[General Homebuild] please take a look at my build

[boomer7]

Finally, i am looking forward to building my first pc, i am in budget and willing to spend it $600-700. the main purpose of this is to surf the net, using adobe photshop illustra, play little games and enconding i guess. Here are the thing i picked out please give me some opinnion on it. thanks. i have a few question about building the pc.
1. i want to put my old harddrive which is ATA . am i able to do that?
2. do i need a after market cpu cooler ? not planing to overclock


Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068
is this a decent one?

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029
I Belive E8400 is on it's way, i see people are recommending it. whats good about it?

Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140

GRaphic card - Right now , i would like to buy something cheap and decent. when the price drop, i ll buy a
good one.

Power supply - People's recommended the Corsair

Forgot to mention Already have dvdr.w, monitor or keyboard mouse and speakers.

 

[rockyjohn]

I recommend going with the Antec Sonata Case ($120)
This includes an excellent Earthwatts 500W PSU so it might also be cheaper than getting the case you selected and a Corsair PSU. It also has an eSATA port of the front and is quiet. You can often find it on sale for about $80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024

The mobo you selected is good. Note that you will be limited to 4 SATA connectors (which might be more than enough for your requirements). It also has one IDE connector which would allow you to use two devices. So, for instance, you could use your old HD and DVDRW if it is IDE (same as ATA) too.

The processor is a good choice - and very fast - probably much more than you need. Or you could wait for the coming release as you mentioned. Or you could step down and save a little here.

The memory looks good.

The HD looks good.

For a video card - I suggest looking at the THG list and figure where your budget/performance preferences put you.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/03/the_best_gaming_graphics/

One cheap but decent option (although not for even mainstream gaming - not sure what your "little games" are - you might want to list them as this is probably the part most affected by personal preferences and budget) of the list would be the 8600 GT - if you go with this one go for one with 512MB of GDDR3 memory such as this MSI one for $99 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127319

That puts you right at $650 before tax and shipping if you stick with the E6750 CPU. And will actually give you a very strong mainstream system for general use and with just a video card upgrade a good gaming sysem.

If you needed to trim on this, I would cut back on the processor rather than the other components. If you could spend a little more, get a better gaming card. For about $100 more you can get a card that might meet your needs for several years without upgrading. Just need to understand a little more about your gaming requirements.

 

[backslider65]

I have built a system with a Cooler Master case & it's a really good case. Strong, big enough to work in & looks nice.

 

[boomer7]

Thanks for input guys, would you know how much will E8400 will cost ? one thing u mentioned that if i do wana cut back on something, it would be rather processor. but later on i would have to change it and this will be a waste of money. worried abut that fact.
sorry about not being specific about playing game. i would like to play call of duty 4 , companys of heroes and need for speed. i haven't played game in pc for awhile. so, for graphic card, geforce 8600 gt is decent one. by the way MSI is a good brand to go with ? cz i haven't seen so much review of this. Evga or xfx are good one from what i know.

 

[zenmaster]

The 8400 will cost about $200.
It will likely be a little out of your price range, but I'm not sure.

I think the E4500 and the E2160 are great buy that cost quite a bit less. However, if you can squeeze it into your budget it will be a nice chip.

 

[boomer7]

your right, but 8400 means less power consumin but how much difference from 6750 if its like very little, then i would just go with 6750