OT: Building a new computer...

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AstralWanderer said:
Is gaming a priority? If so, then so will a decent graphics card. Otherwise, get a cheap one and spend the savings on a better monitor (which you'll be looking at most), keyboard and mouse. The best choices here really come down to personal taste - I recently got a Logitech MX Revolution mouse which is beautiful hardware but its SetPoint drivers are downright horrid.

Gaming is not really that big of an issue for me. The most graphic intensive game that I play is SE5. I also do some 3D modeling troubleshooting at work; but that is rare.

I'm definitely going with Nvidia as my chipset of choice, but the manufacturer I'm not sure about. Is there any particular brand of video cards that stand out above the rest?
I was thinking of something like this: ASUS EN7600GS SILENT/HTD/256M GeForce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported
That card is only $80.00 and would probably be fine for me.

I also changed my power supply to this: Thermaltake TR2 RX W0146RU ATX12V Ver2.2 450W Power Supply
It cost $65.00 instead of $105.00 and should provide enough power.

I found the drive to get: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model for only $38.00.

So for everything so far, not counting the case, I only have $760.00 in the machine. Not bad at all.

Thanks for your suggestions so far. Keep them coming.