please help me out buying the right parts for cheap

TeraNova

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What do you guys think of this specs for my future PC?

I haven't start buying the parts yet but many told me it's way overpriced and not that powerful so please help me out choosing the right parts and without breaking bank accounts! :wahoo:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard $80
2x1gb Kingston dual channel DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA
EVGA 512-P3-N865-AR GeForce 9600GT KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0
gigabyte ATX Full Tower Computer Case
entac 500 Watt Power supply

I'm gonna use it for 3D design, extensive graphic design (opening 3 adobe programs at the same time), video editing, video gaming and other regualr tasks (net browsing, studing)

My budget is around $1200 or a bit more?

I will install Vista Ultimate on it or Windows XP pro I don't know yet

so please help?
 

amd_fanboi

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it is overpriced and not that powerful for what you could be getting. i would change the card to a 8800GTS, and the processor to a q6600.

mobo to P35-DS3L, and get a tier 2 PSU; one corsair.

that all should be within budget. Are you going to need an OS, monitor, etc?

 

TeraNova

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I have both OS and a monitor (LG LX40 "17) the monitor is old so I might change it as well

here's the modified list:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Socket 775 (2.66GHz) FSB1333 6MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800GT