Gaming Comp. under $800

Everything on the list looks good and should suit you well. For memory just go with 2GB of pc2 6400. As for the PSU a 600W should be enough, but don't skimp on quality.

The DS3 may not offically support speeds over ddr2 800, but it will certainly achieve them. Are you familiar with overclocking?

Thank you for you fast responses.

I am not familiar with changing voltages/timing? on RAM.

I just downloaded the manual to the board to better acquaint myself with it.

Thanks again for your input.

The ram you're getting is 800mhz. It'll be detected by mobo just right. They're saying IF you get faster ram like 1000mhz, you could change the ram settings in bios. My friend had been running his 800mhz at 667 until I took a look at his bios. He's getting the most out of it. You should.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E1682...

Is the ram I'd get instead. Cheaper & overclocks better.

For gaming, the X1950XT is a much better video card than the X1950Pro. It's 180 after MIR at Newegg. With memory being so cheap, you might be able to splurge on the 8800GTS 320MB version. If you can fit it into your budget then that is what I would do. For gaming, you want the best video card you can afford, the CPU is secondary especially with the overclocking capability of the C2D.

Since you mentioned overclocking, get the E4400. It only has 2MB of cache but this is really insignificant compared to the fact that you get a multiplier of 10 with this bad-boy. Easier overclocking than the E6420.

Good RAM & motherboard. That mobo is sweet for overclocking as I have one and took my E6400 to 3.2GHz. But the multiplier on it is only 8. At only a FSB of 333MHz, the E4400 will achieve 3.33GHz.

Get an aftermarket heatsink. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is inexpensinve (~28 at Ebay) and is very good. You can get some to achieve better thermals but the cost is going to be that much higher.

As far as PSU is concerned. If you need a case, go over to eWiz and get the Antec Sonata III. It has a 500W PSU that will suit your needs just fine.

If you don't need a case, the Antec TruPower 650W has a 40 or 50 dollar MIR over at Newegg but only for today. For the price, it can't be beat.

For hard drive, get the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perpencidular Drive 320GB SATA II.

That should do it.

Thanks for the heads up Purdueguy, I looked at the Specs on that X1950XTX and it seems spending a little more for increased Pixel Shader
Processors and Speed will pay off in the long run.

I am on a budget otherwise i would splurge on a better video card, though i don't plan and playing any games at Max Resolution.

Good to hear that MoBo is good for OC'ing though i doubt i'll ever need to with the kind of games i play.

Thanks again for your time and input, i'll probably order this next week.