$800 to $1k build advice, be kind, I am new, you are the experts.

[sQuid]

Very good selection for your budget. Only advice would be to follow the suggestions here to get the Hitachi Satas instead of Raptor or Maxtor. Its the one thing I would have done different (see sig), but I had already purchased it before beginning the build. You can get a great DVD burner (NEC or BenQ) and floppy for less than $50 total at the egg.

P>S> Son is first year ME/AE at UF. GO GATORS!!! (not meaning to start a flame war)

[Roguester]

Hello,

 

I will order the following today, please advise any changes...

 

Shopping Cart

 

Antec SUPER LANBOY Silver anodized aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail

Model #: SUPER LANBOY

$76.00

 

Floppy Drives

NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive - OEM

Model #: FD1231H-302

$7.75

 

HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380 -0A30356 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Model #: HDS728080PLA380

$54.50

 

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Model #: LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr

$128.00 (sux, $15 more expensive)

 

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Model #: 256-P2-N516

$299.00

 

OCZ PowerStream OCZ520ADJSLI ATX, BTX, SATA, P4 and EPS12V 520W Power Supply - Retail

Model #: OCZ520ADJSLI

$30.00 Mail-in Rebate

$139.99

 

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

Model #: ARCTIC SILVER 5

$5.89

 

OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K - Retail

Model #: OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K

$18.00 Mail-in Rebate

$163.99

 

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail

Model #: ADA3200BPBOX

$152.00

 

NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM

Model #: ND-3550A BK OEM

$40.99

 

Subtotal: $1,068.11

Shipping $39.83 UPS 3 Days Code

Promo Code: BFN112405E

Discount From Promo Code $-10.00

Total: $1,103.89

[sQuid]

Terrific choices! You're gonna love it.

 

Your monitor, KB, and mouse are also top drawer.

 

Enjoy

[Tenchu2525]

Sweet!

 

You and me almost have the EXACT same build!

I haven't bought all the parts yet but...

 

BenQ DVD+/- DL DW1460 - $38 shipped

DFI LanParty UT NF4-Ultra - $115 shipped (now $113)

XFX 7800GT OC - 169.99 shipped

 

All my other parts are the same besides im not getting a floppy. Let me know how it goes!