... right now.
This is what I'm considering to get for myself as my first "real" gaming/development rig. (That is, I have actually owned a few computers before this one, but none as powerful as this one will be.) Please let me know what you think. The prices are with 25% Danish VAT.
Motherboard
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe ($240)
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nVidia nForce4 SLI X16, Socket 939, 8 Channel Surround Audio, Dual GLAN, Firewire, SATAII RAID, SLI Dual PCI-E VGA, Passive Cooled Northbridge, Dual DDR400.
Processor
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ ($585)
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2.2 GHz, Dual Core, 2x1MB Cache, Socket 939, BOX.
Cooler
Zalman CNPS 7000B-CU LED ($41)
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AMD Socket A / K8 & Intel Socket 478, Built-In Blue LED Light, 18-27,5 db.
Video Card
EVGA GeForce 7900GT CO SC 256MB ($480)
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256MB GDDR3, Dual DVI, VIVO, HDTV, Copper Cooling, PCI-Express, Retail.
(Might get myself another one of these later on and run SLI.)
Sound Card
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS ($247)
(Meh, I want the rack and the X-RAM.)
Hard Disk Drive
Western Digital Raptor 150 GB ($354)
(Might get myself another one of these later on and run some kind of RAID.)
RAM
Dane-Elec Dual Channel 2x1024 MB PC3200 DDR400 ($264)
(Might get myself another 2x1024 MB later on for software development.)
Case
ThermalTake VA3000SWA, Silver ($166)
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Aluminium, Plexiglas sidewindow, Silver (No PSU)
PSU
ThermalTake Silent PurePower Series 680 Watt ($158)
(Can't have enough power, hehe.)
Monitor
Samsung 20” SyncMaster 204B ($689)
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0.255 dot, 5ms, Pivot, DVI-D, 1600x1200Hz, Silver.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Pro 64 Bit Edition UK OEM ($184)
(I know Vista is coming out later this year, but I need an OS and buying a non-64 bit OS would not be cheaper for me.)
Removed total system price because it's too much of a hassle to update it all the time.
By the way, I'm not interested in overclocking my system or anything. Most of all, I just want it to run well without making too much noise.