First a big thanks to everyone who suggested I wait until the end of July to start piecing together my computer. Man, those price drops on the CPU were amazing.

I finally got down to the nitty-gritty, here's what I think I'm going to buy to put together for my PC:

Cooler Master Centurion 532 ATX Mid Tower Case: $65
Rosewill RP550-2 550w power supply: $60
Abit KN8-Sli motherboard: $97
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ CPU: $257
Two Kingston 1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM: $99 each
XFX Geforce 7950GX2 1G graphics card ($550) or eVGA Geforce 7950GX2 1GB graphics card ($580)
Total: 1158

I decided to go with a Sli-enabled motherboard because I really, really want the Geforce 7950GX2 graphics card. I also decided to skimp a tad on the CPU to make sure I could afford that particular graphics card. The 4800 AMD chip would have cost an extra $130 and I'm not sure if it's worth the money. I still plan on using my two harddrives and the bits and pieces I don't have listed here.

So what do you think? Any fatal mistakes before I take the plunge and go on an ordering frenzy? Brian Crecente

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