new Core 2 Duo setup

[sweetpants]

Howdy, I'm relatively new to Intel... so I was looking for any real critiques on my system that I'm upgrading to...

So far this is what I'm aiming for.
Intel Core 2 Duo 6300
2 GB memory (what speed and brand I'm not sure, could use help on that)
the following is already purchased:
ATI Radeon X1900XTX
300 GB Seagate
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3
Rosewill 600 watt PSU

I'm buying these parts as I have the money so I can't buy the processor and memory immidiately. Any suggestions? Comments? Feel free and thanks in advance!

 

[redraider_gamer]

You seem price constrained, so we will keep that in mind. Somthing we should know:

What do you do with the computer?
Game? Which ones?
CAD?
Office?
Video Edit?
Etc.

Great Proc. Decent MB. Great Vid Card. A really good start.

Corsair PC5400 should work great. The Pro low latency could help, but you can buy the value and this rig will still fly.

Do you have a case in mind? The Gigabyte 3D Aurora Gamer is a relly good buy at the price point. Great airflow. Good mountings. Good looks.

For DVDRW - Get the NEC OEM DVD Burners. Never had one fail and they are cheap!

HD: The 300GB Seagate is good for a storage unti, but when you can afford it get one of the 10k Raptors. They do make a difference.

Sound Card: You will suck resources using this MB's onboard sound. Get the SB Audigy 2 ZS. Great price piont for the features.


My Rig:
Core 2 Duo X6800 Conroe (Stock Clock for Now)
Intel D975XBXLRK
Thermaltake Big Typhoon HSF
2 GB Corsair Pro PC6400 4-4-4-15
74GB 10k Raptor
ATI X1900XTX
SB Audigy 2 ZS
NEC DVD OEM Burners (x2)
Ultra X-Finity 600w SLi Certified PS
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Case

 

[The_Prophecy]

RAM: OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2-800

I completely oppose the X1900XTX choice though. You could have saved yourself a lot of money by dropping to an X1900XT (if DX10 doesn't interest you), or a Geforce 7600GT (if DX10 does interest you). Had you gone that route, you could have also dropped the power supply down to a 500W.

 

[sweetpants]

Well I got a hell of a deal on it. 239 bucks for the ATI X1900XTX. So I definately didn't throw any money down the drain, if you think you can find a better deal, by all means point me in the right direction.

I plan to game with this rig, the case I already have, and optical drive. My understanding was that I will actually eat up system resources accessing a sound card, could be wrong. Haven't had a sound card since...96-97.

my case

EDIT:

to answer the question as to what games I am going to play...

BF2142, WoW, (along with any other MMO's that catch my eye), any good looking FPS. I play BF2 on my current setup and am not pleased with it, because I want to play on 1280x1024+ without a hiccup.


EDIT AGAIN:

I noticed that the memory I ordered requires 2.0v, as I understand I need to put in any kind of memory that requires 1.8 and switch the voltage to the memory to 2.0 save, then swap out memory.

 

[sweetpants]

going to go ahead and bump this

 

[The_Prophecy]

You shouldn't need to swap ram. Most sticks can handle running at 0.2V below their rated optimal voltage. 0.3 or higher would be a problem though.

 

[shaba230]

Well I got a hell of a deal on it. 239 bucks for the ATI X1900XTX.

please enlighten me on this

 

[sweetpants]

Well I got a hell of a deal on it. 239 bucks for the ATI X1900XTX.

please enlighten me on this

Well I got a deal through the company I work for. I get up to 50% off on certain ATI products, one of them listed was the ATI Radeon X1900XTX