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[Bastion]

Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Tsunami VA3000BNA Black Mid
Tower Case -RETAIL
Item# N82E16811133137
$102.50

Lite-On 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive Black, Model
SOHR-5238S Black, OEM
Item# N82E16827106941
$24.00

Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T Black, RETAIL
Item# N82E16827131119
$27.50

ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler for AMD XP Socket
462/ 754 and Intel Socket 478
$40.99

Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive,
Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only
Item# N82E16822144122
$59.99

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin
1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
Item# N82E16820145450
$220.00

MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset
Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813130468
$131.00

Antec 430W Power Supply, Model "TRUE430" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16817103908
$75.00

AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Windows Compatible 64-bit
Processor 939 Pin - Retail
Item# N82E16819103463
$292.00

CONNECT3D ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit,
DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
Item# N82E16814142009
$198.00

Total (Before tax): $1,170.98

 

[Ahnteis]

>>Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Tsunami VA3000BNA Black Mid
Nice case. Too nice if you're shooting for low price.

>>Lite-On 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive Black, Model
>>Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Model SOHD-167T Black, RETAIL
Instead of spending $51 for 2 drives, get a combo drive. Better yet, spend $25 more and get a DVD burner.

>>ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler for AMD XP Socket
Way too much for a low priced cooler. You can get a <25db cooler for under $20.

>>Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pi
You can get good quality, barely slower memory for $50 cheaper. You might lose 1 fps -- but if cost is an issue...

>>MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset
I like MIS and I like this chipset. There may be a cheaper version of the k8n neo2 that will fill your needs.

>>Antec 430W Power Supply, Model "TRUE430"
Decent deal. You could probably go cheaper and still get a good quality PSU. Don't dip into the "bargain" psu bin however. not worth it.

>>CONNECT3D ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit,
Go with an nvidia 6800 (plain) instead. I currently have a 9600XT and ATI is still behind on drivers.

 

[umop]

you're always too mean, elephant boy.

yeah that's a good price for those components, you should go for it. it's almost identical to mine >=]

 

[Dsty2001]

Doh, guess I didn't C&P the case, but no, I didn't forget it. It's the Thermaltake Bastion posted. Thanks for all the advice all, still don't have the money to buy it yet, but I should ~soon~

 

[Death.Trap]

Are you serious?

I paid 4600$ for my system..... and still, CS doesn't run smooth when nades are kicking physics

$4600!??!?!

Holy god...slip some cash my way :naughty:


Ya know what really sucks is that I've been waiting for HL2 for about a year. And just a couple of months ago I realized that I won't even be able to play it because my video card is teh shit. <---genius