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Hey there, looks like a great build. I would go with the Corsair 620W for power, its a great psu and you don't really need 750W of power. The corsair is reliable and very silent.
For the motherboard, since you aren't doing SLI, I would recommend a good p35 chipset board, like the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R. It's an excellent board and will save you some money, without sacrificing quality.
Can you give a clue as to what the system will be doing? Since onboard sound is great these days, I usually suggest checking it out and seeing if you like it for not. If you don't, you can always upgrade to the sound card later on.
Other then that, everything looks really good 
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If you have questions or anything, message me on aim or yahoo, Maximus9102. I'm always willing to help out .
What he said, he's already taken care of the important stuff.
Also, you could skip the DVD-ROM and the floppy.
I'd replace the Blue Orb with a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, Tuniq Tower or Scythe Ninja.
Your monitor works at 1280x1024. You could get the 8800 GTS 320 MB, it would be just as good at that resolution and seriously cheaper. If you plan to get a bigger monitor in the future consider the 8800 GTX.
Edit: oops, forgot something. The CPU you picked is the E6850, right? It's usually better to get a Q6600 for that price. What kind of things will you do on this computer?
Message edited by aevm on 08-14-2007 at 05:06:44 AM
OK, I'd get the Q6600.
Vista is pretty much OK already, from what I hear (except maybe if you have two video cards). There will be a service pack soon too. If you want it get the OEM. The retail is useful if you change the computer a lot, like a new motherboard each month for example.
That being said, I must admit I just got myself XP Media Center last month with my new PC. It was cheaper and I'm too lazy these days to learn a new O/S. Maybe next year
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