Hey, thanks for the fast the reply and tips.
Here is what the Dell system had on it:
| XPS 400 | Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3GHz, 800FSB) |
| Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition |
| Memory | 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs |
| Keyboard | Dell USB Keyboard |
| Monitors | SAVE $80!! 19 inch Ultrasharp™ 1905FP Digital Flat Panel |
| Video Cards | 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800 |
| Hard Drives | 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ |
| Floppy Drive and Media Reader | No Floppy Drive Included |
| Mouse | Dell® 2-button USB mouse |
| Network Interface | Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet |
| Modem | 56K PCI Data Fax Modem |
| Adobe Software | Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 |
| CD or DVD Drive | Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable |
| Sound Card | Sound Blaster® Audigy®2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, and IEEE 1394 |
and the final price with taxe and all was 1905.64 !!!
Here is the system I came up with following your advices from this post and another one similar.*prices include taxes and shipping*
Case--
Antec Life Style SONATA ($129)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129127
Motherboard--
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ($122)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131530
Video Card--
Geforce 6800GT 256MB ($389)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143029
Processor--
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ ($569)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103546
Memory--
OCZ Peroformance 1GB (2 x 512MB) ($137)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146950
HD--(not really sure yet but this should be enough for now since i have another 72 GB HD, it will depend on bugdet but I'd like to go higher)
Seagate Barracuda 7200 160GB ($100)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148034
Optical Drive--
LG Beige IDE DVD Burner ($55)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136064
Sound Card--
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS ($107)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102162
Cooling--
THERMALRIGHT XP-90C ($74)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835109122
Cooling 2 --
Panasonic Panaflo 92mm ($20)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835180088
Monitor-
Dell UltraSharp 1905FP ($418)
Total price $2241
The AMD system is much more expensive; I do have to agree that it's more powerful but, do i really need all these??
To answer my own question, I think it would be a wise idea to go with the AMD system because it would last longer than the Pentium.
What do you think??
Where would I be able to cut cost??
------------maybe with the case and probably the fans since i don't plan on overclocking it right away.
Please give me suggestion on where to improve ( i would like more HD and maybe more ram so i don't have to buy them again and i don't think i will have this much money laying around for A LONG TIME!!! )
Thanks Again!!