New Compy

[mrbilzor]

Anyone have a problem with this? Not going DX10 until the games that come out can actually use it. I am reading the cards out that can do DX10 are pretty meh, too.

I am pretty much looking to play BioShock nicely, and then next year upgrade the GPUs if Fallout 3 needs more power.

Price came to about $1100, which is right where I want to be. Upgradable, fast, not too expensive.

This is my first time building a compy from scratch, instead of just upgrading a CPU, GPU, whatever, one piece at a time. I am slightly concerned that I am missing some glaring compatibility issue.

Lian Li Full Case

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2

ZALMAN 9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card (In Crossfire)

Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W Power Supply 90V~265V

[flanzig1]

Looks like a good, solid AMD system. Probably don't need the Zalman CPU cooler, the one that come with the CPU should do well unless you plan to OC.
You will need an optical drive, a SATA DVD would be the choice nowadays(Lite-On retail).
And an OS. XP or Vista

[blue60007]

I would drop the SLI board to a non-SLI board. Should save a little $$ there.

[andper10]

For a gaming build with $1,100 to spend I woudl go with Intel. You can look them up on newegg (unless I linked to a different site) for more information.

Core 2 Duo E6550 - $176

Asus P5K Motherboard - $135

Seagate 7200.10 16MB Cache SATA 320GB Hard Drive (good choice) - $80

Antec 900 Gaming Case: http://www.directron.com/ninehundred.html - $100 - Case is a personal thing, but why would you spend $200+ just for a case?

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Aftermarket CPU HSF if you want to Overclock - $20

Corsair 520W PSU (made by PC Power and Cooling I believe): http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w...203270716.html $100 ($90 w/ google checkout)

EVGA 8800GTS 320MB - $280

Corsair 2GB DDR2 800 (good choice): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034 - $104

XP Home OEM - $90
OR
Vista Home Premium - $112

LiteOn SATA DVD Burner w/ lightscribe RETIAL version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106072 - $40

Total: $1125