New AMD Build, any changes recommended

bamhm182

bamhm182

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New AMD Build, any changes recommended?

It's about time that I get up and find the parts that I want for my next custom build. I'm thinking about getting an AMD build this time(Not quite sure what the differences are, but I heard they're better). Anyways, here are the parts tell me if you think I should change anything, I won't be able to go too much higher since I need 1 year of Xbox Live and want some games(have Joust right now, but that's IT.)

Motherboard:
BIOSTAR TForce TF570SLI Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD

Video Card:
GIGABYTE GV-NX73T256P-RH GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16

Power Supply:
Broadway Com Corp Okia-black-650 ATX 650W

I already have this PSU, should I still upgrade? I think I should since it's not a WHOLE lot more cash, and it adds 240 Watts.

RAM:
Transcend 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz Socket AM2 w/ added 2 year warranty because 30 day warranty is BS.

Fans:
ENERMAX UC-8EB 80mm Case Fan
&
Thermaltake A2329 120mm

All together it's $520.06($613.14 with 1 Year XBL & 4000 Points). So I don't know how much further I'll be able to go, than again, I did get a 60 GB PS3 for Christmas.
 
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Well, it looks fine, except your only getting a 7300, why? Secondly i wouldn't get just 512mb of ram. I would be looking upwards of 1gb at the very least. But, i suppose it all depends on what your going to do with it.
 
I rarely game, so I don't need a WHOLE LOT.

Also, I want a Video Card without a fan, they always seem to go out or click loudly pretty quick.

EDIT: I was looking at the specs of some of the games that I want to play. (Oblivion & Call of Juarez were the only ones I could think of, but they're both higher end.) And the video card would do fine for that.

EDIT 2: I was reading something that said that the lower the CAS Latency, the better the RAM. I was wondering if going from a 5 to a 4 in that field is worth $15?
 
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