Recomenadtions - New Build

[Johnsernickle]

I'm building my first new rig in a long time. I'm still rockin' the Athlon XP 2500+. I feel its about time for an upgrade. Heres my basic plan, tell me what you think. Recommendations welcome

EVGA 680i Mother Board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

EVGA 8800GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130072

CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145168

SEAGATE 7200.10 320GB (x2)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

LITE-ON SATA DVD-RW (x2) ?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106047

Lian-Li PC-65B Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112024

Logitech G5 Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104191

ZALMAN 9700 LED HSF
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118019

SeaSonic M12 600W Modular PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151030

Acer AL2216WBD 22in Wide-Screen LCD Monitor (Black) Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=231012&prodlist=nextag

Das Keyboard
http://www.daskeyboard.com/

Grado SR 60
http://decibelchicago.stores.yahoo.net/gradsr60head.html


I'm looking forward to over clocking this thing to around 3.4 hopefully. I'm not 100% on the monitor, memory, and optical drives. Just tell me what you think. Thanks!

 

[overclocker578]

Why the dominator ram? Very expensive, and you can get some really nice overclocks from cheaper memory. Other than that, you have a solid system right there.

 

[G'ßöö]

you've got top of the line parts, what ya looking for

 

[Exar Jun]

I think that is a bit of a hit in the wallet. I would suggest getting a Asus p5B Delux, e6300, and a set of good ram like Ballistix 1000. That will save you around 200 bucks and performance will be better. imho

 

[Johnsernickle]

What memory would you suggest in place of the corsair. Ive heard good things about the corsair, as well as g. skill and ocz. What optical drives should I be looking at?

 

[engiNURD]

Crucial Ballistix, Buffalo Firestix, Mushkin XP, and Super Talent are also good. As far as optical drives go, the samsung or nec 18x should suffice (be sure to update the firmware). There's also a lite-on 16x w/ lightscribe that got good reviews.