2nd Build need some advice

Jdm240sx

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AMD BUILD

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM 5.99

CPU- Amd x2 5000+ (buying it from a friend for 140 not changeable)

GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $76.99

XION Solaris XON-406 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $39.99

SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D/BEBE - OEM $29.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $69.99

XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply - Retail $37.99

POWERCOLOR X800GTO256MBDDR3 Radeon X800GTO PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM $69.99

D-Link DWL-G510 32-bit PCI High Speed Wireless Adapter - Retail $29.99

Some questions i had were should i get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231098 ddr2 800 MHZ
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134046
ddr2 667

as i looked up on the gigabyte website it says it takes any version of ram but is limited to only "Supports 1.8V DDR2 DIMMs" the question i had is what would be the best bang aka reliability/price/speed the gskill or the kingston and would the gskill work? the voltages ranges from 1.8 to 2.0

also please critique what i listed is it the bang for the buck?

is that wireless adapter reliable?

much feedback is appreciated

thanks for reading!
 

alcattle

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The motherboard has onboard graphics, and then you buy a video card. Find the same model MB without the 6100.
The G-Skill DDR2-800 is very good. You always want 800 speed ram on a AMD build. The voltage is the spec for DDR2. All RAM Vshould work, but some want extra volts to make their RAM faster.
I have not heard bad things about D-link, just avoid Linksys.
I know you are on a budget, you can look for a little better case/PSU combo. I think Antec has one that has a better PSU then the xclio.