New $800ish Build

[Stimz]

My buddy is looking to build his first rig and does not really know what to get.
I haven't been keeping up with the new tech since I built my own awhile back so I just threw one together.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Trying to keep it around 800ish.
Can go a little higher if the performance gain would be worth it. This is just for the tower. Reusing everything else(Has an extra OS). 1680x1050 resolution for the monitor.

COOLER MASTER RC-690 $80 (Free shipping promo)

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 $50

WD Caviar Black 1TB $110

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P $110

ASUS Black 22X DVD+R $29

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX $90 ($70AR)

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB $180 (Combo deal with Phenom) ($160AR)

AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition $145

Arctic Silver 5 $9

Total before shipping $803
Atfer Shipping $822
After Rebates $782

Any suggestions? I've also seen some suggesting to get the E7400 Wolfdale instead of the Phenom. Would that be a better move? Thanks

 

[Dangman]

Ok, I still remember what i wrote before the outage:
- Get this equal quality but significantly cheaper PSU:
$68 - BFG Tech LS-550 550W PSU

You can get that 1TB drive with free shipping and a few dollars cheaper here:
$108 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

 

[tiraides]

Keep in mind that the AMD Black Edition processors don't come with a retail HSF. In other words, you'll need an aftermarket CPU cooler.

Do you have one handy? Do you plan on overclocking the processor?

 

[xBanzai89]

Last I knew the BEs do come with heatsinks.

 

[tiraides]

Last I knew the BEs do come with heatsinks.

My mistake. I keep getting the old BE and new BE processors mixed up.

Regardless of that, the PII X3 720 BE is a good choice.

 

[engiNURD]

Indeed, they now do. Earlier boxes did not.