help with my build

[flaSh1018]

i was hoping if you guys would give me ur opinions on these parts
here's the parts and links:

Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129152

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103502

MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130468

CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102162

HITACHI Deskstar 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145058

CREATIVE Inspire 5800 72 Watts Speaker
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836116151

Radeon 9800PRO 128MB 256-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102286

LITE-ON Black DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106988

1GB DDR PC3200
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CT2KIT6464Z40B

Antec SmartPower 2.0 450W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103936

SAMSUNG 913V-Black 19" 12ms LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001192

also, is there anything i should get? like fans or something? i've never built a computer before, help would be much appreciated. thanks!

[Dmac803]

the 9800 pro is a good card, but you should get 6600 gt because it is a newer generation. Everything else looks good

[darksparkz]

What is it mainly going to be used for? What's the budget your working on? Because if you can spare another $50 or so, you might as well get the 3400+ Clawhammers. If you have an even higher budget, go for SLI.

[trueplaya4ever8]

I would say go for a 3200+ venice instead, but my question is why are you goin nforce3/agp instead of the nforce4/pci-e path?

[BrutalDrew]

You should really consider going PCI-E. Also are you overclocking?

[flaSh1018]

this build is pretty much for gaming, although i don't need the best of the best, just as long as the games (for example, WoW or HL2) run decently smooth

i would say my max would be $1500, including the LCD monitor

is an nforce4/pci-e build a lot more expensive?

oh yea, i don't plan on OCing, if that changes anything

[BrutalDrew]

is an nforce4/pci-e build a lot more expensive?

No, not at all. In fact sometimes PCI-E cards are cheaper. Such as the X800XL PCI-E being $250 while the AGP version being much higher.

I would probably go with soemthing like this.
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Corsair Value Select
ATi Radeon X800XL

That should get you started.

[flaSh1018]

ok, so lets see:

EPoX EP-9NPA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236

ati radeon x800xl 256MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102509

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

that sounds pretty good, at around $1500 so far, any other suggestions?

[BrutalDrew]

You can get the X800Xl for $250 at Monarch Computers.

[flaSh1018]

thanks for ur help!

[MaTT^]

Not saying Epox boards are bad, but I've nothing but good things about DFI n-force 4 Lanparty boards.

-MaTT

[darksparkz]

He's doing gaming, Epox boards are usually known for pretty high graphic results. And yeah, you should spend money on a SLI configuration, mainly because you can save money by not buying parts to overclock and just spend a bit more on graphics and such. If you have enough money, get a XP-90C too, some games, such as Guild Wars, make your system run at full load, a heatsink would help it a lot.

[flaSh1018]

what's an SLI configuration?

edit: nevermind, i looked it up, nah i don't really want to do an SLI config, the computer is for gaming, but im pretty sure the games will run fine enough without any overclocking or using two video cards, they just need to run decently

also, so the stock heatsink that comes with the chip wouldn't be good enough?