Newbie: New system help

[wyldstyle]

Gaming System 2007.5

I am in the process of upgrading my current rig for this one. I have not decided on Memory and PSU and will need some good advice. As you can see I don't upgrade as often as I would like, but will this rig be somewhat future proof in terms of current and upcoming FPS and RTS titles?

New Rig Spec: (tax + shipping)

Case: Lian Li PC-7Bplus (R) $79.99 ($101.78)
Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS (R) $159.99 ($171.79)
DVD #1: Plextor PX755SA (R) $89.00 ($96.18)
DVD #2:Samsung SATA SH-S183L/BSBN (R) $79.99 ($84.36)
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural 4000 (R) $24.00 ($24.00)
Speakers: Klipsch 4.1

Need the following:

PSU: (Any Advice)
Hard Disc: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB $84.99
Proc: Intel C2D E6600 $313.00
MB: EVGA nForce 680i 122-CK-NF68-A1 $249.99
Memory: (Any Advice)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB $304.99
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2b $139.00
Mouse: (Any Advice)

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=4594292

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To purchase later

Monitor: Dell 24" LCD $650.00
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Current Rig
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Current System Spec:
Processor: Intel Pentium 3 - 1Ghz
Motherboard: ASUS CUSL2
Memory: 512 PC133 7ns (Mushkin/Crucial)
Hard Drive: 80GB WD Special Editon 8mb Dirve 7200RPM
Hard Drive #2: 120 GB WD Special Edition
Video: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX4000
Sound: SoundBlaster Live Platinum w/Live Drive
PSU: PC Power Cooling Turbo-Cool 300
HSF: Thermaltake Golden Orb
SCSI: Adaptec (AHA) 2940uw
CDrom: Plextor UltraPLEX 32 (scsi)
CDR: Plextor PLEXWriter 4/32(scsi)
DVD: Pioneer 106s (Slot load)
Removable storage: Syquest Syjet 1.5GB
NIC: 3com Etherlink 10/100 (3c905c)
Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Natural
Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse 3.0 USB
Monitor: Viewsonic P815 21'
Speakers: Klipsch 4.1
Case: Full ATX Tower

 

[alcattle]

Going to be a nice rig. My picks:
PSU will handle dual 8800s if you go that way
FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX600-GLN-E ATX12V/EPS12V 600W Quad
RAM DDR2-800 2x1gb, lowst price on "Name" brands.
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2

 

[akhilles]

C2D price drops come 22 april. You can get a 6300 for $183 if you can't wait, then upgrade to 6750 for $183 come Q3. Total $366 - about the same price of the current 6600, minus the sale price of the 6300 (you need one cpu). There'll be a $20 discount for 6300. The rest have much bigger discounts.

Are you gonna overclock it?

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5086

If yes, get this ram (Micron D9 chips best for o/c'ing) & o/c it to hell:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231065

If no, get any 667mhz brand name ram. alcattle's suggestion is great.

For PSU, take your pick:

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html

Mouse, there's a free one in the basement. Lightning fast. Very ergonimic. Makes a sound when you squeeze it. You want to catch it? lol. My cat won't kill it cuz she'll have nothing to play with if she does.

Jokes aside, Logitech or Microsoft seems to be popular. Since you game, maybe a lazer mouse or a wired one.