Black Friday build

[ObiwanShinobi]

So theres a sale at Comp USA this friday and I'm going to buy parts for a new rig for my brother. Heres what im going to get

Foxconn 761GXK8 Motherrboard, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHz 2000 $99.99 (179.99 before rebates)
Seagate 160GB Sata drive $19.99
(109.99 before rebates)
Sony internal dual layer dvd drive $24.99
(69.99 before rebates)
Video card PNY 7900GS $179.99
(229.99 before rebates)
PNY PC3200 1GB RAM $79.99
(159.99 before rebates)



For a grand total of $749.99 before rebates $404.95 after rebates

1. Does this sound like a pretty good deal or would I be better off just building a new rig from parts from zipzoomfly or newegg?
2. Does everything look compatable?
3. Is it a pretty up to date system?


Edit: All inside of this case with this psu http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=168107

 

[BigTree]

Depends on what you mean by "up to date"

What do you do with your system and what will you be using it for?

 

[ObiwanShinobi]

Gaming, mainly gaming.

 

[BigTree]

What games and monitor resolution? Do you like to play at max setting with all the eye candy on? The one thing that might hold you back a bit is the 3000+ but most of them overclock pretty good. The board is the one thing I am totally unsure of.

If you have an extra $100-$150 around I would consider maybe picking up a decent motherboard (Asus, DFI, whatever you would like) and a better processor. A 3700+ or maybe even an opteron 165 if you would like to overclock. Look into the X2 series as well. All of that if you would like to go with S939.

I am not saying what you have picked out will suck and get horrible fps, just trying to help you improve for as little $ as possible.

As to going Intel I am totally unsure there so it might more more cost efficient or less, I dont know.

Best of luck either way.

 

[dualcore1289]

id personaly build it off of newegg, it might cost a lil more depending on ur setup, but its complettly worth it, i build a great pc, for only like 800 bucks, dont need to upgrade for a whille.