Thinking of this for build...

[dude_here]

My first build in years and about to hit the "buy" button. I Also need a decent vid card for this and need suggestions! Would like to stay under 120$ for the vid, as I can get better card maybe this summer/fall.

NZXT Appolo case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811146025

FSP Blue Storm II 500w psu (40a on +12v rail)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817104034

WD Caviar SATA hdd 250GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144417

Patriot 240pin DDR2 800mhz PC 6400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220088

Gigabyte ga-965p-ds3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

Intel C2D e6300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115005

MS XP Media Center
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116171

Zalman CNPS9500 led 92mm cpu fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118223

Lite-on DVD/RW w- lightscribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106045

Notes: getting two sticks of that RAM, will get sound card and north and south bridge heatsinks and fans later.


ok FLAME ON!!!

 

[purdueguy]

Could you please add the names of the items next to the links? This is out of courtesy for the rest of us so we don't have to click on all of the links.

Usually responders will add links for the convenience of the OP so they don't go wasting time searching. For the rest of us, it takes a long time.

Thanks.

To answer your question, the X1950GT is $130 after MIR, here. It's very close to your budget and is a good card.

HDD: I just got the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perpendicular drive, here. 320GB for 90 bucks and it's SATA II 3.0 Gb/s. It's nice.
Memory Patriot 2x1GB DDR2 800 CAS latency 4, here. Its 20 bucks more than the one you plan on getting but the latency is 4 instead of 5. Worth it.
Mobo: Bought the same one. Nice mobo. Just doesn't have firewire support if you need it.
Heatsink: I would of recommended the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro but it's currently out-of-stock at most places or they want an arm & leg for it.

Everything else looks good.

 

[goldragon_70]

It's a good build, with the RAM though I wouldn't suggest over clocking too much. I have had a liteon drive go bad after 6 months but otherwise no other foreseeable problems.

 

[dude_here]

Oh sorry about that.

Ok I fixed it up there.

Is that RAM you listed that much better? Or a better brand out there? Not planning on OCing just yet. Gonna just let everything burn in for awhile. I could buy better parts for this thing later on and hand them down to my kid...perfect excuse to buy more parts and wifey won't scream that I am spending too much now.

 

[purdueguy]

Even though you said you are not going to currently overclock but it sounds like eventually you will, the memory I suggested for 20 bucks more is better and will overclock more since it has heatsinks on the RAM.

For 20 bucks, to me, it'd be well worth it.