Computer Build (need input)!

[Beatem445]

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ -$59.50
  
• ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard-$62.99
  
• G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory x2-$22.99 each
  
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive-$59.99
  
• Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01-$59.99
  
• ASUS Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM-$22.99
  
• Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case-$129.99
  
• EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16-$79.99
  
• Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound-$5.99
  
• Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound-$4.99
  
• ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler-$19.99

Total damage: $552.39 without rebates​

Please comment and state any changes you think would be helpful, and if there is something same price or cheaper and is better please tell me about it this was just a quick run-though of a basic build thanks!

 

[kal2509]

just a little thing that i did.... the antec 900 was at the price you have listed when i was looking for it... i waited for like 2 weeks and kept an eye on it... it dropped to 104$ on newegg.... so save some money and wait a bit....

 

[Beatem445]

Will do Kal I won't be buying till Christmas anyway.

 

[Beatem445]

anymoar?

 

[Beatem445]

sorry for triple post but really just about a day and no answers, whats up?

 

[cohen]

Nice, just one thing, why do you need 2 different thermal compounds??

 

[Beatem445]

Oh sorry Cohen I was busy playing mercs 2 on the xbox anyway to answer your question i was thinkng of replacing the GPU fan.

 

[zer0_c00l]

ram is so cheap why not get 2 or 4 gigs..that build will run alot smoother with it if you run vista get 4 gigs. running xp 2 will do

 

[Beatem445]

That's why I'm getting the g-skill times 2 x2 means 2 of them