So this is not just your everyday "help me build a new rig" thread. Here is what I ordered from Newegg yesterday at 7am (UPS Ground)
37-102-059
MS WIN XP HOME w/SP2 SINGLE PACK %
1
$89.99
14-125-025
VGA GIGABYTE 7600GT 256 GDDR3 GV-NX76T256D-RH R
1
$174.99
17-128-003
PSU HIPERHPU-4S580-MS 580W RT
1
$99.99
22-136-033
HD 74G|Western Digital 10,000RPM 16M SATA WD740ADFD R
1
$169.99
35-118-004
CPU COOLER ZALMAN|CNPS 9500 AM2 RTL
1
$63.99
DVD BURN SAMSUNG| LITESCRIBE
1
$34.99
11-112-106
CASE LIANLI|PC-101A SIL RT
1
$199.99
17-130-985
CD-R VERBATIM|94934 30PK LS R ( I got a litescribe burner so I had to try it out...)
1
$17.99
20-145-034
MEM 1Gx2|CORSAIR 240P TWIN2X2048-6400C4 EPP
1
$255.00
24-116-381
MNTR VIEWSONIC|LCD 20" 8msDVI VX2025WM
1
$324.99
36-121-119
LOGITECH X-230 BLK 2.1 SPEAKER RTL
1
$33.99
13-131-013
MB ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe NF570SLI AM2
1
$144.99
19-103-751
CPU AMD|A64 X2 4600+ AM2 2x512K R
1
$265.00
Subtotal
$1,848.90
Tax
$133.47
Shipping and Handling charge
$50.70
Amount Paid
$2,033.07
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So here is what showed up so far as of 10am Friday:
The pictures can't do the case justice. Here is a closeup of one side panel. The interesting thing is that you don't realize how crappy your case is until you work with one of these up close. It is totally solid, has 120mm fans (quiet) and is super well thought out.
These modular power supplies are cool. Here is a closeup of one of the cables.
Before anyone goes hating on the videocard, I really don't play games. I wanted a silent card that could play games if I choose. I may go to SLI just to be silly someday. I had a 4200Ti that had a fan on it and it made a crapload of noise and died after 8 months. I don't like my current wind tunnel PC
Being replaced:
2.4Ghz Celeron
1GB DDR Ram
$30 crapola case
Gforce3 Ti200
I will post more pictures as I put this thing together. Thought you might enjoy this since I am super excited about it all.
Oh yeah - I went with the 570 chipset over the 590. I could not find a single feature I would likely use but I wanted to go with a quality ASUS board since I have had a positve experience with my ASUS W3V Laptop.