Case ( Nzxt Apollo Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( Neon Light Blue )
Power Supply ( NZXT PF-500 500 Watt Power Supply )
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 X2 4600+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [Hero] )
Free Software/Game ( Free Games - [Age of Empires III] and [Rise Of Nations: Rise Of Legend] with purchase of any AMD Athlon-64 X2 or Mobile Turion based system )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( Asus A8N5X nForce4 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 PCI-E Motherboard )
Memory ( 2048 MB [1024MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair XMS PRO w/ Heat Spreader & LED Lights )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon X800GT 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Hard Drive ( 250 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
Raid Configuration ( None )
External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( Sony DW-G120 Dual Format/Double Layer 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Fax Modem ( None )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( None )
Mouse ( None )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None )
Operation System ( [Special !!] MS Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 )
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( IEEE-1394 Firewire PCI Card w/Cable + Software )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
TV Tuner ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Printer ( None )
Printer Cable ( None )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )


With tax and shipping this runs about $1100. Keep in mind I don't build computers, but I have a general idea what each individual component does. My main uses are internet, some video editing, and some gaming (I think Oblivion is the most graphic intensive game I plan on playing anytime soon).

I'm looking for advice on if these components would run well together or if there are any mis-matches. thanks!

couple of questions:

the case says it comes w/ a 420W psu, but you have purchased a 550W?
also, are you planning on doing any upgrading in the future? that x800gt is a fairly old card, and Oblivion barely runs smooth on my x800gto, so it could potentially bottleneck your system. might wanna spend an extra $100 bucks on a better card

just incase sound is a big concern for you, might want to get a seperate sound card since onboard is usually pretty crappy.

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the case comes with a standard 420W PSU, but I wanted the upgraded 500W.

thx for the info on the video card, I'm not very up to date on what's good and what's not. I'l check into that.

and I've never had a problem with on-board sound, it's always been fine for me.

hmm just thinking, I don't really want to go above $1100, so maybe going for a 4200+ Athlon and spending more money on the video card might be the way to go?

Yes, that would be one of the solutions.

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Thats exactly what I was going to say TS.

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