well my old beast of a computer has finally died, pretty sure its a mobo issue, but its old enough that I'm gonna buy new instead of repairing it.
I've picked out parts, if a part is missing I am probably recycling it from my old machine, secondary hard drive, optical drive.
I want an nvidia video card because of the better linux driver support. In the past I've always gone with AMD processors, but a friend was really raving about the intel i've got picked out, and I havnt really kept up with the technology too much and dont know what AMD would be best.
I dont do much gaming, but dont want to limit myself in that respect, I tend to do stretchs with no gaming then game for a while...
I've got about $1300 to spend and here is what I've picked out, I'd like to get comments, and better options for the money if possible.
Antec Performance One P150 White Steel ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 430-Watt ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129166
ASUS Commando LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131149
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115003
CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4D - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145168
ASUS EN7950GT/HTDP/512M GeForce 7950GT GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Splendid Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814121025
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST380811AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148148