Please Help, Need Advice on Building a Comp.

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Gilbertw1

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I've put together a list of components that I found that I would like to build a computer from. The problem is I do not know very much about computer hardware and do not know whether this combination will work well together or at all for that fact. Please if you have any advice or suggestions, let me know. Below is a list of the hardware I have currently selected to build from, I would like to keep this build at about the same price it's at now. Thanks for your help!

-Bryan

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail -- $317

Video Card
EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card - Retail -- $409

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -- 76.99 (2)

Memory
Patriot eXtreme Performance 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $254
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OCZ Gold 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G8004GK - Retail $235

Motherboard
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail -- $229.99

Case
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail -- $139.99

Power Supply
Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB - Retail -- $129.99

Optical Drive
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-R DL 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE Burner with LightScribe Technology - Retail -- $36.99

Monitor
Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail -- 199.99
 
I know that someone will mention this to you so it may as well be me: There is a big price coming for intel processors end of july (22nd i think). This might save you some money, or get you the q6600 for like $20 more. Also, Are you planning to use vista 64 bit? Otherwise windows xp does not recognize 4 gigs of ram so 2 gigs should be fine. Are you planning to upgrade in the future? FYI DDR3 comes out later this month i believe. So a motherboard that supports both DDR2 and DDR3 might be in ur best interest for the future.
 
Thanks for the input, I am planning on running both XP Professional and Vista Business off of separate hard drives since I have access to both through the MSDN Academic Alliance. Also I am currently saving for this and will be buying pieces at a time, so I'll hold off on buying the CPU until last. What motherboard would you recommend, I know that DDR3 is coming, but I do not currently know which boards support it. Again, thanks for your help
 
I wouldnt get that processor, you can buy the E6600 now for $100 less, or wait until July and get the Q6600 for around $230.
 
First welcome to the forum and yes there is a major price shift on July 22. I would wait like the rest of us. There may be other things happening,wink,wink:D
 
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