How is this build? Mid-range gaming PC :D

twolves90

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:eek: So after a few weeks of research, I think this is good! How would you rate? :D specifics please!

Case:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119047

Mobo:
ASUS CROSSHAIR Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131593

CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103751

Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835100007

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118003

RAM:
UPDATED: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590
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pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model PQI26400-2GDB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820141064


HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148142

Vid:
eVGA 256-P2-N567 Geforce 7900GT KO Superclocked 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130016

PSU:
Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103937

Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102003

CD:
SONY 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DWQ120AB2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131031

Floppy(yes, Floppy! :P ):
SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16821103203

OS:
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116049
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TOTAL AS IS: $1476.89
Total after tax/shipping... $1622.39

How's the price?
Am I missing anything?
Do I need to change something?

THANK YOU!
 
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I don't know about prices or anything, but I would look into a name brand RAM for sure. Other than that I do like it. Floppies are teh b0mb. :D
 
hey can you get a conroe for 266 bucks, cause if you can it should beat that processor, though that processor is rather good already
 
Man if you as me, i should say a a little dumb ;)

Buy Conroe ! (yes, another conroe....)
I bought E6300 OC it to FX-62 (fx-62 $829 bucks) , the performance is much higher than +4600 x2.

Btw, your cooler doesn't support AM2.
 
MID?

With a 4600 X2, and an overclocked 7900gt, that's more a high-end gaming machine.

EDIT: Your floppy. Get a Mitsumi 7 in 1 media reader. It's the size of a floppy drive, can still read floppy drive, but can read all those little camera memory sticks etc. For the floppy drive to become a 7 in 1 reader, you have to plug a second cable into your motherboard, into a USB socket to be exact. But you can pick one of these drives up dead cheap, and having to plug an extra cable in isnt exactly hard.
 
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