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First time builder, need advice on what i might improve.

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I' ve been doing a lot of researching and this is what i have so far. I think it's a good start but any help would be very much appreciated. This is all from newegg.com too.

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM x2= $89.99 EACH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682...

Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail =$256.00
($216.00 after $40 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682...
or
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail =$123.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682...

Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail =$249.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681...

VideoCard: eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail =$399.00
($369.00 after $30 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681...
or
eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail =$589.99
($559.99 after $30 rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681...

Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003SWA Silver ATX Full Tower Computer Case w/ 25CM Fan - Retail =$199.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681...

SoundCard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 70SB073A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail =$89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1682...

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail =$509.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681...


Ok, so this is what i have so far. How does it look? What should i keep, or what should be added? What kind of fans do you think i need? Thanks for helping me out! :D 

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While the case has many large fans particularly the 25cm, I'd be concerned about dust. The more cfm, the more dust. Dust sticks to the heatsinks & contributes to heating. I don't know how many decades it takes before someone comes up with a case fitted with an electric dust filtering system. Extreme? Not really. There are cases with ACs already.

From the newegg 8800gtx specs, the card needs:

Minimum of a 450 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 28 Amps.)

I don't see a power supply on the list. I suggest getting a brand name one like OCZ. Or look at our signatures to see what brands of psu's are popular.

As for the hard disk, how about Seagate 7200.10 any size?
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