Core 2 Duo Build... Help Appreciated.

[Uniquity]

How is this for an E6600 build? I figure I have made some bad judgments, as I'm pretty new at this... This is all from zipzoomfly.com:

NZXT TRI-001 Trinity Mid Tower Case Retail ***Free Shipping***
Remove $89.99 $89.99

Liteon SHW160P6S05 16X Dual Layer DVD±RW Bare Drive (Black) ***Free Shipping***
Remove $36.99 $36.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB Serial ATA (3.0Gb/s) 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***
Remove $87.99 $87.99

Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail ***Free Shipping***
Remove $225.00 $225.00

Gigabyte GV-NX76G256D-RH GeForce 7600 GS PCI Express 256MB DDR2 Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI Retail ***Free Shipping***


Total: $557.00

Then I was in the hotdeals forum section here and someone posted about the Gigabyte Motherboard and E6600 combo for $479.99.

Altogether it is around $1050.00.

Is this a decent build? Any recommendations? My budget is $1100 that I can play with.

Thanks a lot...

 

[thecrecarc]

if its for gaming, id get a worse cpu, in change for a better gpu

 

[Uniquity]

It would be used for a little gaming... I play RTCW a lot... It's not exactly a cutting-edge game though... It is mostly used for music recording, video, school stuff, etc... I would like for it to be a fairly decent gaming machine though. My budget is $1100... So any recommendations for changes would be great... Also, should I look into 10,000RPM HDDs? Or would the Seagate 7200.10 be good enough?

Thanks...

 

[smopoim86]

that drive will be plenty quick enough.

looks pretty good

 

[Uniquity]

I've been trying to find some good benchmark comparisons involving the 7600 GS and other 7-series geforce's, but I can't seem to come up with any results... If anyone knows of anything, please post the link... I do play RTCW a lot, and would like a card that would enable me some very good settings and frame rates... I remember a while ago finding a link to a benchmark test of many newer mid-range video cards that was tested using RTCW. So if anyone knows a link to that comparison, that would hit pretty close to home on what I'm looking for. I would like to spend 100 to about 250 on a video card... So any tips on the best one in that price range?

 

[StevenNevets]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2812