Hanns·G HW191D / 19" Wide / 5ms / 700:1 / WXGA 1440 x 900 / DVI / Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3&sku=H94-1904
It's gonna be about $1600 total, and it will be the nicest computer that I have ever laid eyes on. I look forward to building it! (It's a late birthday present.)
Rate my new system... (Ordering from somewhere different this time.)
X of Thulcandra
Omega X
I give it an 8 out of 10.
-2 for CoolMAX PSU.
CoolMAX is iffy for its PSU quality.
-2 for CoolMAX PSU.
CoolMAX is iffy for its PSU quality.
EternalTempest
Very nice rig 
You should be able to play Oblivion on High / Very High settings with that and run FEAR very well too.
Please Note the Dual Core 2 Intel's just came out (still can't believe I saying this) and intel may have the best price and peformance ratio... Took them four years to finally de-thrown AMD so both AMD & Intel are taking huge price cuts on cpu's as we speak right now.
You should be able to play Oblivion on High / Very High settings with that and run FEAR very well too. Please Note the Dual Core 2 Intel's just came out (still can't believe I saying this) and intel may have the best price and peformance ratio... Took them four years to finally de-thrown AMD
so both AMD & Intel are taking huge price cuts on cpu's as we speak right now.
recon the mad
get 2gbs of ram will spare u ALOT of loading 
+ when u are buying a motherboard that supports SLI then buy 2x XFX GeForce 7900 GT
+ u should be sure the Asus motherboard can run SATA 300 i think it can but i really can't remember..
now when thats said i wouldn't buy a 300gb harddrive to have ur OS, games etc on.
Buy a cheap 30gb or something to have ur system and games etc on and a larger harddrive to other stuff..
totally right now i would say 7/10
+ when u are buying a motherboard that supports SLI then buy 2x XFX GeForce 7900 GT + u should be sure the Asus motherboard can run SATA 300 i think it can but i really can't remember..
now when thats said i wouldn't buy a 300gb harddrive to have ur OS, games etc on.
Buy a cheap 30gb or something to have ur system and games etc on and a larger harddrive to other stuff..
totally right now i would say 7/10
Ozric
Nice looking setup. Not too familiar with the PSU though. I've been happy with the OCZ 600 PSU I got back in Jan.
Feminist Terrorist
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get 2gbs of ram will spare u ALOT of loading
+ when u are buying a motherboard that supports SLI then buy 2x XFX GeForce 7900 GT |
BlackRecluse
AMD ;[ looks nice besides the case..
ange1
pioneer is exp
u can get away with benqs and save a wooping $5
sound card is overated get onboard lol
u can get away with benqs and save a wooping $5
sound card is overated get onboard lol
majoho
As someone else suggested getting a Core 2 cpu would be better (and obviously a new MB as well) however they aren't widely available yet.
nani80
You should change PSU and maybe Motherboard, if you don't intend to use SLI (go for A8N-E)
nani80
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Originally Posted by majoho
As someone else suggested getting a Core 2 cpu would be better (and obviously a new MB as well) however they aren't widely available yet.
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majoho
yeah, but as I said you can't actually get them that easy and it will most likely be like that for a while - even Dell can't meet the demand.
DC_Ross_Dark
ew ew ew ew ew NVIDIA! They're the devil man! Firstly Thier SLI system is rubbish in comparsion to ATI's Crossfire and NVIDIA are known for crap drivers. ATI all the way.
causation
X of T, Thats a meaty sounding rig fella, its almost identical to mine, for choice of PSU, i'd go Tagan, memory Kensington. Also, watercooling if you can You have a sound motherboard one of the best IMO.
As for nVidia, they have been lacking in producing good drivers of late, and have no problems with them - yet
8/10.
You have a sound motherboard one of the best IMO.As for nVidia, they have been lacking in producing good drivers of late, and have no problems with them - yet
8/10.
lord_shar
The Core2 Duo's seem to be the better buy at the moment, though availability is going to be bad given that it was just released:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/28/si...g_intel_curve/
If you can wait it out to get a Core2 Duo, then please do, since you will probably have more intel CPU upgrade options down the road.
As for NVidia vs. ATI: I have also heard that the more recent NVidia drivers have been flakey. However, I have not had any problems with my 7900GTX-512.
The NVidia 7900-line and ATI X1800 - X1900 should all be fine choices... can't really lose either way.
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/28/si...g_intel_curve/
If you can wait it out to get a Core2 Duo, then please do, since you will probably have more intel CPU upgrade options down the road.
As for NVidia vs. ATI: I have also heard that the more recent NVidia drivers have been flakey. However, I have not had any problems with my 7900GTX-512.
The NVidia 7900-line and ATI X1800 - X1900 should all be fine choices... can't really lose either way.