Motherboard and Video Card Combo
evga 7800gt with evga motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130238

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ "San Diego" Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103539

DVD-R
NEC 3550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058

Case
Antec Sonata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129127

I'm probably going to keep my old 200 gig hard drive.

 

onboard sound ftl
i think you will need a bigger psu
i think for the price you can find a better case

 

I'd prefer a Venice core for the cpu.

DVD-RW drive is a winner!!!

 

Free mobo h:
PSU will only be bought if necessary since it's already an antec truepower 380 and it's not powering "too much"
Bought the case for 50 bucks at fry's the other day

 

They are moderately in the same cost braket but the venice only goes up to 3500+ so for like 10 bucks more i get 200+ h:

 

still onboard sound ftl

 

I can deal with it since I'm partially hearing impaired in one ear h:

 

Yes but the Venice core is one of the coolest running and most power efficent cores they have ever made. Therefore it easily overclocks well, over 4000+ range and will be the same or cooler than other cores.

Either will be great for sure.

 

I will take your advice and go with the venice core then :thumbup: Since there are no slots for other fans I'm afraid the pc will run hot under load.

Edit: Oh and I don't really plan to OC since this case doesn't have much in the way for cooling additions

 

Werd.... I can push my Venice up 400Mhz with stock cooling and +.15V