My PC... or soon to be...

[shadow stalker]

So i have asked for alot of help so far as to what to get etc and i've come up with this....

Abit KV8 Pro (Socket 754) Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3000 (Socket 754) - OEM
Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 AMD Athlon 64 & Opteron
Samsung SP1213C 120GB – OEM
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Lite Retail
Corsair 512MB DDR Value Select PC3200 Kit (2x256MB)
Creative Sound Blaster Digital 5.1 – Retail
Creative Inspire 2.1 P380 - Retail
IIyama Vision Master Pro 455 19" CRT DiamondTron M2 Monitor
Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Case - 380W TruePower Silent PSU
Samsung SD-616EEPB 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse (Steel Blue) - Retail
Logitech Internet Keyboard OEM - Black
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - OEM

So there it is, i hope i've got it right this time. This is prety much the final product but any suggestions or help would be nice before i order these parts. Thanks

ShadowStalker

 

[Maxi]

I'd get a logitech keyboard and mouse, but that's just me. And i'd get an X800 pro or a 9800 pro, also consider getting one gig of ram.

 

[RTFMish]

I would go Radeon 9800 Pro, and take advantage of dual channel RAM (512x2)

edit : nevermind you just edited and put 256x2

 

[z2k]

I agree with previous posters: more RAM and a better gfx wouldn't hurt...

 

[Asus]

Are you getting that Abit VIA board for any of the features that it comes with?
I would consider looking at reviews for the Chaintech and Gigabyte nForce3 250 boards.

The Socket 754 is single channel memory.
I would drop the Value ram 2x256mb and get 1 512MB PC3200 with timings around 2-3-2-6 (E.G. Corsair XMS or OCZ).
Would be a big improvement. Value ram is poor for performance anyway.

If you are a big gamer rather than number cruncher, I would drop the A64 3000+ to a A64 2800+ and use the saved money to bump up the 9600 to a 9800Pro.