What do you think of this setup?

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kydsid

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For a friend. Budget $1600 US. No peripherals needed. Just all in case stuff. This is from an intergrator who will put it together for him (buyxg to be exact). He doesn't live near me anymore. He will be gaming and creating digital image artwork. Tried to say ATI for artwork but he wanted Nvidia. Total is $1674 right now.


Any compatibility issues? And or thoughts?


CASE: Hot New! X-Cruiser Mid-Tower 420W Case W/ WINDOW

CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core CPU w/

MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)ABIT KN9 SLI nForce 570 SLI MCP Chipset

MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)

PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower 750

VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express Video Card

HARD DRIVE: 300GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Optical Drive: NEC 3550A 16X DVD+-RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

OS: Windows XP Home

With labor to assemble and 1 year warranty.
 
Second that...you'll need a 550 at least with that CPU and GFX card. more would be better however.
 
PSU is a little weak. I would get atleast a nice quality 550w-650w especially with SLI as a possibility in the future.
 
Added PSU. Forgot that, it is included in price as stated before.

Also keep in mind he wants it to last and be upgradeable in future. Hence AM2 which will be AMD's next socket and the TP PSU. So Max FPS, and lasting are his goals. Of course could do better if his father who is buying it a present would let him build it, but that is different fight.
 
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