Started collecting parts, Going in the Right direction?

[TekRice]

I"ve started buying parts for my new comp and catching some of the great deals out there. I would like to know if I'm currently going in the right direction?

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400 - Retail

ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

HIS Hightech H195XTQT256DVN-R Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 IceQ3 Turbo HDCP VIVO Video Card - Retail

OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - Retail

Total - $1027.95

Items that I already got
Wizard Midtower ATX - Free w/rebate


I will probably not be overclocking that much, if any, it will be very slight.

Thank you for looking

UPDATE ** LIST EDITED 2/1/07 @ 7:17PM EST

Updated the list, with suggestions. This came out to be more expensive than what I had originally planned. Someone help me cut the price? If possible....

 

[apt403]

You cant use DDR ram with a C2D, DDR2 is the only option. For the mobo i would get either a P5B Deluxe, Gigabyte DS3, or an Abit AB9 Pro. A great gfx card that wont make your credit card sob tears of blood is the 1950xt, there about $250 and are about on par with the 1900xtx performance wise.

 

[TekRice]

i'm so glad i came in here first! lol

What would you recommend for ram that's a good value right now and has relatively good performance?

when you said 1950xt you refering to this one?

SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - Retail

 

[apt403]

There was actually just a price drop, and most ram is considerably cheaper then it was like a week ago. I would get this ram, same stuff ive got and its about $30 cheaper then when i bought it (like a month ago). If you really want to go cheap this is pretty much the cheapest 2gb PC-6400 set you can get.


Yeah, thats the video card im talking about, but i would get the HIS version, my original 1950xt (the Sapphire version) had a crap fan, so i RMA'ed it and got the HIS version. Works fine so far.

 

[TekRice]

I just updated the list with the Motherboard and vid card... came out to be much more expensive than what I had originally planned.... someone help me out?

 

[apt403]

You could save about $50 is you dropped the cpu down to an E4300, you said you might oc a little bit, and getting an E4300 to E6400 speeds is childs play, seriously. For a mild oc like that you would only have to raise the FSB, no insane memory tweaking, no volt modding, no screwing around with the vcore, just crank the FSB and monitor the temps.

 

[TekRice]

BUMP!