Building a Computer

[CJ9232]

Need help if all the parts are compatible, and if not, any suggestions what to replace it with? Currently the price is at 1024$ or so and my limit is around 1500$, but would like to keep it around 1000$ if possible.

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

Gaming PC

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

1500$ Max

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

Newegg.com and/or USA

4. IF YOU have a brand preference.
nVidia Graphics Card (WoW player)

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

No.

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

Yes.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

Yes, I am interested in overclocking.

8. WHEN do you plan to build it?

Within the next month or so, depending on how long the parts take to arrive.


Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16811133058

GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16813128090

Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16817182030

Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16820220306

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16822148262

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16819115037

EVGA GeForce 8800GTS SSC 640-P2-N829-AR Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16814130317

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16829102006

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?item=N82E16832116488

ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835118223

Thanks in advance and if you feel that I'm missing any parts please say so.

 

[chinaman1472]

That motherboard you picked out is for AMD processors, so you can't use it for Intel processors. Pick up the Gigabyte P35-DS3L, or the DS3R if you need more features.
Pick up a different power supply. Antec Earthwatts, Corsair, Seasonic. Something in the 400-500 watts is suffice.
You could save a little by getting DDR2-1000 memory instead, ~4.5GHz. I think the G.Skill kit runs around $80-85. Even DDR2-800 will give a ~3.6GHz OC.
Pick up a different hard drive, Western Digital 640GB or Samsung Spinpoint F1 are faster and more space per dollar.
You could pick up a normal 8800GTS (non overclocked) and do it yourself and save some cash.
You can ditch the sound card, onboard sound is pretty good for most people.
I suggest a different heatsink, Xigmatek HDT-S1283 is banging for $37.

 

[0roo0roo]

creative is a waste of money these days. esp with vista..they are effectively obsolete.
plus the company is a bit rotten. take the money saved and put it towards a bigger monitor. what speakers did you buy
get a p182 antec type case, silence is better than tacky cheap looking flash. case windows are so 5 years ago and basically just let noise right out..

 

[DSF]

Everything I've heard about those Zalman heatsinks has suggested that they aren't worth their high price tags. Right now the Xigmatek HDT-1283 is the crowd favorite. Very good performance for less than that Zalman. As far as the 8800GTS, you picked an outdated model. The newer, faster 8800GTSs all have 512MB of video memory. You want to pick one of those.

I also second everything else that's already been said.

 

[CJ9232]

Been updating all of this on paper, as for the graphics card, would a express 2.0 x16 graphics card work on a PCI slot x16? Graphics card in mind is XFX PVT88GYDF4 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail.

The mobo I've changed too is GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard-Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128059
I've read that they are backwards compatible, just making sure though.

 

[DSF]

Yes, PCI-e 2.0 works in older PCI-e x16 slots justs fine.

 

[Roguestar]

Why buy an 8800GTS for WoW? A 9600GT is much more than enough.