Thoughts on Build

[BamaFan29891]

Hey guys I started a new thread for this, so that it would get some more looks.
Tell me what you think about this build and what not. I think I like it for gaming. WoW/FFXI/Battlefield 2/etc. Thanks

CASE $49.99
COOLER MASTER CENTURION 5 CAC-T05-UB BLACK/BLUE COMPUTER CASE
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119047

CPU $151.99
AMD ATHLON 64 3800+ 2000MHZ HT SOCKET AM2 PROCESSOR
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103631

MOBO $82.99
BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 ATX AMD MOTHERBOARD
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138026

MEMORY $66.99
G.SKILL 1GB 240-PIN DDR2 SDRAM SYSTEM MEMORY
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231080

HDD $82.99
HITACHI DESKSTAR T7K250 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.OGB/S HARD DRIVE
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145087

VIDEO CARD $169.99
EVGA GEFORCE 7600GT 256-P2-N553-AX VIDEO CARD
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283

PSU $37.99
ROSEWILL RV450S-2 450W POWER SUPPLY
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182019

SOUND CARD $23.99
TURTLE BEACH RIVIERA SOUND CARD
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829118103

MONITOR $148.99
ACER AL1706B BLACK 17" 12MS LCD MONITOR
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824009081

KEYBOARD $12.99
ROSEWILL SILVER/BLACK WIRED MULTI-MEDIA KEYBOARD
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823201016

MOUSE $44.99
LOGITECH G5 LASER 2-TONE MOUSE
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104191

CD-ROM $39.99
SAMSUNG 16X DVD+R DVD BURNER WITH 5X DVD-RAM WRITE AND LIGHTSCRIBE BLACK ATA/ATAPI MODEL SH-162L/BEBM
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151118

PRICE W/O MONITOR: ROUGHLY $764.89
PRICE W/ MONITOR: ROUGHLY $914.88

 

[MarxSoccer]

You copy and pasted those links, so they're all mucked up

 

[Nik00117]

They are broken please fix them and then we'll comment.

 

[Logan1]

well the links don't work but going off of descriptions it looks alright.

edit: still looks good overall but i advise a hdd with 16MB cache instead of 8MB.
spring for 2GB of RAM, modern games take up to 1GB, then you have Windows, and any other program you may have on in the background. 2GB will keep you covered for a while.

 

[BamaFan29891]

Well how do I "un-muck" them again?

 

[Logan1]

click the "Edit" button then delete the links and relink them.

they working now.

also you might want to look at an 8ms LCD monitor.

 

[BamaFan29891]

Why would I want to look at an 8ms LCD Monitor?

 

[kchi55]

looks like a very decent build. you'll be pleased with it

 

[BamaFan29891]

And I think I might just stick with 1GB right now. My friend with an alienware that he paid way too much for, lol, has 1BG and that's doing 4 table poker and WoW at the same time, not to mention AIM, Mozilla, etc.

And what is the differences in the caches of the HDD? Can you explain that?

 

[Logan1]

the 8 or 12ms is the monitors response time(time it take one pixel to go from active to off), in lots of games you need a lower response time or you may start to see artifacts or ghosting.

1GB is fine it was just a suggestion

and the extra cache in the hdd just makes accessing a little faster, not really needed but.....hey it looked good so i'm just reaching out and giving you all the suggestions i can think of.