Gaming Pc Build

[chaosleada]

Any ideas/suggestions?


Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec Nine Hundred Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
-$25.00 Instant
$139.99
$114.99

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

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Processor
$219.99

Rosewill RTK-002 Anti-Static Wrist Strap
-$2.00 Instant
$5.49
$3.49

ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

ABIT IP35 Pro ATX Intel Motherboard
$30.00 Mail-in Rebate
$177.99

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply
-$20.00 Instant
$30.00 Mail-in Rebate
$149.99
$129.99

EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
-$20.00 Instant
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$339.99
$319.99

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B
$27.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$179.99

OCZ Gold 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G8004GK

-$10.00 Instant
$113.99
$103.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
$5.99
Grand Total: $1,284.40

All this is coming from NewEgg+($85 tax...)

[JasonG]

One of the suggestions will be to change the PSU to a Corsair HX520W.

What kind of OS are you running? If it is a 32-bit OS the 4GB of RAM won't be useful. Only a 64-bit system can handle that much RAM.

Also, you don't HAVE to have the arctic silver unless you just want to improve upon the pre-applied thermal compound a little. If you don't OC, I wouldn't change it.

[shyster]

Not to try to give you any advice, because I am new at this. But I thought I could at least offer some savings if you had not already purchased your stuff.

If you are not signed up for the newegg newsletter they are running a promotional sale on that same exact GPU for only 284.99. The promotional code is: EMCABCKAG
and here is the link to the promotional page:
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Jan-0-2008/Promo012908in/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL012808&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL012808-_-email-_-top-_-Moredeals

Also as jason said above I believe that four gigs is usless unless you are running a 64 bit OS. That being said here is the RAM I believe Jamie would recommend if you were still going for four gigs:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

There is also a Western Digital HDD OEM for 159.99 with the same specs I think.

You can also find the PSU that Jason, and Jamie would probably recommend at buy.com for 89.99 I believe:

http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli-certified-modular-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/203270716.html

Most of these are limited sales that end the end of this month, just so you are aware. Hope this was useful at least a little.