Hi all, my dad's computer crapped out and now I have a reason to take the plunge and try to build a new computer. I've been browsing the forums here quite a bit and was hoping for some expert guidance, or at least mass guidance. I will be using this mostly for online games and some FPS. I want to also try overclocking because of all I hear about it. Here's what I have so far: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 $187.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005 ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard 150.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131070 APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-CRUISER-BK Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window $69.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144026 Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick $109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103941 SAPPHIRE 100196L Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card $209 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102071 ZALMAN FS-V7 2 Ball VGA Cooling Fan $34.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118222 Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $279 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146565 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $89.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140 NEC Black 18X DVD±R Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write - $28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076 Look OK? I thought the RAM was really expensive and was hoping perhaps someone could recommend an alternative. Actually, now that I think about it, if I could get suggestions on alternate parts that would lower the overall cost to approximately $800...
from what i can see that will be a great build, although im not to sure about the psu. if you try to reduce the cost too much you will also reduce the quality and that will hinder the performace and the ability to overclock (if you was thinking of going that route). you could save a little bit by getting this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115013 it is slightly slower than the 6300 but not by much. and another little bit by getting this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131142 which would overclock the other parts very well. edit ram is dear but you get what you pay for, alot like graphics cards, which brings me on to my next point. dx10. future games will look better on it , for this you will need a complient card and vista, ati and nvidia are about to start battle with these cards and maybe you would be better to wait a few weeks (maybe 2 months top?) to spend on a new graphics card instaed of getting, not saying its a bad card far from it, what is now about to become old tech. it will save you getting another in the near future.
