Well Rage, I gotta hand it to you. that certainly is very nice....unfortunately when i add the hard drive i chose and the case, it's over budget with the shipping included. shipping makes it come to about 640....and I know exactly why. the processor. if it weren't for the processor you chose in that scheme, it'd be right on target. as much as i'd LOVE to have the windsor 2.8ghz, it's just too expensive. i'll probably end up keeping that same setup, but sticking to the brisbane. also, i found similar parts for a bit less. so i'll essentially have the same setup you made there, just slightly cheaper.
i found some A-Data memory sticks, 2x 1gb sticks, same specifications for 5 bucks cheaper. i'll keep the motherboard you suggested there because its cheaper than the one i found by about 15 bucks. Sam, that's a nice power supply...but i feel like that OCZ he found has a bit more punch. thanks a lot though. and i'll have to flip a coin for the video card.
ok. so far, my list is as follows:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128034
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $74.99
Seagate Hard Drive 160 gig 7200 rpm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136075 49.99
Mem 2 1gig cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066
64.99
CPU-amd 5000 2.6ghz dual core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103780
119.99
Case-coolermaster case fans preinstalled
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068
49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010
600W power supply OCZ
89.99
video card = ?
i left that last part blank because i'm torn still, and i'm also confused. Rage, you offered me a mobo that has an nvidia chipset, and yet you put the 1950 as the video card option. does that make any difference in terms of using one video card versus another? nvidia versus radeon? will they both work in that mobo?
just checking....
total comes to, without video card, 479.94 with a 30 dollar shipping fee included. with the 1950, it comes to 594.93. but i want to make sure the motherboard shenanigan is set straight before i make that final.
i apologize for being such a pain in the **** guys.
Sam, i hope your rosewill doesn't go boom. If it does, I want a video of the spectacular blaze of glory.