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[gel197]

I had these parts reccomended to me on another forum where a few people agreed with them. I figured I would come here also though to get a different view of the choices.

I checked prices on line and these are the totals, in the end i'll end up with about $600 for a LCD and a case. I might also go with a Sony DVD rom and burner instead of Lite-On.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 - $309

ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - $180

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - $250

OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8002GK - $240

PNY VCG88GTSXPB GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP - $400

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - $150

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 70SB079000000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - $70

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3250824AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $210 for both

LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SHD-16P1S - $20

LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-18A1P-186 - $40

Total - $1870

 

[WildHorse]

gel197,

Suggest that you read through the Guides found on this site HERE.
You might also look through the tabs above for individual components like motherboards, & others.

I've had great experience with OCZ ram.

Nix the sound card. Add-in card unnecessary with the good audio built-in on those motherboards.

Probably buy the cpu on an oem basis and not as a retail kit, so you can avoid paying for the cpu cooler in the retail kit. Then buy a better cpu cooler & Arctic Silver 5 thermal interface compound to mount it. One supplier is here.