final parts check before build

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Dougjwjr

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Well, I'm finally getting ready to build my computer after about 6 months of delays and being too busy.

I want a good general purpose computer. I will do some gaming on it, and probably some video editing, along with other various things ect.
I would like to note I have never built a computer before, nor have I tried OCing before. I would like to try OCing if I can (nothing too high, maybe 3.0 ghz).

Processor: intel q6600, good quad, seems like the perfect choice. about $200.
MB: DFI p35 T2RS dark. as far as I can tell, this seems to be a good reliable motherboard, that should be able to OC. $130 @ egg
Case: Antec 900, already have it, was like $80 at fry's.
PSU: corsair cmpsu 650tx 650 watts. I dont actually know much about the PSU's yet. Ths should be more power than I will need (but give me some room to add ect), and its not in the list of psu's to avoid. I believe this should work, but I wont really know for sure.
Ram: gskill 2x2gb ddr2 800: should be fine, $80 @ egg
Vid card: EVGA 8600gt 512mb gddr2: already have. This was given to me 6 months ago, when it was $120 at the time. Its been sad to watch it drop in price, but I'll use it anyways. I know it will be more than enough fior me at first. I'll probably upgrade it in 6 months to a year.
HDD: WD se16 500gb 7200 rpm oem. seems fine, trying to keep the price down, but this is a good sized hdd for the price I think. $80 @ egg
dvd burner: samsung 20x, $30. I would like to get a blu ray burner at some point but too expensive right now.
sound card: none right now, will get later.
OS: vista home premium oem, $100@egg (I know someone who works at microsoft, gunna see if he can get me a better deal, but who knows if that'll work..)


I'm looking for suggestians, comments, anytrhing really that might make this easier. I like the parts I have here, and they should all work (like I said I dont know about the PSU).

Thanks for reading.
 
Dougjwjr said:
I'm looking for suggestians, comments, anytrhing really that might make this easier. I like the parts I have here, and they should all work (like I said I dont know about the PSU).
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Don't worry about the PSU, Corsair is an excellent choice. The only thing I see that I recommend changing is the HDD. The 640GB Western Digital Caviar SE 16 uses the new 320GB platters, and is as fast as the old Raptors.

I don't know if the 8600GT will be enough for what you want to do, but since you already have it, you might as well test it to find out first. If it isn't powerful enough, consider an HD 4850.
 
i would suggest you drop the mobo to a gigabyte ep35 Ds3l or p43 which are like 90 and oc well. bump the hard drive to the western digital 640gb its a whole lot faster and since u want to overclock think about a cpu hsf, other than that it looks good.
 
Ok, First I've changed to the 640 gb hdd. I'm not getting any other vid cards right now since I dont even know what games I'll play. Right now, my current comp has a fx 5200, so I dont really play any games currently (except counter strike once in a while). If I find that its not enough, I'll upgrade then.

As for the MB, I'm still looking around at others once in a while, but I think I'm gunna stick with the T2RS.

Thanks enginurd, I should to call down to the local fry's and see if they have them in stock at that price.
 
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