[quote="[2ndS.S.]Enigma":775d8]Im already getting my parts from new egg and here is my part list...


ASUS Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Processors,
800Mhz FSB Model# P4P800 Deluxe Retail
$130.00


Intel Pentium 4 / 2.8CGHz 512k socket 478
Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
$265.00

CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack)
1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) PC-3200LL With Black Heat Spreader.Retail
$283.50


Seagate 120GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Barracuda 7200.7 ST3120026AS - OEM
$120.00


Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - PCI OEM
$73.00

Total For Parts: $874.50



Windows XP
$189.99

Microsoft Office XP Standard for Students and Teachers
$124.99

Norton AntiVirus 2003 Professional Edition
$64.99

Toatl for Software: $379.97



Build Your Own PC, Third Edition
Cost:$17.49
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Case
Cost:$5-20

Powersupply
Cost:$5-20



Grand Total(not counting extra stuff)-$1,254.47[/quote:775d8]


-2 problems

-winXP and Creative sound card

-Creative is waaaaayyyy to expensive. For what you need you might as well go for a fortissimo III 7.1 or a Digifire 7.1 card from hercules. This will save you around 75 bucks where as you can take that 75 bucks and invets it into some thing else that needs a bit more sprucing up. (Such as a nicer looking case and a ample power suppply. Why go with the larger power supply ? well you are getting a 2.8 "c" not a a or b core. This means plentiful overclocking capabilities which in turn means you need more power.

Hercules =Better drivers(stability, price for the bang)
Only bonus from the audigy card is that it has 24bit sound.
rock:

ive never heard of these hercules cards.. ill look into them...

I saw the hercules over at new egg and i saw the reviews. Everyone says they love the card! The card cost 46.00 so its about 30.00 cheaper then the audigy 2 OEM($73)

So my question is should i go with the hercules or go with the audigy... Price does not matter on this one!!!

Ok, this is the 1st time i'm seeing this thread so i'm gonna jump right in here. As for your choices, all good ones (Including WinXP). The sound card is gonna be up to you but if money is no object. i'd stick to the soundblaster.
For a case, i recommend an Enermax full tower. I just built this rig last month and the case was a pleasure to work on. All the drives slid right in and it has removable trays for things like hard-drives. I removed the power supply that came with the case and installed a 460W enermax p/s. The other one went into my old AMD box. Here's a pic of the case just after the "build".

[img]http://www.xbox-connection.com/hostedimages/guts1.jpg[/img]

Why reccomend Windows XP ? have you honestly tried both of them out for more then a year ? Any one that has knows win2kpro is a lot better. Stability and with compadibility.

ps nice case if I ever get a digi cam ill post a pic of mine. rock:

How much did you pay for that rig and what are the specs?

Cupcakes.

There's different versions for different prices. I believe the biggest package they have is the professional with Frontpage.

Just one thing to remember when buying online. You may find something really cheap to find out it's an OEM part vs a retail boxed part.

Most of the time, you will get no extra software, no big deal. But most OEM parts like video and sound cards will have lower quality ram and in some cased be clocked lower, thus the cheaper prices. I would always recommend buying video and sound card in retail packaging.

CPU's - OEM's only have a very short warranty 2 - 3 months. Where a retail boxed CPU will have a fan and a 2+ year warrantee.

I recommend newegg.com I have purchased way too many computer parts in my life and have had very good luck with newegg.

Let us know how you make out in the end and what parts you purchased and how it runs MOH, CoD and or BF42

Yes but i want to try to stay under $1,000...

Also can anyone reccomend a powersupply for a 2.8 ghz?

can someone give me a link from newegg with the Enermax full tower... I only found these 80$ towers oOo:

and what about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.a ... 015&DEPA=1

Ok, looked at newegg.com for the Enermax case i bought.....they didn't have it. I bought all my parts from Newegg.com and Monarchcomputer.com so the case came from Monarch. You can opt for an Antec case. Same as the Enermax. Here's an $80 server case: http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp ... 120-01.JPG

As for my rig, these are the specs:

Intel 2.6Ghz proc (800Mhz FSB) (Retail)
Intel D875PBZ mobo (Retail)
Enermax full tower
Enermax 460W p/s
Radeon 9500 Pro Video
Corsair 1GB DDR 3200 RAM
Western Digital 80 GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM (OEM)
Western Digital 40GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM (OEM)
Mitsumi Floppy 7-in-1 USB card reader / smart media
ASUS 52x CD/ROM
Plextor 48x CD/RW
SoundblasterLive!
Klipsch 4.1 speakers
Digiview 19" monitor

I carried over a few parts from my old system (Vid card, sound card, speakers & monitor). Everything else is new. The only OEM parts i have are the Hard-drives, everything else is retail.

And as for WinXP Pro vs Win2k Pro, i'll stick to WinXP Pro thank you very much. Everyone knows WinXP Pro is the best O/S to date to come from Misrosoft. I never had a single problem with XP since it came out. But, like anything else, it's all gonna be up to you.