HP 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/ LightScribe COOLER MASTER Centurion 532 RC-532-SKN1 Black Aluminum bezel, SECC chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM SAMSUNG 920N-Black Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail 700:1 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail eVGA 256-P2-N555-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory ModelAMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail ok so what about this guys. i know a lot of you feel as if the raptor is a waste of cash but I do have a nice seagate saved on my wish list that I may switch too before placing this order. The artic cooler is here because I do plan on overclocking this thing a good amount and im a better safe then sorry sort of individual. The OCZ ram has the lowest latency ive ever seen and its very reasonable on the price tag. The burner I found for a great price and I just like the lightscribe technology. no more sharpie printing on my disks. The vid card im little skeptical about, not sure if its going to be the best pick but i do have some alternative cards saved for consideration. You guys have been great about picking my junk apart so far so dont stop now. have at it fellas Thanks Lunchbox

I would go for a better graphic card like 7800/7900 GS or GT series... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE P4 506 2.66Ghz @ 4100Mhz 1.525v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 2000RPM FAN 1024MB DC Corsair DDR400 40GB 5400RPM/120GB 7200RPM HD 128MB Radoen 9500 mod 9700 @ 360/585

Tom's Hardware just did an article about RAM timings. Read it over. I think you'll find that tight timings aren't all they're cracked up to be. Better to invest in a video card than expensive RAM: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/03/31/tight_timings_vs_high_clock_frequencies/page10.html The A64 doesn't really need exotic cooling, the stock unit is sufficient, even for overclocking...plus using it will preserve the 3 yr warranty. I don't agree with the Raptor choice, but it's your money. Where's the PSU?

stock 500w comes with the tower. Like I said though I do got my eye on a nice seagate 200gb HD 7200rpm sata drive just in case I change my mind, the raptor is a fair amount more expensive. Thats why im here though, im not trying to annoy everyone and I appologize if I have I just want to make sure I get what I need. In the end 2g's can go a long way and ive allocated that much for the machine so I dont have a problem with spending that much as long as im getting 2g's worth of performance

I looked at that case on neweg, and it doesnt show a power supply..and even if it did come with one, it probably wouldnt cut it..i agree 100% with jam about the ram too..get some g.skill pc3200 and invest what you save on a 7800/7900 series card, you won't be sorry..if i were you, i'd look at the larger (around 320gb) western digital sata 3.0gb/s drives..theyre fast, large, and much more reasonably priced Gigabyte GA-K8NS Athlon64 3000+ Venice E6 Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu LED X800XL 256MB AGP 1GB Corsair VS 120GB WD/160GB Maxtor Aspire Chameleon 550W

I agree as well on the RAM. Its not worth it. Save the money. And even Corsair Value RAM won't hurt. Dump that Video Card and get a 7900GT! Don't depend on the PSU that comes with the case. Make sure you get a good dependable one. Like one that is SLI ready. Thats a good monitor. I have two similar. Save your money on that HDD. Wow, they're expensive. Go for a cheaper one and spend the money elswheres. Thats a GREAT motherboard. But I disagree with most here and think if I was you, I would go SLI. SLI boards are not expensive anymore. In many cases a good SLI board can be cheaper than one that is not SLI. To me its an option that you should not pass up! In the future, if you need to upgrade your video card, it is cheaper to buy another cheaper video card than to upgrade with the more expensives one's. For example, my 6800GT's can outperform a single 7800GT. Last but not least. I agree that a standard cooling system will suffice. Game on! Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Corsair 512X4 2048mb 2X WD Raptor 74gb 10K 2X 256 6800 GT Raid-0 WinXP Pro X64

Just a side note on the cooling, the water cooling may not be a bad idea, i have noticed on the majority of A64 systems that the stock cooling is DAMN noisy, mixed with the PSU fan and a couple of case fans and you got one noisy SOB! I had to fit a fan controller in mine to turn it down when idle,.. AMD Athlon64 3500+ 1024MB 512x2 Dual Channel Corsair TwinX Coolermaster Wavemaster 120GB Seagate SATA HDD Gecube X800XT Platinum Logitch 5.1 Surround LG 16x Dual Layer DVD Countle