About 3 years ago I read these forums daily and bought alot of the "perfect" parts (heh). I got them all home and I got hung up on the wiring. The wiring just blew me away and I ended up buying one of those cheap Dell 400 SCs and just adding a good graphics card and some memory.

I really don't want to go that route again. I have decided to try to build my own again, and I pray that I can get past the wiring step. I have 3 components already, and I need your suggestions on what to buy to compliment them. My primary purpose is gaming. I am in the Lord of the Rings Beta and I am outfitting a system to maximize my gameplay for that game.

Components I have:

Evga GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express
Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) 240 Pin DDR2 800
Western Digital Raptor 10000 RPM Secondary Drive

Major Components I don't have:

Processor - I want to go with a Pentium Dual core processor but I am not an overclocker. If it was extremely obvious how to do it I guess I could try, but it's not likely. I need a decent processor that I am not forced to overclock to have good gaming performance.

Motherboard - I was thinking about going with a Evga 680i SLi but the reality is I will never SLI it. I don't have the money and by the time I do I would be ready to upgrade again. I need a next tier down motherboard that does not SLI or crossfire but gives me a great motherboard that might make it easy to overclock my processer. I also need one that is relatively easy at wiring if at all possible.

Power Supply - I am not sure how much power I need for the components I have (might have). For some reason I find myself thinking 500w but I really don't know.

Case - I am not into flashy cases. Just a nice black or silver ATX case with tons of cooling fans would be perfect for me. I don't need lights or water cooling or anything like that.

I can probably spend another $1,000 on the components I don't have. Any advice would be graciously accepted. Thank you.

The Antec P180 is an excellent, moderately priced case. Not flashy, quiet, good cooling, quality. Very popular.

The Intel E6600 processor is a solid choice.

I won't recommend a motherboard, I'll leave that to someone else. And I'd stay away from any Antec power supply.

Try not to be so intimidated by the wiring. Just read all of the directions and go slow. If you get stuck, I'm sure someone here would be happy answer any questions.

Good luck!

Hey there I have just finished buliding ym new pc you have the Same Grahpics Card as me and Almost the same Ram, I sugest u get a Intel core Duo 6600 great solid CPU.

As for a case I brought a Antect Nine Hunder its Black has great cooling but its a bit flashy if u think its to flasy try the : Antec P180 or Coolmaster cases.

As for the Power Supply get a 650+ Watts Should do.

MotherBoard never realy researched Evga but i know Asus make solid motherboards.

I just built my first rig 2 days ago using e6300 chip, Antec P180b case, Seasonic 500W PSU, Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard (see sig for rest). Everything went smooth and i'm satisfied with everything. Not a single problem except those dealing with my lack of knowledge regarding software and a few heatsink questions that were answered by some people on this website. I'd recommend the same components over again w/o hesitation.

Motherboard - the DS3 is a solid MB w/o SLI and overclocks well.

Case- The antec p180b is a great case---quiet, comes with 3 120mm fans with room for more, solid construction, looks sleek.