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MosIncredible

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OK, after doing a ton of research on this site, I've decided everything I will buy other than the PSU and will be purchasing within the next week or so. I'm looking for recommendations on which PSU to get with this system. I'd consider myself experienced inside of PCs but I've never actually built one from scratch. Here's what I'm getting...

CPU: E8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 price keeps rising :mad:

HS: Zalman 9700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

MB: Gigabyte P35 DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

GPU: XFX 8800GTS (G92) 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150261

RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

HDD: WD 500GB 16MB Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

DVD: Undecided but wont effect anything.


CASE: Thermaltake Armor 8000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154

OS: Undecided which will also affect the RAM purchase. I may have to go with XP because of drivers for my MIDI sound card. This PC will also be a studio.

Any suggestions on different cases, PSUs, WD vs. Seagate? I've had a WD for 6 years now with no problems so its hard for me to choose something else.

Is the GTS worth the extra $60? I'd hardly call myself a PC gamer (mainly because my current PC can't) but I'll start if I get a GPU that good. Even if I don't get deep into gaming, I like to future proof (hard to call anything future proofing nowadays I know) because I won't upgrade often at all. I'll probably have this exact same PC 4 years from now. Maybe a different OS.

Any help appreciated.
 
Looks good to me. I'd go with Seagate for hard disks as I had loads of problems with W/D in the past (the w/d external 400gb i bought this week lasted all of 3 hours) but they're meant to be alright now. If I was using a drive for intensive stuff I'd buy a seagate or maxtor (if they're still about) - I used to have an audio recording machine with used a 4 drive raid set and w/d drives would physically break or be unrecoverable worryingly often.

I buy my pc's to last 4 years, maybe with a video card upgrade once, and that looks pretty solid to me
 
Also for the DVD writer/drive. I would go with the samsung 203B or the Lite-on Lightscribe 20A1L

Oh and I have the Thermaltake Armor and so far love it, tons of room.
 
Everything looks good, including the PSU. It's a good price and it doesn't hurt to have more power than you need. If you want XP with 4GB of RAM, you need the 64 bit version. Make sure all your hardware, programs and games support this OS.
 
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