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Hey there,

I'm building my first PC in quite a few years as I've decided to make the move away from a laptop. I've come up with the following for ~900 which is the top end of my budget. What do you guys think?

GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.99 £74.99
CB-004-GE Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Black (CB-004-GE)
£2.99 £2.99
CD-020-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-020-AS)
£24.50 £24.50
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99
KB-054-MS Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (KB-054-MS)
£11.99 £11.99
MO-060-VS Viewsonic VX2235wm 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black (MO-060-VS)
£269.99 £269.99
CD-049-SO Sony DWG120A 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-049-SO)
£16.49 £16.49
NW-007-BE Belkin F5D7000UK 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter (NW-007-BE)
£16.95 £16.95
HD-086-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820A ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-086-SE)
£42.95 £42.95
MY-003-GL GeIL 512MB PC3200 Value CAS2.5 (GE5123200B) (MY-003-GL)
£34.99 £69.98
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£54.99 £54.99
CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£41.99 £41.99

Total = 816.39

Any opinions on what should be changed?

Many thanks :)
 
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The viewsonic screen uses a TN panel which is rather poor. I would buy the Belinea 20" screen instead which has the better M-PVA panel. This should will save some money which can be spent on more memory.

939 has been discontinued so going for the AM2 socket with DDR2 memory would be more future proof.

Also spending a bit more and getting a Core2 proccessor would significantly increase performance
 
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Would the following be a better choice for CPU/motherboard/memory?

MB-147-AS Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-147-AS)
£57.99 £57.99
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£109.99 £109.99
MY-066-CS Corsair 1GB DDR2 Value Select PC4200 Dual Channel Kit (2x512MB) (VS1GBKIT533D2) (MY-066-CS)
£71.99 £71.99
 
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