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hey everyone. my laptop is getting old and rather annoying so i'm looking to move to a desktop system, mostly because i miss all the gaming i cant do on a laptop. i dont have any old parts so i have to build it from scratch and this would be the first time ive built a full computer. here's what i have so far:

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

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

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

SAPPHIRE 100166L Radeon X1650XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC ATX 430W Power Supply - Retail

CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model VS2GBKIT533D2 - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" 4 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail


Pioneer 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read Black ATAPI Model DVR-111D - OEM

Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

any thoughts/opinions/suggestions? good build? bad build? i also know vista isnt up to par with gaming but i dont want to have to buy another OS when everyone moves to vista anyway.

thanks.

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450-Watt power supply or greater, 30 Amps, 12 volt rail is recommended (assumes fully loaded system)


http://www.pc-infinity.com/mm5/mer [...] ore_Code=P

The TT 430w isn't good enough. Pick one of these:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/har [...] 65#1491365

Better cases with 120mm fans:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] x=0&Go.y=0

You'll love the HDCP LCD. I'm looking at it. :)

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