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I'm about due for a new computer. Sometime this month I think I am going to buy. I'm going through a website that has individual components that they put together for you; the price was pretty decent for the rank of the stuff I'm getting. I just wanted to ask everybody here if I was maybe getting screwed on any of these parts, I.E. if they work poorly, etc.
CASE: X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case 500W W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Silver Color)
CPU: (939-pin) AMD Athlonâ¢64 X2 3800+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA RAID Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN,USB2.0,IEEE-1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA Geforce 7600 GS 256MB PCI Express x16 Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
HARD DRIVE: 80GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Optical Drive: LG GWA-4161 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)
SOUND : HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
I didn't want all of this onboard stuff (the IEEE1394, the usb2, the high-def 7.1 audio, or the network card) but a friend of mine told me I could save a lot of money and use the motherboard's stuff for sound/networking etc. because it's actually very good on its own.
I know it isn't top of the line, but I just wanted to know if anybody saw any glaring horrible ideas with buying any of these parts.
CASE: X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case 500W W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Silver Color)
CPU: (939-pin) AMD Athlonâ¢64 X2 3800+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA RAID Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN,USB2.0,IEEE-1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA Geforce 7600 GS 256MB PCI Express x16 Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
HARD DRIVE: 80GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Optical Drive: LG GWA-4161 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)
SOUND : HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
I didn't want all of this onboard stuff (the IEEE1394, the usb2, the high-def 7.1 audio, or the network card) but a friend of mine told me I could save a lot of money and use the motherboard's stuff for sound/networking etc. because it's actually very good on its own.
I know it isn't top of the line, but I just wanted to know if anybody saw any glaring horrible ideas with buying any of these parts.