How is this for a custom built Desktop PC?

[pagenotfound 53]

How is this for a custom built Desktop PC?

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DH-20A4P-08 - Retail

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail

pqi 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI28500-4096DB - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5200DOBOX - Retail

VANTEC TF6025 60mm Case Fan - Retail (2)

[SimRabbit 48]

The Processor is good, the video card, not so good for gaming and video editing, motherboards is fine.

You should have no problem with it but you might not play some games smoothly.

[Aspire 3]

How bout This...

Intel Classic Series DG35EC MicroATX Motherbord

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

LG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive

2X Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

2X G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Leadtek PX8600 GT TDH HDMI GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card 

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium

[Soviet779 1]

Go with what aspire said. These days intel are the top dog and you want one of their dual/quad core CPU's.

If you want this to be a gaming rig i recommend the ATI 4870. If you really want to crank up the res the 4870 X2 (basically two 4870 GPU's slapped on the same card) is the single fastest card available on the market right now. The 8600 GT is old tech, im using one on my laptop right now and its OK but its not really the best thing for a gamer.

Also dont skimp on the PSU, it can save you a lot of bother later on by getting a solid PSU from the start. Seasonics are considered high quality.

[SimRabbit 48]

AMD and ATI suck. Go with a C2Q6600 if you are on budget or the e8400 it's pretty solid.

As for the video card, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500007

Memory Size 512MB, Memory Interface 256-bit, Stream Processors 112, Core clock 660MHz.

As for an Intel motherboard, anything below 70 will do it, make sure it has a fsb of 1333 or lower a pci-e x16 slot.

[TV-VCR 14]

Originally posted by: SimRabbit AMD and ATI suck.

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What exactly makes you say this? Please provide intelligent backing on that statement.

@pagenotfound. What kind of games are you playing? Do you have a budget?

[screamingman12 30]

That doesn't quite do it for me:

Note, these are not my real system specs, this is my dream system:

SILVERSTONE TJ-03 SLVR Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower

AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz Socket AM2+

DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard

ATI 100-505520 FireGL V8650 2GB PCI Express x16 Workstation Video Card

ASUS 2 Tone Blu-Ray Combo SATA Model BC-1205PT

COOLMAX CUQ-1200B 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (x2)

[SC4BOY 20]

The AMD Phenom is not testing out very well.. and it's a power burner delux.. make a good room heater if you live in the northern climes.. I'd go quad.. they can be had very inexpensively and are phenomanal performers.. otherwise I'd say fine.. And I say this as an AMD user.. the quads are just unbelievable for the money.. even the cheap ones are excellent performers