My PC build

[Shark5389]

hello all, I want a good gaming computer and spend a max of $1500. Any help/suggestions would be nice.

Case: XION Hydraulic XON-566TB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811208019

Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131142

Video Card: Nvidia 8800GTS (This I'm skeptical on whether I should spend less on it and just go with a 7900)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130082

PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817341001

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003

RAM: OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227124

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160215A 160GB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148212

Monitor: Hanns·G HX-191DPB Black 19" 5ms
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824254013

Drive: NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152076

Price: $1430.92

Thanks for your time.

 

[cutthroat]

The HDD you picked is an ATA100 drive, you should be using SATA. Here is a link to a 160GB Seagate Baracuda for $1 more.

If you plan on playing DX10 games when they arrive you should stick with the 8800, 7900 is not a DX10 card.

 

[CmdPT]

Thats system looks great. You can keep the 8800 GTS if you want, but the 7900 is cheaper and its a pretty good card to wait until other DX10 card or games come out.

Another thing will you be over clocking this system? If so then the E6600 will get to 3.0 ghz no problem.

The HD is 160 GB enough for you? Is there other thing you are going to do beside gaming if not I might suggest getting a bigger HD.

 

[Shark5389]

Thanks cutthroat for correction on the Hard Drive. I think the Hard drive will be fine, because right now I use a 40gb hard drive I just have like 4 games and few graphic design programs.