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Old 03-04-2006, 06:34 PM   #1
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Question Newbie, Building Own Gaming PC, Please Help

Im looking at building a gaming rig, i also do video editing/dvd burning. I want to do it as cheap as possible, I dont really wanna go over $1000. So if you know of cheaper components that wont effect the quality, please let me know.

Its just the box, not the complete system.

Here are the components Im looking at getting. I need to know if they are good choices, or if there are better alternatives around my price range? and I also need to know if all of the components are compatible with each other?

Case - Thermaltake XASER, Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154
$150

Power Supply - Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931
$90

Motherboard - BIOSTAR N4SLI-A9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138253
$79

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103537
$148

Hard Drive - Already have

Ram - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440
$70

Primary Optical - Already have

Secondary Optical - Already have

Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102178
$75

Video Card - eVGA 256-P2-N386-AX Geforce 6800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130267
$179

Whats the FDD?

Keyboard - Already have

Mouse - Already have

Modem - Do I need this, if I dont use dial up?

Lan - SIIG USB2.0+FireWire+10/100 Combo Model JU-2NE012
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815150026
$36

Monitor - Already have

Speakers - Already have

OS - Already have

Extras - Thermaltake Bigwater 745 120mm x3 CPU Liquid Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106074
$169

Total so Far = $996


Any help would be Extremely Appreciated!!
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