As christmas approaches over here, Im considering upgrading my pc so i have something entertaining for the holiday break, and a venerable pc for next years gaming.

Heres what I got a quote for today -

4400+ Athlon 64 X2
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR
2x 512mb DDR3200 kingmax (pc400)
WD 74gb 10k RPM SATA HDD
XFX GeForce 7800GTX 256mb PCI-E (sli capable)
Pioneer 110DVKSW Dual Layer DVD/RW
ANTEC truepower 2.0 550w PSU
AUDIGY 2 ZS (base package)
(im supplying my lian-li PC70 for the build)

this all totals around $3000 AUD.... sorry if you have no idea what my currency is worth.

Anybody agree/disagree with the hardware choices? Im hoping it will last me around 2 years.

Another thing worth noting is the 7800GTX is out of production in early 06. So perhaps now isnt the right time to buy?

Thanks for reading.

Aran.