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im making my first home built pc after ive earned some money, well £546.82 to be exact. this is a list of all its components.

ECS 661GX/800M7 661GX/800M7 LGA775 MATX MOTHERBOARD

PHILIPS SPD2400BM/00 INTERNAL DVD DRIVE

JEANTECH JNH70 PHONG 2 ATX CASE

JEANTECH JN120F-450-APSL 450W ATX POWER SUPPLY UNIT

MICROSOFT VISTA HOME PREMIUM

MICROSOFT OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2007

INTEL BX80547RE2800CN CELERON D336 SOCKET LGA775 PROCESSOR

HITACHI HDS728080PLAT20 80GB 3.5" PATA INTERNAL HARD DRIVE

BELKIN F2N112318IN-SL 18" ROUND ULTRA ATA HDD CABLE: SILVER

STARTECH PYO2SL POWER Y-SPLITTER CABLE

VALUE 1GB PC3200 DDR DIMM MEMORY
 
well i assume you want people's opinions on this build, so i'll start by giving mine, the socket 775 is a good choice because it supports pentium d and core 2 duo. Depending on what you're using it for you might think about getting a better processor. In addition you won't be able to play any games without a video card although you didn't say what you're going to be using the comptuer for so that may not matter. I'm not sure how well vista will run on just intigrated graphics if you plan to run the aero theme. Overall though, not bad.
 
Asus M2NPV-VM AM2 Skt940 nForce 430 PCI-E x16 GeForce6 Dual VGA SATA RAID Giga LAN 6ch.audio Firewire micro ATX Motherboard

AMD CPU AM2 Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800 Retail Box inc Fan Socket AM2 940 PIN (3yr Manufacturer's Warranty)

Aspire XQ Pack Black Alumin. 420W v2.0 PSU+ side window micro ATX

80GB IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 7200 RPM SATA2 Hard Drive 8MB cache OEM

NEC Optiarc AD-7170S-0B SATA Black 18x DVD ±RW/RAM DL oem Multiwriter

INNO3D GeForce 7300GS 512MB DDR2 with 256MB Turbocache PCI-E, TV Out, DVI

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit OEM (WINDOWS-KEY IS DISPLAYED ON OUTER PACKAGING, PLEASE KEEP SAFE)

Trust PowerMaster 570W Pro PSU Dual Fan PW-5500
 
I like your friends better.
Well only because it has a DUAL CORE cpu.

I just built a great budget, well on the process, dual core pc for under $320
peace
 
Gigabyte GA-VM900M motherboard LGA775 VIA P4M900 Intel Core 2 Duo/ Pentium D/P4 PCI-e x16 micro ATX

Intel CPU Pentium 4 D 935 Dual core 2x3.2GHz 800FSB LGA775 2x2MB cache Retail inc.Fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty)

OCZ Value Pro 2GB DDR2 PC5400 667Mhz Dual Channel memory kit with Copper Heatspreader X2

Atrix 9006B34 Silver/Black Gaming case 520W mesh side window 12cm neon fan LCD Temp display ATX

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI

Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI soundcard +Dolby Digital Live

1TB (1000 GB) Hitachi Deskstar SATA II 300 32MB cache 7200rpm Hard Disk Drive

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit OEM (WINDOWS-KEY IS DISPLAYED ON OUTER PACKAGING, PLEASE KEEP SAFE)

this is the best ive designed, it works out to be quite cheap for what it is £1000 or $2000
 
1. Two 500GB HDDs would provide the same capacity at a much lower price
2. 2x1GB of RAM is quite sufficient. No need for 2x2GB - it's wasted money at this pricepoint.
3. Do you really need the sound card? It depends on what you'll be using it for, but the board will have built in sound.
4. Upgrade the CPU to a Core 2 Duo. That Pentium D will be a real bottleneck. Downgrade the video card to an 8800GTS if necessary to fit in budget.
5. Get a better PSU. That one included in the Atrix case probably won't run an 8800GTX reliably.
 
Woah, 1TB !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! What the hell do you have that means you would need that much ????? Unless you are seriously addicted to downloading pornography. Good build nevertheless.
 
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