Any price drops? Also.....

Any news about price drops for cpu's, gpu's, mobo's?

Also, I am thinking of buying a new rig:: http://secure.newegg.com/Newversion/Shopping/shoppingcart.asp?submit=view

Is there anything I should change? Like the PSU...? I'm on a 1.2K budget, maybe 1.3K. Also, can anyone find me a good CD / DVD burner, because I'm not too bright in that area. If possible, a black one would be nice. And I also need a good monitor, CRT or LCD, I don't really care, preferably a 19" or higher for a low price.

Edit: Any news about when the 8900 series will be out?

The most popular price drop known is the Intel price drop of the quad core CPU from July 22nd.

More Intel based motherboards are coming out in the P35 chipset.

Good DVD burner? Unless you want some fancy LightScribe one, just get one from any brand like Pioneer, LG, Benq or whatever is cheaper.

Also, that link doesn't work, says empty cart.

.... did i do something wrong? the link works fine for me.

well anyways, ill just put the items down.

Case

Hard Drive

Video Card

PSU

RAM

Mobo

CPU

It totals up to $1,071.93 bucks

AMD CPU Price Cuts On July 9th

If such a thing interests you :)

The price for 8800 ultra just dropp with 80$ here it is: www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1552&Itemid=1

and DDR2 will be more expensive in a few weeks: www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1525&Itemid=1

How much can you affor for the monitor?

I suggest the Samsung 226BW

Intel will bring in price drops on July the 22nd. The highlight being a Q6600 for $300 (retail).

Start with this and build from it:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 - $186
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115016

Motherboard: Foxconn P35A - $115 (after $20 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186119

RAM: 2GB of Crucial Ballstix DDR2-800 - $70 (after $45 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565

GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB - $260 (after $20 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082

PSU: Seasonic S12 500w PSU -$95 (after $30 mail in rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151029

DVD-RW: Lite ON Black SATA DVD-RW - $38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106057

HDD: Western Digital 250 GB SE16 - $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144701

Case: Lian Li AluminiumPC-7SB - $100 (you can choose whatever case you want actually)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112138

Optional/Other Stuff:
Floppy Disk Drive
CPU Cooler (needed for overclocks beyond 3GHz)
Monitor
Keyboard and Mouse
Speakers/Headphones
Operating System (if not already purchased)

I almost never suggest Tiger Direct, but they have a deal going right now on bundle: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Socket 775 OEM Processor and a FREE XFX nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard (A+ Version) for only $499.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3189364&Sku=MBM-680I-Q6600

Not sure about the quality / overclockability of the motherboard, but you can google some reviews.

I guess Intel is cutting OEM prices to high volume dealers so they have time to get systems to market by July 22.