alright, let me know what you think of my first setup..

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SpeedDemon608

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so after much forum help, ive decided to go with this for now
(potential further fans/cooling to come if i so desire)

cooler master centurion 5 case - $55

foxconn nforce 4 ultra atx 939 socket mobo - $97

amd athlon 64 3200+ venice - $190 (made the stretch of 40 bucks for another 0.2 ghz over 3000+)

g.skill 2x512 dual channel pc3200 cas2 ram - $100

atrix 500w psu - 26

gigabyte geforce 6600gt pci express - $160 (free optical mouse combo)

total - 627 + 40 shipping (and whatever tax?) = ~670

taking all peripherals, hard drives, and cd-rw from old system

aside from the ugly motherboard, im pretty pleased, any comments, thoughts? i could still go another 20 bucks somewhere..
 
yeah true to everything ninja just said, good pick with the video card, you'll get very good bang for your buck.

i would pick diffrent RAM though, preferably kingston or corsair , just non ECC
 
your RAM is fine, I've heard some very pleasing things about GSKILL and read some good reviews.

As for the power supply, it's cheap. Has high enough amps to run your system but I challenge Roswill's credibility to provide a quality, stable Power supply. It's just cheap.
 
unfortunately i cant stretch much more beyond cheap :(

then how about... this psu

or wait, now looking at it i dont think its enough amps, im being told by a friend at least 24 amps is needed at 12v

but so this looks like it fits criteria..any better?
 
Might work, Power supplies are a critical part of your system, I would get that last one and not use it for any lengths of time. I would save up and buy that enermax as soon as I would be able to because when cheap power supplies go, which they often do, they usually can take out and fry other pieces of hardware.
 
so, revised final set up

raid max case - 30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811156018

antec smartpower psu - 75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103937

ocz value series 2x512 ram - 105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227213

dfi nforce 4 ultra lanparty mobo - 130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813136152

amd athlon 64 venice 3000+ - 146
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103537

gigabyte gefore 6600gt - 160 (still excited about the free optical mouse)
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814125156

total - 644.75 and 37.80 for shipping

any further comments? and can anyone tell me how tax works on newegg?
 
have you seen my case's?, i took some pics of em in case gallary, but there rubbish quality.
 
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