Am I making a big mistake?

[Blammo300]

I am ordering a new rig from Newegg in the next few days since there ?No Payments for 6 Months? deal ends Oct 31st. I have been a AMD user for the last 8 years but the new E6300 chip has some of the best overclocking potential I have seen. Here is the hardware I plan to buy, please let me know if you think I am making a mistake.

COOLER MASTER Praetorian PAC-T01-EK Black Case (Own)

ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan with Heatsink $50

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $100

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 $180

eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 $255

I am having trouble deciding on the best Mobo for my E6300, the gigabyte is popular but Biostar just released this new motherboard which they have had in Europe for a little while. I have had good luck with Biostar mobos in the past.

BIOSTAR TForce965PT Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 $105
Or
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 $143

Also I am unsure on the Memory to purchase. Do you think the Corsair is worth the extra cash?

Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) $250
or
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $280
or
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) $215

Do you guys think I will need to buy a new Power Supply to run this computer? I am currently using an Antec TRUE430 ATX 430W.

 

[Pabster]

The only "mistake" is financing rather than paying in full at purchase time.

And yes on the power supply. I recommend PC P&C units (the Silencer 610 and 750 are superb) but at the very least get something decent. Seasonic's S12 for example.

 

[Blammo300]

Pabster would you go with the Biostar after owning a DS3 or should I go with the gigabyte?

 

[Seekermeister]

I can't help with most of your questions, but this might help with the last one:

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

EDIT: If you think that you might ever upgrade to a DX10 video card, when they come out, add at least 200 watts to whatever the calculator gives you.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: Blammo300
Pabster would you go with the Biostar after owning a DS3 or should I go with the gigabyte?

Haven't used the Biostar 965 board, but I've heard fairly good things about it. It is about $40 cheaper than a DS3 so if your budget is cramped...

I like the DS3 despite the quirks, especially at the current price point.

 

[MadAmos]

There is also the S3 for me it has oc'ed well and was $118 at Newegg the solid caps did not seem worth the extra to me.

Amos :beer:

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
I can't help with most of your questions, but this might help with the last one:

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

EDIT: If you think that you might ever upgrade to a DX10 video card, when they come out, add at least 200 watts to whatever the calculator gives you.

Most if not all PSU calculators are just pure garbage....
I really cannot recall even one being uber accurate!!

 

[Blammo300]

Anyone have recommendations on the Memory?