Advice on Building a Computer

[DCalabrese]

Hello, I'm a first time builder looking into putting together a system. I'm a bit overwhelmed and not entirely sure what I'm doing and was referred to this site. So far I've picked out what I need to the best of my knowledge. If anyone could let me know if I've picked quality parts, compatible hardware as well as offer any additional comments it would be greatly appreciated. The primary focus of this system will be gaming/school work. I'm already pushing my budget slightly at about $1700 so I'd prefer to keep costs down if possible.

Here it is:

XION Onyx XON-303 Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

BFG Tech BFGR88320GTSOC2E GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

XION Supernova XON-600F14R-201 ATX 600W Certified Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 920NW Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-18A1P-185 - OEM

LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model LH-16D1P-187 - Retail

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 - Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium DVD - Retail

Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1 Black Speakers - Retail


Thanks!

 

[cprince]

If you can, wait until July 22 when Intel will drop the prices on their processors. If you're in college, check to see if your college as a licensing agreement with Microsoft. If they do, you could get office and windows for free or at a greatly reduced price. I got Windows Vista Enterprise and Office 2007 Enterprise for free from my school.

 

[jkresh]

I second waiting for July 22 (and would recommend picking up a q6600 then for a a little more then the e6600 is now), please post the prices you are getting for each of those parts as even with software $1700 should be more then enouhg for a quality build (you should be able to fit a 8800gts 640 and a 22inch monitor in and keep it in budget).

 

[imported_maxdad007]

Depending on what your getting for every thing I would maybe upgrade the power supply to something along these lines.

http://www.pcclub.com/product_...ls.cfm?itemno=A6277815

Thats my only critque other then I would also wait on the eminient price drop and try and sqeeze into the C2Q 6600.

Hope this helps,