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[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.
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