Need suggestions and tips

[rverlie]

I am building a new system and it has been a while. I am mainly using it for gaming and school work. All I have to work with is the monitor, keyboard and mouse. These are the parts I am hoping work together, let me know if you see any glaring problems.

Antec P183 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Case

ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Motherboard

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Videocard

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Power Supply

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor - Retail
CPU

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C9 - Retail
Memory

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Hard Drive

LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe LightScribe Support - OEM
DVD Drive

There are all the parts. I was looking for some additional cooling for my processor, but wasn't sure what to buy since I could not find any that matched the processor I am planning on purchasing. Also, I know this is a probably a dumb question, but how can I tell if the dvd burner I am purchasing supports dual layer? Thanks again.

 

[Ksyder]

First off, the "DL" designation in the optical drive description tells you that it supports Dual Layer. The list of acronyms is supported media types.

That is quite a powerful system. I see no glaring problems with that. The problems you will run into (if any) will be memory module incompatibility and overclocking headroom if applicable. Are you planning on running Vista 64?

You will love that P183, I have a P182 and they are great.

Probably this thread will get locked or moved. I believe these types of posts are supposed to be under "general hardware" sub forum.