Is this the rig to get right now?

[kissenger]

Okay. You guys seem knowledgeable on this subject. I, on the other hand, am noobish, so I would appreciate some help.

Is this the right rig to get for the price (it comes to £670 after VAT):


Asus P5K Intel P35 DDR2 Motherboard - Socket LGA775 - £61.95
£61.95


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Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 2.40GHZ 8MB Cache Retail - Socket LGA775 - £129.95
£129.95


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Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 Dual Channel DDR2 (TWIN2X4096-6400C5) XMS-2-6400 TwinX - £45.95
£45.95


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Corsair TX 650W Ultra Quiet PSU SLI & Crossfire Ready Power Supply - £46.95
£46.95


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Samsung SH-S203D SATA 20x Dual layer DVD±RW Black - OEM - £15.50
£15.50


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Zotac Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 DDR3 Graphics Card - £171.95
£171.95


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Samsung Spinpoint HD501LJ 500GB SATA II 16MB Cache - OEM - £41.50
£41.50


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Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case - No PSU - £57.95
£57.95


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I plan to get an X-Fi audigy card from Amazon (for about £15) too, and a copy of Vista Home Premium (for about £60).

Is there any components I should ditch or replace from the above? I was going to get a 8800GTX instead of the 9800GTX originally, but I figured there was no point seeing as how the 9800GTX was only about a tenner more expensive.

Is there any component I've missed out - e.g. will I need to buy a wireless card (if so: any recommendations)?

 

[reddevil6]

looks ok but get a ASUS or LG dvd drive.
an get a WD HDD
an what is that compute going to be used for? if it is going to be a gaming computer get the E8400 instead of the Q6600

 

[ducis]

no thats great you dont need to change a thing samsungs a good brand and a Q6600 is better for future gaming which is the only reason someone would build a computer that good

 

[kissenger]

Yeah, the computer will be used for pretty much everything: uni work, internets, etc. But I especially want something that can handle gaming too.

 

[Tuffie]

You only need a wireless card if you plan on connecting to wireless networks.

So you should know if you need one.

Tuffie.

 

[daisymtc]

Decent build. Personally prefer Gigabyte, but up to you.
X-Fi audigy is not really good, by the way.

 

[kissenger]

Yeah daisy, but at that price, it might be worth it, even if for no other reason than to crank out a few extra fps from the graf card.

I already have a decent external soundcard anyways, for recording and stuff like that (Edirol FA-101).