Please Critic My 2nd Build

[roguerower]

I am returning back to school in the Fall for my junior year and my laptop is starting to show it's age and isn't running everything quite as fast as I would like. I decided against a full tower or mid-tower since I will be transporting this computer back and forth and maybe overseas so I don't want to lug a huge case.

Case:
Aprevia X-QPack ($70.00)

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-G33M ($135.00)

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz ($189.00)

Video Card:
ATI Radeon X1950XT ($170.00)

RAM:
Corsair XMS 2GB PC2 5400 ($85.00)

HDD:
Seagate 7200.10 250GB SATA 3.0 ($68.00)

Optical:
LITE-ON DVD Burner ($32.00)

Total comes out to $750 which is cheaper than the last system I put together 2.5 years ago and was almost top of the line. DX10 isn't a huge factor since right now there aren't a whole lot of games out there that use it and I am perfectly satisfied with running DX9 and medium to great graphics.


EDIT: My only concern is whether the graphics card will be too large for the case and whether or not the optical drive will fit

 

[rhino56]

looks like a really nice set up for the price, the psu is probably not very good though

 

[Old Hippie]

whether or not the optical drive will fit

Looks like normal optical drives will fit, unless you replace the PS with a regular size ATX unit....

This would be a great deal for the price if it came with a decent PS but unfortunately it does not. You will be pushing your luck if you use it, so if you are serious about using this case you should plan on replacing the PS before you power it up. Fortron makes a good replacement. Standard ATX PS?s will fit but the depth will limit you to using short profile opticals like LiteOn. Full size opticals will bottom out against a standard PS.

And as rhino, and a bunch of Newegg reviewers mentioned, you might wanna ditch the origional PS.

 

[roguerower]

Thanks for the replies. That's what I had heard too, so just in case I went and found this case and I like it even more b/c it seems more roomy.

Thermaltake Case

And here was the PSU that I was going to get with it:

Thermaltake 430W PSU

It adds about $130-$140 bucks depending on the case (they've got a nice one with clear side panels) but I don't know if I'm gonna watch those lights at night when I'm trying to fall asleep.

 

[Engraver]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...E16819115030&Tpk=e6550

Take advantage of your motherboard's 1333 fsb and get slightly faster stock clock for same price. Not as good for overclocking as the E6600 (has a lower multiplier) if you ever want to do that.