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My new pc configuration

May 10, 2005 7:28AM PDT

1.THERMALTAKE Armor VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail $159
2.DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $179
3.AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Newcastle 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3800AWBOX - Retail $367
4.CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200XLPRO - Retail $233
5.NEC ND-3520A Black IDE DVD Burner - OEM $49
6.Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS-RK 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail $218
7.BFG Tech Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail $385
8.CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail$103
9.TURBO-COOL

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May 10, 2005 11:35AM PDT

2x THERMALTAKE A2016 80mm 1 Ball 1 Sleeve Blue LED Light Cooling Fan-$28

Mitsumi USB2.0 Digital Card Reader/Writer W/FD INTERNAL, Model FA404A/404M-$24

COOLER MASTER KHC-L91-U1 92mm Ball Cooling Fan/Heatsink-$50

Arctic SIlver Premium Photosynthetic Silver Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5-$8

Cooler Master Blue Ultra Aurora Cold Cathode (Dual Kit) "SFL-U12-UB"-$12

Hard drive, i would go for a 250GB instead or 2x 74GB 10,000RPM RAID0 if you're gaming.

Also i recommend you get a AMD 64 3000+-$147 because an AMD 64 X2 is being released in the next couple of months and you can save to upgrade!

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May 10, 2005 3:01PM PDT

Fan doesn't fit, change that. Recommend you get two 120MM Case fans. Also, the venice core is now available, so i would rather get that over the newcastle.
Roger

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Thanks Damasta55r
May 10, 2005 10:17PM PDT

I was thinking about the amd dual cores.Should i wait to build one until they come out,or is it better to upgrade to the fx55?.Also,the case has 4 fans-two 120mms and two 90mms-are they sufficient or do i need to buy more?