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My desktop computer fried recently and I'm planning on replacing it this holiday season. I want this computer to be fully ready for Vista ultimate. I doubt i will take advantage of SLI. These are the components I'm planning on using:

Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16811133132

Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822136033

eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814130071

Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817371002

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820145590

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16819115005

ASUS P5B-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813131070

or

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813131031

Windows Vista Ultimate

Does anyone know if for any reason any of these components would not be compatible? Please let me know what you think of this system. It will be the second one i have built for personal use. Any other Suggestions or comments on the components that i have selected?
 
Dont bother with that SLI board, nor with SLI. You're better off with a single card solution unless you have a 24" LCD or larger. Stick with the P5B-E or go with the Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 to save a bit of cash.

I dont think that PSU is too great. I'd go for an OCZ GameXstream 600W instead. Jonnyguru did a review on the 650 Trio and found it only had 1 +12V rail, lol (which is probably why he doesnt recommend any TRIO psus).

I'd go with cheaper ram, but thats just me. There's some g.skill sticks for ~$200 at the egg, 2gb ddr2-800.

FYI, your links are dead, I think (I didnt click on all of them). I had to copy the NE part # instead.
 
I own one of those cases. they R nice. good specs, would go with another mobo too
 
74gb is small get yourself a second hdd, I recommend the 400gb samsung for $110 on the egg.
 
tisb0b said:
74gb is small get yourself a second hdd, I recommend the 400gb samsung for $110 on the egg.
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Those samsungs are nice. I also like the Seagate 7200.10 drives... they're pretty fast, too. My 150gb Raptor does about 78MB/s and my 320GB seagate does 65MB/s. I also like Seagates 5yr warranty :D
 
enginurd said:
Those samsungs are nice. I also like the Seagate 7200.10 drives... they're pretty fast, too. My 150gb Raptor does about 78MB/s and my 320GB seagate does 65MB/s. I also like Seagates 5yr warranty :D
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Yeah but the Samsungs do have the advantage of being cost efficient which is why I like recommending them :) $115 Samsung 400gb hdd vs $140 for 400gb Seagate or $150 Samsung 500gb hdd vs $210 Seagate 500gb hdd
 
The tsunami is a nice case. Choose whichever case appeals to you.

I think the only drive competitive enough for the HD400LJ would be the 320GB seagate. It loads windows faster and performs on par in most other scenarios. It also has 16mb cache and 5yr warranty. The warranty is probably the one thing that would make me choose the seagate over the samsung. I'll probably grab a samsung for my htpc, since they're damn quiet, fast, and 400gb of free space, lol.
 
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