" JimH" jimh_osudadATyahooDOT com wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:56:31 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudadATyahooDOT com
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I am planning to put together a gaming (and general use) computer for my
son
as a high school graduation gift.

Here are my specs so far:

MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard (w/built in SoundBlaster Live chip)
Althion 64 3000+ CPU, Socket 939 version
2 GB DDR400 Corair Ram
256MB Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX video card
Antec Performance TX640B Series Case
Plextor PX-716A dual layer DVD 16X
Maxtor 300GB DiamondMax hard drive
Viewsonic 17" Thinedge VP171B LCD flat panel monitor
Windows XP Professional OEM

He already has a decent keyboard, speakers and optical mouse. I will
also
add a DVD player so he can record copies of the DVD's he owns.

I can do this for around $2,000.

Any suggestions or comments?


Isn't he going to college?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Ummm..........yes.

Is studying all you did in college? ;-)



BTW: It is nice to start with a powerful computer that can be easily
upgraded as technology changes. I set a budget of $2,000 for this and it
will make a nice father-son project putting it together.

He will also be running some pretty sophisticated CAD programs on the
computer so this system's power and graphics abilities will not go to waste
just on gaming.

Hey, we all need a little fun to break up the day, no matter what age we
are. ;-)