building $1500 PC, suggestions needed

[Hobbie3321]

ok, well this is my first time building a PC and ... well im trying to get everything (Save the keyboard and mouse) and i think i have the specs down... any suggestions would be nice.

NEC Black DVD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135131
Asus Blk CD-RW 5232A3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135042
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144184
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131530
G.Skill 1gig F1-3200PHU2-1GBNS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231027
G.Skill 1gig F1-3200PHU2-1GBNS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231027
AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ *ADA3800bubbox http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562
Sound Card 70sBO46000007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102188
OS XP Home http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837102059
SCEPTRE X7g-NagaIII Black (X7g-NagaIII) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824112179
Case XION (XON-101) 17.6"*8.1" *19.7" ATX compatable http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208005
VGA: PVT42GUAD7 Geforce 6800GS XFS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150118
ANTEC 500W Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103937

[Drkboarder]

I'd spend the extra 13 bucks and get a dvd burner over the cd-rw drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058

And I'd opt for a 2x1GB memory selection, free up some slots for future upgrading: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145579

or if you wanna overclock go with the corsair xms version. Oh, and your Mobo link is actually to your video card.

[Hobbie3321]

doh, i thought i fixed that, thanks

[jayb1234]

If you can fit it in the budget, this Western Digital hard drive has a 16Mb cache and would be faster than the Maxtor, little better brand also.

The motherboard has pretty good integrated sound that you might want to try before you buy a sound card.

[mjkovis]

My suggestions:

- Your mobo supports dual channel RAM. Get rid of purchasing (2) seperate sticks of RAM and purchase a dual kit of RAM or one that says dual channel kit. This can cut down on problems by having a matched pair of RAM in dual channel.
- You really only need 2x512 MB unless you plan on a lot of video editing and programming.
- Get rid of purchasing (2) optical drives and get the all-in-one combo drive (CD/DVD Burner). Lite-On makes great quality stuff at an affordable price.
- Save a little more money by getting a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 card. Supports 7.1 and they are excellent cards. At Newegg you can pick one up for a little over $40.

AK