Just bought parts for gaming PC - Comments please

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v0lten

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Hey people. Just got my taxes back and looking to upgrade from my current setup. Please give me any advice, comments, or thoughts...

Current setup

CPU: Intel P4 3.0ghz w/ht
MOBO: PC Chips bottom of the line
GFX: Geforce 7800gs OC
PSU: Aspire 680w dual +12v
RAM: 1gig ddr2 400
SOUND: Sound Blaster Audigy

Game I play most - Battlefield 2142... I average between 15-50 fps. Depending on whats on screen.


New system on the way

CPU: $315 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @2.4ghz (Free Ghost Recon Advanced game) ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003
MOBO: $110 - ABIT AW8D Intel ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127235
GFX: $359 - eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 (Free Dark Messiah game) ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130071
PSU: $100 - Xion PowerReal 600W (+12v 22amp, +12v 22amp) ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817190007
RAM: $170 - Corsair XMS2 2GB DD42 800 Dual channel ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590
SOUND: $50 - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102006
CD: $32 - Samsung 18x DVD Burner ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151136
HD: $53 - Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM ||| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415

All prices are AFTER the MAIL-IN REBATE. My total cost was $1,350. The 2 things I have to get are Vista and a 20.1" Widescreen LCD. I currently have a 19" LCD. Just waiting for Newegg to have another deal on the one I want.
 
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that looks great! have fun!

BF2142 is aawesome. i just had my breakthrough day! after 22 hours, now i am really good, i just exploded!
 
You're building a system just like the one I have planned. I can't complain, as long as you OC that E6600. How did u find the EVGA 8800GTS to be 359, I thought it was 389. Only difference is, I might buy the PNY Tech 8800GTS, I think its basically the same casing and everything, except the PNY will look better when I go to show off my PC.
 
If you do indeed want to overclock get a Gigabyte GA965P-DS3/4; they have loads of options available and the DS4 has a cooling pipe on it to help things stay cool.:D
 
Well, this is the kind of newbie PC building mistake I didnt want to make....

Two, actually.

First off... I bought an SATA hard drive, and it didnt come with any cables to hook it up into a SATA slot. And SECOND! This FUC-KING motherboard doesnt support Dual Core Technology. I just got everything together and realized I didnt have this SATA cable so I started looking at all the stuff I bought and noticed this crap. Im so unbelievable pissed.... Now I have to take all this out, package it back up, fill out all the crap forms, and return it. Then wait for a new mobo. I think Im going to kill myself. I was dieing for this computer to get here and now I have to wait another week or so. Ugh. Rookie mistake. Wont happen again.
 
Aw thats too bad. Don't feel so bad about it though, we all make mistakes. Do you have a new mobo picked out already?
 
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