Building my first system
 

Thankfully, a friend who is more skilled then I in building will be helping me out..but I ordered all the parts, etc. and the case actually showed up today. Anyhow, let me know what you think.

Case:
Antec Performance I P180B

Video Card:
EVGA GeForce 7900GS

Power Supply:
Antec NeoHE 500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply

Motherboard:
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

RAM:
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

Windows Boot drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX

Also picked up a Lite-On DvD burner and an IDE controller card as well..

You aren't planning to put that IDE controller in this bitchin' system are you? :/

For the price of the motherboard and CPU, I would have gone Intel Core2 Duo. Way better bang for the buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115004

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130051

The rest are good choices! :)

However, if you want SLI, then the system you got is fine. Not too bad of picks, though I would have gotten a 4200 X2 or maybe a 3800 X2 and overclocked it a bit. That would mean that I could've picked up a 7950GT or something at least a bit better than the GS.

The IDE controller card is just temporary, so I can throw in my older harddrives. Once I have the appropriate funds, I'll be upgrading them and loosing the card.

We went AMD because I generally prefer them, and its easily upgradable for the future.

And Dayton, SLI is just an added bonus for me. I don't do much in the way of graphics, more of a console gamer then a pc gamer..mainly I use the computer for general tasks, browsing the web, downloading various things, making the occassional dvd, etc. The most extensive thing I really use it for is audio editing..which really means I should've gone mac(or so I'm told). But, the programs I use on the p.c. are more known to me.