"Dan" wrote in message
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I'm getting ready to build my second home PC and its been at least 4 years
since I built this one, I'm a little behind on what will work and not. I
have a list of items I put together from Tigerdirect.com and would like to
get some feedback on the piece's I gotten down. What I'm building is (I
hope) a gaming,Internet,and a PC for my wife to do her college home work
on, that is Fast, reliable, and good enough to play the newest games out.
Please look at the list and let me know what you think. I've used SATA
drives before and I'm not sure If RAID 0,1 is something I should consider.

XM-A8NE-4800 :: Asus A8N-E nForce Ultra Socket 939 ATX Motherboard and an
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Processor with FREE copies of FarCry and Bet On
Soldier: Blood Sport PC Games
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An AMD 64x2 4800 is $630 at Newegg. The Asus A8N-E motherboard is $104.
Only ~ $200 less.

$935.99
U93-4906 :: US Modular 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory
You shouldn't have to pay over $80 for 2 sticks of 512MB 400MHZ memory.
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$114.99
P725-3046 :: Pioneer DVR-R100B / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW /
8x DVD±R DL / 40x32x40x CD-RW / Biege DVD Burner

Try Newegg. My Pioneer 110 was a little over $50.
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$79.99
S457-1048 :: MassCool NexTherm CS-ICS8200 Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
wth Buil-in Air Conditioning
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Personally, I'd go with an Antec SLK3700BQE. It's a little more, but I've
built 3 systems with it. Love the hdd trays with the rubber grommets. Air
flow works well. And, it's less than $100 at Newegg.

$219.99
M17-7508 :: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 OEM Edition with
Remote
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$139.99
A177-3050 :: ATI Radeon X1800 XT / 512MB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual
DVI / VIVO / CrossFire Ready / Video Card
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$499.99
T13-1060 :: Coolmax / CX1-500B / 500-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan /
SATA-Ready / SLI-Ready / 20/24-Pin / Power Supply
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$79.99
S130-1216 :: Seagate / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / SATA-150 / Retail / Hard
Drive with NCQ Technology
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I think you'll find the same drive at Newegg for ~ $30 less.

$114.99
ULT31799 :: Ultra Black 3.5" Floppy Drive with Built-in 6-in-1 Flash
Card Reader
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$29.99

Total savings using Newegg over these prices ~ $400.

HTH

Please let me know what you think. I am a Big fan of AMD and Flat refuse
to use Intel. everything else I'm open for suggestions on.