Help me decide on parts

[Raytheon]

I'm willing to build a pc, and the budget is $700. I want at least 2GB of ram and a 7600GT(~$300 for both). Please give me some ideas on the cpu, motherboard, case etc. Already have the monitor and OS.

-EDIT-
See post #7

 

[wol-va-rine]

if you are not scared of open box specials, you can get some good deals...

mobo... ASUS P5NSLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard

and processor...dual core

not a bad start for about $150...

 

[Anubis1980]

Depends what u want to do with it to be honest. If u cud give us a clue as to what u want to use it for then we can help more

 

[Raytheon]

The computer would be used for some mild gaming, and for programming, playing movies and things like that.

 

[wol-va-rine]

if you are not scared of open box specials, you can get some good deals...

mobo... ASUS P5NSLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard

and processor...dual core

not a bad start for about $150...

throw these in...
2GB

and you have about $450 left for everything else you need...

 

[Anubis1980]

Personally and its just personal choice, i wouldnt go with that CPU for gaming mild or not, id go for an AMD Dual Core, or Core Duo , will bump up the price but im not a huge fan on p4's.

 

[Raytheon]

After some searching, I've created a list. Please give me some toughts on the choices, and if the price could be taken down a bit, that would be great too.

AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (65W)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103729

GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128034

CORSAIR 1GB XMS2 DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145153

eVGA GeForce 7600GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130073

Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148142

LG 18X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827136108

COOLER MASTER Centurion Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119077

Antec True Power Trio 430W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103942

Total: 640.94 + Shipping

 

[Anubis1980]

Everything looks good, If u wanted to lower the price abit u cud go for different ram. Thats high performance and the rest of the components are mid level. Seems a bit overkill , not that i wudnt like the ram

 

[superman22x]

What is that pc in your specs? Try to get a core 2 duo if you can. but you might need to save up $100 more if you want one, but it will be worth it.

 

[Anubis1980]

Gonna get more and more expensive