What do you think?

[jdrobinson]

This will be my second computer build and it's desperately needed. Let me know what you think.

Case: Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 500W 120MM Fan (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...4&promoid=1087)

Motherboard: ASUS M2N-E ATX AM2 Nforce 570 Ultra PCI-E16 PCI-E4 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...5&promoid=1087)

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Brisbane 2.1GHZ 2X512KB 65NM 65W Retail Box (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...8&promoid=1087)

RAM: OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...5&promoid=1087)
** I'll probably get two of these for 4GB.

Video: XFX GeForce 7900GS XT 480MHZ 256MB 256BIT 1.4GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I TV Out Video Card (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...6&promoid=1087)

Other:

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound Paste NON-ELECTRICAL Conductive 4 Gram (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...5&promoid=1061)

Yate Loon D12SL-12 120MM Quiet Cooling Fan 1350RPM 47CFM 28DB 3PIN & 4PIN Sleeve Bearing OEM (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22644)

This isn't including any optical drives, or the two 19" wide screen monitors I will be buying to go along with it.

Thanks for the input.

[flanzig1]

Looks like a solid, middle of the road build. Don't forget about hard drives or an OS.

[jdrobinson]

Right, completely forgot to include the Hard Drive, and I'll either be installing Windows XP Pro or Windows Vista, I own both but I'm still on the fence as to which one I'd prefer to use.

Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB OEM 3YR MFR Warranty (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...acture=Hitachi)

That's the exact response I wanted, I only do web development and a little gaming as it stands now. It's been about four years since I built my first computer so I spent the last couple of weeks getting familiar with the newer technologies and I feel this computer will do for a great upgrade to my current machine.

[Alaron]

I'd swap that Hitachi for a Seagate or Western Digital. Hitachi drives are not the best quality. Otherwise, looks good.