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Old 12-18-2005, 12:01 PM   #1
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1st Build - $1,500 Budget

I have budgeted $1,500 for my first build and would like suggestions. I plan to do video/photo editing and a little gaming. I do not need: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS. I have read other threads and come up with the following:

Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05-ATX Mid Tower Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119047
ASUS A8N-E mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131530
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103546
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931
Albatron 7800GT-SH PCI-E Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814170090
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145579
Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701

Any suggestions for
IDE DVD Burner - black
Internal Floppy Drive/card reader - black

Should I get additional fans for the case?
I would like to add another video card and hd (raid?) in the future.

Thanks

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Old 12-18-2005, 12:05 PM   #2
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Everything you have selected looks fine.

If you want to go with dual video cards(SLI) then you will need a motherboard that supports it. I would suggest the ASUS A8N-SLI, shown here.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131524

If you get that board then you will be able to add another hard drive later, thing is you'll have to reconfigure or something like that(I've never done it, so don't know how)
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Old 12-18-2005, 12:47 PM   #3
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I'm not sure about Albatron video cards. The usual recommendations are ASUS or eVGA.
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