hah, bonafide and I both got the same ram(currently using it)... that G.Skill was down to 150$ for a while but it got bumped up more or less this is what I say: opteron 165 or 170 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103588 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103586 2GB ram Gksill : see bona's link OCZ gold http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820227066 10 bucks more but has a 40$ rebate if you're patient HDD WD1500 raptor(leaves adding another one for RAID0 in ayear or two as a nice option, own it and love it) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136012 or two(2) fo these in RAID0 for now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144701 GFX card: 7900GT Mobo DFI ultra D links included for anything not previously referenced to. listen to defuzion on more or less everything else, though get DDR500 ram if you want to OC. if you don't want to OC swap to the ram he recomended and get a 4400+
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103547 Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145575 Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148065 Dvd/Cd Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106015 Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136151 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150105 Total: $1349(Without Shipping)
you forgot a case, you forgot a PSU. the 7900GT slightly outperforms the 7800GTX, it's also 200-250$ cheaper. runs cooler, uses les energy, and is smaller. did I mention it was cheaper? your setup other that is fine for the most part, though your setup isn't necessarily OC based so you could get cheaper ram.
Case, silverstone MC-11, fantastic htpc case,expenseive though, and get a really good psu, maybe a enermax .
price efficient: Duron 1800+ 128mb radeon 9200SE 1gb pc2100 60gb HD regular CDROM CASE (generic) 30$ PC-CHIPS Mobo dinky 20$ powersupply ********************* in all, costs about 800$, so if you dont have money to blow, this computer is cost efficient, and i haven't had any problems with this computer yet, if you want it, contact me and i'll tell you where to buy each piece.
dude for 500$ you could get better, PC3200 DDR400 ram costs less that that as well FYI. opteron 144 1GB DDR400ram ATI x200 chipset motherboard 80gb hdd DVD drive 50$ case/PSU combo don't spam, that was stupid. especially don't spam if you haven't updated prices in the last 3 years. They do not even make durons anymore.
