Assistance appreciated!

[CaptainGhoron]

Hello fellow members!


This build is purely for gaming, I'm not giving so much interest in media, so there's no need for a good dvd/cd burner. I'm planning on spending about $1750 on my new gaming rig, and some advice would be really appreciated, because I'm not that confident in building computers.

This is my second build. I got a clue about what's good and what's not but i still need some expert advice before I order. I'm planning to use my old hard drives (550gb) with this build so I'm excluding it in this post, I'm also excluding keyboard, mouse, and headset. Please beware that i can push the "money limit" a bit more if you can convince me why it's worth it paying more.

Here is what i was thinking about to order.. Please share your experiences with with the compatibility, what works together and what does not, which parts fits and vise versa...


Silverstone PowerSupply (PSU) 650W Zeus ST65ZF -
199$
Antec Chassi P180B Performance One - Black (no psu) -
174$



XFX GeForce 8800GTS 500M 320MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP,500/1600Mhz
396$

OCZ SOE Urban DDR2 PC6400 2048MB KIT, w/two 1024MB PC6400, CL4-4-3-15
290$

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz Socket LGA775, 2MB, BOXED m/fläkt
226$ (I'm planning to overclock this one)



Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, P965, Socket-775, ATX, SATAII, GbLAN, DDR2, 1xPCI-Ex16
169$

Samsung SpinPoint P120 250GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM
88$



Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (Bulk) -
106$

Logitech X-530 Högtalare -
91$

A total of: 1700$

Thank in advance! This is my first post, and I hope this one wont be the last So please be friendly with me

 

[akhilles]

Welcome to the forum.

SoundBlaster X-Fi is a worthy buy.

Everything looks good. You sure you don't want Seagate 7200.10?

 

[pmr]

System looks good, but if you search a little more you can save $60 CAN in the gfx card

 

[katanadude]

You don't mention where you are getting these parts. I didn't check everything but here is the PSU alot cheaper than $199

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163108

 

[cattbert]

Yeah, you should indicate where you are looking and whether you are open to buying from a few different places or want to stick with everything from one source. If the former, the case you want is much cheaper at Provantage ($105 ... I have used Provantage several times and received good service):

http://www.provantage.com/antec-p180b~7ANTG045.htm

I have the same case and like it very much. As you will probably already seen from other posters, cable management is a bit of a chore and it is not as spacious as it would appear from the outside. You will get everything in, but I would have preferred another inch or two of depth.

 

[CaptainGhoron]

Wow! I totally forgot that! I'm unfortunately from Sweden, and we have really high taxes over here. Thats really a problem, because that becomes really hard for you to build a computer for me. Well, other than that you seemed to not have any complaints.

I really appreciate that you guys responded in such nice and mannered way!

 

[pmr]

lol, I thought it was in CAN dollars