I've been out of the computer game for a wicked long time. I've had a laptop forever and I finally realized it just sits on my desk all the time anyway, so I might as well get the better price/performance of a Desktop. Everything's off NewEgg.
Case: Extremely basic mid-tower ATX case. Got three fans for it.
PSU: Sparkle 400W. Made sure the 12V Rail was at least 18 Amps, which it appears this is. Assuming that's enough wattage.
GPU: PNY NVidia 8800GTS. I want this thing to be a viable PC that'll play the latest games (If obviously not at max settings) for a long time. 3 years of viability in this system would be good, 4 better. I figured DirectX 10 was mandatory.
CPU: Intel E6400 C2D. Picked this one because it's apparently an extremely good OCing subject. Keeping the stock HS but I got some Artic Silver 5 for it.
Motherboard: BioStar TForce965PT LGA775. It was recommended as a good mix of price/performance for OCing my choice of CPU.
RAM: G-Skill DDR2 800 RAM. 2 Gigs in 2 1 Gig sticks. I didn't splurge for super fancy stuff because with a stock Intel Heatsink, I doubt I'm gonna be pushing much past 3.2 GHZ anyway, which this RAM should be able to keep up with. I think.
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 250 GB SATA 3.0 GB/s. Picked up a SATA II Cable because it's an OEM. That should be all I need, right?
Media: OEM Samsung DVD burner. Even though it's OEM, it should come with Nero or Roxio to allow burning, right?
OS: Vista Home Premium.
Monitor: Where I'm most clueless. I used the same 19 inch CRT monitor for approximately 95 years. I grabbed a Sceptre X20WC 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor with DVI. It's retail so it should have the proper cables. There are some pretty crazy esoteric stats here. 300 cd/m2 Brightness, 800:1 Contrast Ratio, 5 ms response time. The Pixel Pitch is .25MM. I'm assuming this is a basic, decent monitor?
And that's it. I am starting with nothing except a keyboard mouse and printer, and a joystick for playing Freespace 2. Did I miss anything? Is tab A going to fit into slot B? I guess my main concerns are compatibility issues. I'm aware that even if everything fits this won't OC much because I didn't grab top of the line stuff and I'm sticking with the stock Heatsink. The case should come with the proper screws to put in the motherboard, drives, and that kind of thing, right?
Any insight or suggestions is really welcome, and I appreciate ya'll taking the time to look over the 9 millionth iteration of this thread.
Case: Extremely basic mid-tower ATX case. Got three fans for it.
PSU: Sparkle 400W. Made sure the 12V Rail was at least 18 Amps, which it appears this is. Assuming that's enough wattage.
GPU: PNY NVidia 8800GTS. I want this thing to be a viable PC that'll play the latest games (If obviously not at max settings) for a long time. 3 years of viability in this system would be good, 4 better. I figured DirectX 10 was mandatory.
CPU: Intel E6400 C2D. Picked this one because it's apparently an extremely good OCing subject. Keeping the stock HS but I got some Artic Silver 5 for it.
Motherboard: BioStar TForce965PT LGA775. It was recommended as a good mix of price/performance for OCing my choice of CPU.
RAM: G-Skill DDR2 800 RAM. 2 Gigs in 2 1 Gig sticks. I didn't splurge for super fancy stuff because with a stock Intel Heatsink, I doubt I'm gonna be pushing much past 3.2 GHZ anyway, which this RAM should be able to keep up with. I think.
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 250 GB SATA 3.0 GB/s. Picked up a SATA II Cable because it's an OEM. That should be all I need, right?
Media: OEM Samsung DVD burner. Even though it's OEM, it should come with Nero or Roxio to allow burning, right?
OS: Vista Home Premium.
Monitor: Where I'm most clueless. I used the same 19 inch CRT monitor for approximately 95 years. I grabbed a Sceptre X20WC 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor with DVI. It's retail so it should have the proper cables. There are some pretty crazy esoteric stats here. 300 cd/m2 Brightness, 800:1 Contrast Ratio, 5 ms response time. The Pixel Pitch is .25MM. I'm assuming this is a basic, decent monitor?
And that's it. I am starting with nothing except a keyboard mouse and printer, and a joystick for playing Freespace 2. Did I miss anything? Is tab A going to fit into slot B? I guess my main concerns are compatibility issues. I'm aware that even if everything fits this won't OC much because I didn't grab top of the line stuff and I'm sticking with the stock Heatsink. The case should come with the proper screws to put in the motherboard, drives, and that kind of thing, right?
Any insight or suggestions is really welcome, and I appreciate ya'll taking the time to look over the 9 millionth iteration of this thread.
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