New computer build

[MageXX9]

My current computer is 4 years old. I like to build them so they're last about that long. Any suggestions are grealy appreciated. The items I haven't picked out yet are:

1. Keyboard
2. Mouse
3. CPU hsf, if it has the lame push pins, then I don't want it. Was thinking about thermalright, but newegg didn't have any in stock
4. Is the power supply overkill?

THANKS!

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

-Watching movies
-Ripping/encoding movies
-Programming
-Occasionally gaming

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

$1000-$15000

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

United States

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.

I value bang-for-your-buck, and quality/reliability more than anything.

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

The only parts that I will be using from my current machine are:
-20" Dell 2005fpw
-5.1 Logitech speakers

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

Been reading reviews on Anandtech for a couple of weeks.

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

I want to try and overclock.

8. WHEN do you plan to build it?

Within the next 2 weeks.

-LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail
$37.99

-LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Aluminum/ SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$89.99

-Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$99.99

-EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
$169.99

-SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus SS-650HT ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply - $129.99

-CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
$86.50

-GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel $109.99

-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
$189.99

-Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD for System Builders - OEM
$179.99

-Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 - Retail
$87.99

-Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Licensed for 3 PCs - Retail
$99.99


Subtotal: $1,282.40

 

[DSF]

With an E8400 and 8800GT you can go lower on the power supply.

Also, there should be LightScribe burners for less than $38 at this point I would think. Look at the Samsung 203N maybe?

 

[MageXX9]

Corsair 520w, 550w?

After thinking about it, it doesn't matter if it has light scribe or not. I just chose a dvd burner that had nero in the retail package.

 

[DSF]

A 450W would actually be just fine. Anything above that will do without a sweat.