eggyhustles
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Just got me a new job as a doorman paying 18 dollars an hour..so now its time to build to a monster 
I just finished my first build in march..i was on a small budget at the time.. and i dunno..but im not impressed..specs are
ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB
2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory
Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(main drive)
Western Digital 200GB Hard Drive(slave)(ide)
AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
DIAMOND ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Combo TVW650PCIE PCI-Express x1 Interface
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane
From here i plan to salvage the tv tuner card..sound card..video card..and maybe the ram? i was never really into gaming as my old pc couldn't play anything past mine sweeper..i now do play alot of games though since i built this rig in march ..so i want a board with sli..since im new..do i stick to amd? intel? I do watch ALOT of movies and tv shows on the pc in hd..so a new monitor is also needed..what should i look out for? budget is 1100..one more thing to note..my room is small and gets very hot..so i need great cooling options..all feedback is appreciated
I just finished my first build in march..i was on a small budget at the time.. and i dunno..but im not impressed..specs are
ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB
2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory
Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(main drive)
Western Digital 200GB Hard Drive(slave)(ide)
AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
DIAMOND ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Combo TVW650PCIE PCI-Express x1 Interface
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane
From here i plan to salvage the tv tuner card..sound card..video card..and maybe the ram? i was never really into gaming as my old pc couldn't play anything past mine sweeper..i now do play alot of games though since i built this rig in march ..so i want a board with sli..since im new..do i stick to amd? intel? I do watch ALOT of movies and tv shows on the pc in hd..so a new monitor is also needed..what should i look out for? budget is 1100..one more thing to note..my room is small and gets very hot..so i need great cooling options..all feedback is appreciated
