Urgent Advice - about to pull trigger

[Memphian]

Following the great advice i am going with this set up. I fly out on Sunday and need this delivered to Vegas by Monday. I just want to check;
1. the spec of my memory

2. which of these two video cards i should get (one i like because it is fanless(quiet)...the other is apparaently fairly quite...but still has fan...i need silence for my audio recording purposes);

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-20A1P-185 - OEM
$27.99

Antec Sonata III Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
$119.95

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3400620AS 400GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$199.98
($99.99 each)

SAPPHIRE 100164DDR2L Radeon X1650PRO 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$69.99

GIGABYTE GV-RX165256D-RH Radeon X1650 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$68.99

Microsoft Comfort Curve Black USB Wired Ergonomics Keyboard 2000 - Retail
$12.99

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail
$40.00 Mail-in Rebate
$125.00

Open Box: ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - OEM
Item #: N82E16813131028R
Return Policy: Open Box Item Return Policy
$112.99
Subtotal: $737.88
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Zip Code: 89119
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PS: I will get my CPU (hopefully a big 6850 or a quad 6600 from fry's on Monday. I assume they will have the new intel prices immediately at the stores??? PS: Buying the rest from Fryes

 

[Memphian]

so over all does it look good and does the Gigabit (fanless) gpu look good enough? And is the RAM overkill or good (theoretically 85 after rebate)

Thanks yall!!! I REALLY appreciate the help!!!

 

[Memphian]

My situation was kind of urgent so i went ahead and ordered;

1 x (326855) Sapphire X1650 PRO 512MB PCI-Express Video Card w/Dual-DVI, HDTV-Out Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $80.13

1 x (247084) Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP P965 Pentium Extreme/Pentium D/P4/Celeron D 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $202.99

1 x (200421) Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black) Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $17.99

2 x (85025-6) Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $124.00

2 x (101455) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3400620AS 400GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping*** @ $104.99

1 x (175519) Liteon LH-20A1P-185 20X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (Black) ***Free Shipping*** @ $33.99

1 x (10005323) ANTEC Sonata III Mini Case Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $124.99

If you think i need to go out and replace anything, i would be greatful to know!!!

Thanks!
Trav

 

[Rockhound1]

The memory was a bit overkill if you do not plan on overclocking, but the price was good, so still a good choice.

I would have gone with a motherboard with the latest Intel 3x series chipset. They will support the 1333 MHz FSB of the new Intel processors.

I am not impressed with you choice of video cards, but you probably do not need anyhting better if you are not doing 3D stuff or animation.

Everything else looks solid.

Cheers :beer:

 

[Memphian]

i appreciate the info, Rockhound.

I don't think I will need much in the video department. Hopefully it will get me by for now.

it looks like getting the new cpu isnt going to be as easy on the 22nd of july as i had hoped....so maybe i will just get a cheap cpu now and i can upgrade mobo and cpu soon!

Thanks