First build, does anything need changed?

[MindFlare327]

Any suggestions? This is going to be a gaming rig primarily. Some video and music editing.

Case: Antec Performance One P180B Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $124.99

Motherboard: ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX - Retail $178.99

Video Card: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR e-GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 Video Card Retail $289.99

Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W 100-240V - Retail $139.99

Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz, 1066FSB, LGA775, 4MB Cache Retail $311.00

Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB DDR2-800 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail $169.90

Sound Card: Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Retail $182.99

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB SATA II 7200RPM w/16MB Buffer $69.90

Monitor: Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD 300cd/m2 700:1 Retail $179.99

CD-RW: SONY Black DVD/CD-RW - OEM $29.99

DVD-ROM SONY DDU1615/B2s Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM - OEM $18.99

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Single-Pack DVD OEM $119.99
Total $1,816.71

 

[Travisty2012]

Personally I would ditch the sound card as you already have 8.1 sound on that board and use the extra money to get a 22" Wide screen LCD.

You could also save a few bucks if you went for the E4300 and did some moderate over clocking...

Both of those are really personal choices though and that looks like a good system.

EDIT:
Don't know if you are planning on using New Egg to get it all, but I would get the LCD locally. New Egg wont replace a LCD for dead pixels until there is 8. I would rather pay extra locally and either test it before buying or be able to exchange it so I can have a perfect screen...

 

[MindFlare327]

Ok, I'll keep that in mind when I'm ready to get the components.

Any other suggestions for changes? Anybody?

 

[merc14]

I you are getting the 8800GTS 320MB card then you may want to keep the SLI option open for future upgrades. I suggest you get the P5N32-E SLI Plus mobo. It is just a few dollars more, is a great overclocker and has enough bells and whistles to keep you happy. This way if you find that DX10 is dragging your vid card down you can pop another in there and get back ahead of the curve.

Lot's of flames here about SLI but it is a great option. You can pick up a second card just before they go away at a very reduced price and have a graphics system, at a decent price for 2-3 years before doing a total upgrade. It worked for me. 6800GT and when it stare=ted getting bogged down I bought a used one cheap and ramn SLI. Worked great for 2.5 years. Skipped the whole 7 series and just pickd up a used 8800GTS for $360, sold one of the 6800GTs for $90 and put the second in my wife's rig. In a year I'll probably get another used 8800GTS and plug it in and then won't upgrade graphics again for 2 years

 

[jeff_2087]

Looks pretty good. The RAM seems kinda expensive for what you get, there's probably cheaper DDR2-800 with the same timings. Not a big deal though.

I you are getting the 8800GTS 320MB card then you may want to keep the SLI option open for future upgrades.

The SLi option would be pretty poor with a 8800GTS 320. If you want to have SLi as a future option you should get the 640mb version. Two 320s in SLi would have more processing power than a GTX with less than half the memory to work with, so performance would be limited by the relatively meager memory.

 

[phyodabomb]

I believe you can get a Corsair DDR2 800 for about $130 or something. I forgot where I saw it recently.

Unless you're a major soundfreak with uber hifi hear-every-pin-drop-in-the-background type of speakers, I don't know if the sound card is that necessary (or at least that an expensive a sound card anyway)

I'm not sure of the LCD you picked and how good it is. I recently got a 19in widescreen Samsung (4ms) from Newegg for $160 after MIR. So... that may be a better choice.

The case is also a personal choice thing I guess but I'm not sure if I'll be willingly throwing down major bucks on a case but keep in mind I'M A BUDGET BUILDER <wink> <wink>

Apart from that, all looks great and you just need to type in your CC number.

 

[MindFlare327]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I appreciate it.

 

[merc14]

Looks pretty good. The RAM seems kinda expensive for what you get, there's probably cheaper DDR2-800 with the same timings. Not a big deal though.

I you are getting the 8800GTS 320MB card then you may want to keep the SLI option open for future upgrades.

The SLi option would be pretty poor with a 8800GTS 320. If you want to have SLi as a future option you should get the 640mb version. Two 320s in SLi would have more processing power than a GTX with less than half the memory to work with, so performance would be limited by the relatively meager memory.

I know but it is better than nothing.

 

[nhobo]

a case *without* a door
XP Pro
skip the X-Fi, use the onboard audio
get a better monitor

 

[wilcoxon]

If you want a sound card to save the little bit of CPU on-board sound uses, I'd suggest going with the SB X-Fi XtremeGamer (about $100 cheaper than the Fatal1ty and about all you lose is the front interface panel).

I would go with Vista or, if you have the money and are worried about compatability, dual boot XP and Vista.