Time for new desktop

[[AK]Clay]

You were so good at helping me pick out the notebook for my wife:
http://www.augustknights.com/forums/...ead.php?t=7509, that now I find my desktop to be slower than her note-book. This will not stand. So the same question as from the prior thread- who is a good souce for a high power/high value desktop? I love Sager, but unfortunately they only make notebooks.

[[AK]Bribo]

I've been very happy with this:

http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pag...ll_gaming.aspx

[[AK]Clay]

Thanks Bribo. Are there any other providers that you suggest - I would like to compare before committing.

[[AK]Clay]

Please take a look at this spec-out and tell me your thoughts. Particularly on any potential bottlenecks or trouble-spots.

-Clay

http://www.pugetsystems.com/configur...3,1878,374,373

Review of your configuration
Motherboard Asus A8N-SLI Premium $231.07
CPU AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ $423.89
CPU Cooling Thermalright XP-120 Heatsink w/ 120mm Papst Fan $92.35
Ram OCZ PC3200 Perf. DC - 2x 1024mb $320.25
Case Lian-Li PC7H+ w/ Window $135.61
Power Supply Seasonic S12 Series 500W Power Supply $139.75
Hard Drive Western Digital SATA Raptor 74GB $229.76
Video Card EVGA GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCI-E $437.13
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic $163.01
CD / DVD Rom Lite On 16x DVD (black) $36.45
Removable Drive Lian-Li 6 in 1 Flash Reader (silver) $39.38
Operating System Windows XP Home SP2 $112.01
Additional Cooling Arctic Silver Ceramique $4.89
Case Mods IDE 24inch Round Cable Silver $11.19
Case Mods Floppy 18inch Round Cable Silver $2.32


Sub Total: $2379.06

[[AK]Hylander]

I'm a little behind on the latest and greatest, particularly with AMD systems.. but isn't PC3200 a little slow for today's system? That is what I use in my system and it's two years old and 800mhz FSB. It could be fine.. but just make sure before you drop that kind of money on a system. Cruizer is probably the one to ask... he overclocks his toilet paper holder.

[Slaughter]

PC3200 is reg DDR, 400mhz I think...