First build

[woody83340]

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP

MoBo: MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i sli

VCard: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB

PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775

Ram: A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)

HD1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB

HD2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3400620AS 400GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Keyboard: Logitech Cordless Internet Pro

Monitor: Acer AL2223Wd Black-Silver 22" 5ms DVI

Software: Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

dvd burners x2: Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model AD-7170S-0B - OEM


Plz look over this and tell me if there is anything that I should change before i purchase. Also I am not sure if I have fast enough RAM. I am a gamer and will not overclock. Also I am not sure that the PSU will support the system. Thank you for your time.

 

[pous]

You mentioned changing your RAM. Most of the people I've talked to over the last few days (I'm working on building a system as well).. have recomended G.Skill RAM. It's got good timings, and is a good value from what I've been told. It's what I'm planning on using.

Everything else looks good to me, I noticed you got an SLI motherboard, and from what I gather the 8800 is better than two 7xxx SLI'd together... so yea, that sounds about right. Mad hard drive space, which is cool if you're into that kind of thing, just seems like you could save some money by going with one (the 400 gb 7200.10). But that's just my opinion.

Hope this helps!

EDIT:
One other thing to consider is that there are supposed to be price drops on the intel processors coming April 22... so it may behoove you to wait on that, and spend time in the meantime figuring out exactly what it is you want in the computer (hardware-wise).

 

[jeff_2087]

Looks good. SLi isn't really needed but it's a good board so why not. Though, you could save money on something like the MSI P965 Neo-F.

PSU is unnecessarily expensive, you don't need 700W. You could get a cheaper Corsair or FSP Group or something like that. But it's still a good PSU.

RAM is fast enough, faster than you need actually if you won't overclock. At stock speeds all you need is DDR2-533. I'd personally go with G.Skill over A-Data, but I think A-Data is ok.

Price drops coming on the CPUs April 22 if you want to wait that long.

Why two DVD burners?

 

[woody83340]

Thanks for the input. I wanted two dvd burners but they are also cdr burners as well. I burn a lot of music and videos so making a back up is easier if I have two drives. I am glad to hear that my RAM is good I will look at the G. Skill pricing over the A-Data. I was also told before that a 550w PSU was not enought to power my mobo and 8800 GTS at the same time so i just went real big.

 

[skyguy]

Agreed and agreed.


Those NEC burners are fast but they are LOUD. And slow startup times. If you want peak performance then fine, but if you don't want jet engines in your case, consider the Samsung SH-S182....much quieter and still good performance overall.