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Here we go - my final draft of my future home PC for video work, photo work, "backing up DVD's," minor gaming, and such

MOBO - $122

ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

CPU - $322

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail

RAM - $215

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt - Retail

HDD - $97

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

CASE - $69

Thermaltake SOPRANO VB1000BWS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

VIDEO CARD - $155

MSI RX800-TD256E Radeon X800 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

PSU - $30

ASPIRE ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply - Retail

DVD BURNER - $40

NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM

DVD ROM - $30

LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive Model SOHC-5236V BK RTL - Retail

Other

OS - $88

Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 - OEM

HDD Cooler - $4

MASSCOOL 4B02S4 Hard Disk Cooler - Retail

Okay, with shipping and minus the rebates, this comes out to a whopping total of...

$1216.35

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If you get a crossfire mobo you can use 2 ATI cards but if you get an nVidia card that can allow you to upgrade to a second one later with that SLI board. not to sound mean or anything but i have yet to figure out why people keep getting SLI boards and put an ATI card in them. you can only use 1 card making the sli function useless.

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I would not get the SLI motherboard get THIS I have the same board and it will save you some money.

Okay, I read that it DOES support AMD X2's, which is a must, but it doesn't have FireWire or SATA2, so I might stay with the ASUS

But, what do you think about the Video Card, that is the one topic that I'm not too educated on

I just need something good enough to last for a while (won't be OC'ed, but will be used for a little gaming) and around the $150 range

how do this sound?

PNY VCG68128XWB Geforce 6800 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133155

$160 after rebate

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That video card is good I have the same card I can play HL2, F.E.A.R, Doom 3, Quake 4 the only problem I have had is the card will over heat with Doom 3, and Quake so you might want to get a better cooling system for the video card.

I don't see myself (or my parents for that matter) playing Quake or Doom

I'll probably play BF2 or Call of Duty

I just saw that with XP Home there's a Combo deal for a Leadtek PX6800TDH Geforce 6800 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail at $189, ($20 off regular price)

Is that any good, or is it unneccesary for my needs

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The thing is I'm leaving the PC with my parents when I go off to college and they wanted something reliable to last them over the years. I want something to use this year, I do a good deal of multitasking for work with the Adobe Pagemaker/InDesign while running Photoshop simultaneously.

What's your thoughts between the Leadtek and PNY, I've never heard of Leadtek, and the only difference I found was the PNY has 128MB 256-bit GDDR3, while the Leadtek is 256MB 256-bit DDR. However, I think price might override getting the PNY for $30 cheaper

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Ok, sounds good enough. I'm just going to check newegg 1 more time for anymore deals on video cards

If I see something good I'll post it up

Also, my Dad just asked if Newegg will ship everything at once, or separatly, just wondering if you knew

Updated -

eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail for $125

and

XFX PVT43GNDF3 Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail for $130

Anything worth jumping on? (I promise I'll stop bothering you soon)

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personally i like nVidia. and brand cards i like eVGA. they are solid made good warranties and the step-up program is cool too. top end ATI usually only out performs nVidia in Half-Life 2 in the benchmarks. sometimes in UT2K4 too. but when were talking 7800GTX 512 vs Radeon1800XT in half-life2 nVidia wins in higher resolutions like 1600x1200 with 4x anti-aliasing but only when not in SLI and against only 1 Radeon. with crossfire enabled they are better i think. SLI 7800GTX 512's demolish ATI in just about everythin else. but it don't seem like you are that hardcore about games or even have the cash (1 7800GTX 512 is $750 on newegg). the 6 series seems more like your cup of tee. nothing lower than a 6600GT. I run BF2 in medium no probs with my AGP one. HL2 automatically presets to high (though that is not the highest. a 7800GT would probably be the best in affordability and playin games on into the future. and i mean GT not GTX. even regular GTX's are expensive.

P.S. sry for the long post. i tend to write too much every once in a while.

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personally i like nVidia. and brand cards i like eVGA. they are solid made good warranties and the step-up program is cool too. top end ATI usually only out performs nVidia in Half-Life 2 in the benchmarks. sometimes in UT2K4 too. but when were talking 7800GTX 512 vs Radeon1800XT in half-life2 nVidia wins in higher resolutions like 1600x1200 with 4x anti-aliasing but only when not in SLI and against only 1 Radeon. with crossfire enabled they are better i think. SLI 7800GTX 512's demolish ATI in just about everythin else. but it don't seem like you are that hardcore about games or even have the cash (1 7800GTX 512 is $750 on newegg). the 6 series seems more like your cup of tee. nothing lower than a 6600GT. I run BF2 in medium no probs with my AGP one. HL2 automatically presets to high (though that is not the highest. a 7800GT would probably be the best in affordability and playin games on into the future. and i mean GT not GTX. even regular GTX's are expensive.

P.S. sry for the long post. i tend to write too much every once in a while.

With my 1800XT I can play HL2 on 1600x200 8x anti-aliasing, and Doom 3 with 2x AA.

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i'm sure you can but what frame rates do you get with AA turned up.

I can turn mine up to that too but it'd run so bad it'd be unbearable.

at the settings i have set it usually stays around 40-55 and sometimes shoots to 80-120 especially in indoors areas.

also xxkbxx if you play half-life 2 or most other games for that matter use bilinear filtering on a 6600GT for best results (except in medal of honor allied assaultt max that s.o.b. except shadows, oddly enough if you turn it past simple the game plays like crap)

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