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Baybpi
01-03-2009, 02:00 PM
Case-Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports and Ultra 500-Watt Power Supply

Mobo-XFX nForce 750a SLI Motherboard - NVIDIA 750a SLI, Socket AM2/AM2+, ATX, Audio, Video, HDMI, DVI, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN. S/PDIF, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Processor ADV6000DOBOX - 3.1GHz, 1MB Cache, 1000MHz (2000 MT/s), Dual-Core, Retail, Socket AM2, Processor with Fan

RAM-OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2x2048MB)

HD-Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM

Graphics-XFX GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR2, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) DVI, VGA, HDTV, Video Card

Currently running a 2.4 Ghz Pentium 4 single processor (Dell Dimension 2400!),Nvidia 5200, 1 GB Ram, 40GB HD! So this will definitely be a big upgrade for me but is there anything I could do differently? I am going to be getting some fans for the case, but other than that anything else? Price of setup including shipping is $535. Thanks in advance. :D

chunkylover53
01-03-2009, 04:12 PM
If the case you have listed is a Rosewill, the only thing I'll throw out to you is that that particular case looks fairly new to market (first review was beginning of Dec). I like things that have been around a bit, especially becasue that's where your PSU is coming from. To be fair, I don't know anything about Rosewill's PSU reputation, so I really can't say one way or the other.

If you game at all, spend $30 less on a motherboard and $30 more on the video card. There will be more recommendations from the group, but here are mine:

Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130360
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324