O/S install is pretty easy.

 

Okay I made a little system here for Ya, very fast too. The only thing that its missing is keyboard/speakers, Im wasnt sure if You need those.


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual core

ASUS A8N5X ATX AMD Motherboard

GeIL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB)

eVGA Geforce 7800GT 256mb

10000rpm Raptor 74GB

Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply

DVD/CD drive

COOLER MASTER Silver Case


I would rather go with this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136166
but this would go over Your limit, asus is a great mobo too

 

Go Brad

Go Brad

 

My limit isn't set in stone, so I would go with the better motherboard.



So should I just order the stuff? Also, is that video card going to have any trouble with a 24 inch LCD?

 

what kind of resolutions are You using? What kind of games?
You might want to move up to ATI 1900xtx, that card is amazing it has performance of 2 x 7800gt in SLI,
DFI is not really a better mobo, it just gives You a lot more overclocking options.

 

The resolution would be 1920X1200

It's not going to be a dedicated gaming machine, I need to use it for everything. So I guess I might be better off saving some cash on the cheaper motherboard and going for a better video card.

 

then this would be my pick:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102671

the cost would be around $1700 then.
Do You have copy of OS system?

 

Git-r-done brad.

 

so did You order anything?

 

looks like a pretty kick-ass system