Pulling the trigger on a new Gaming PC

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Dashel

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I plan to buy within the next 2 weeks.

I will be using my Antec 900 case, Corsair 520W PS, Lite On DvD Drive, Dell 2001FP 20" monitor, G15 Keyboard, Logitech laser mouse, Klipsh speakers.

Any advice on better deals for these components, or better choice in OS and RAM would be very much appreciated. I'm fairly confident in the other choices but any comments are welcome.

My priorities are rock solid stability, performance and value for the price. I'll be upgrading to a 24" monitor soon and I want to be able to run games on a high resolution, so this needs a good bit of power behind it.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116488
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
$109.99

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?item=N82E16813127030
ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$169.99 ($139.99 AR)

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?item=N82E16814127325
MSI NX8800GTS 512M OC GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Free Witcher PC game w/ purchase
$224.99 ($194.99 AR)

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?item=N82E16819115037
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
$199.99

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?item=N82E16820148183
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
$109.99

http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?item=N82E16822136218
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$109.99

Subtotal: $924.94
Tax: $64.75
Shipping: $14.57
Grand Total: $1,004.26
- 60.00 Mail in Rebates
944.26 AR
 
Aside from swapping for cheaper components, that should be a solid build. It's similar to mine which hasn't had any problems yet in the few weeks that I've had it. I don't think that it will be able to run Crysis at full 24" resolutions on very high settings, but you could probably adjust some things to make it playable. Other games should work fine. It will certainly be sufficient for 20" resolutions and you can possibly upgrade the video card if you find that you need to for a 24" display.
 
That bunch of links is fubar'd. Solid build though, +1 to the MSI 88GTS, stay with it or evga/bfg/xfx.
 
Looks fine to me. I agree, you could go for those cheaper parts without losing any performance.
 
Thanks for the tips everyone. I went ahead and ordered. Changed the RAM to GSkill and the Vid card to an EVGA in case I want to step up in a few months:

Figured I'd post my final items in case it helps anyone else out there:



ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail

EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
 
You may need to update your BIOS before you do anything else with the system, once its built.

Don't forget to post pics. ;)
 
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