building my first computer

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xjpeople

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OK so im tired of my computer and i wont to build one i think i have all the stuff picked out i just dont no if it will all go together i picked all my stuff off of www.tigerdirect.com OK im going to get

Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case

Asus M4A79 Deluxe Motherboard & AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor Bundle

Lite-On IHOS104 Blu Ray ROM - BD-ROM 4X, DVD-ROM 8X, CD-ROM 32X (OEM)

Western Digital WD5001AALS Caviar Black Hard Drive - 500GB, 7200 rpm, 32MB, SATA-3G

Corsair XMS2 4GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory Upgrade - 2x2048MB

EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV

i need help picking out a power supply and a sound card and anything else i might need
 
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You won't need a sound card unless you have a surround sound setup or you use your pc mainly for music listening.

Do you really need a Blu-Ray Player?

Instead of a 9800GTX, see if you can get a 4870, or at the very least a 4850.

Get a good brand power supply (Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, Thermaltake, etc.) and make sure it has 2x 6pin pci-e connectors, 500 watts or more and at least 32 amps on the +12v rail. (more watts are better, but if you go insanely high like 1000 watts it can raise your electricity bill)
 
At tigerdirect, the price of i5 750 is $10 less and does perform a little better than PII 965
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5467067&CatId=4731
It also has free Resident Evil 5 game

As for the motherboard, I would suggest this
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5019780&CatId=4720

You should get DDR3 memory
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4837614&CatId=4524

The 9800GTX+ is good video card, but if you can spend a little more then get HD4870
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5034920&CatId=3669
 
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I would recommend core i5 750 instead of amd 965

However, if you get AMD, get one with DDR3 RAM. May be Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P
 
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