Final build, any last suggestions?

You need to change out your memory for some DDR2 800. That 1066 will give you stability problems in that P35 motherboard.

It says it does, but trust me and do a little searching. It doesn't play well without heavy tweaking and loads of frustration. DDR2 800 will save your sanity.

If you don't need the extra 110Gb of HD, I'd suggest the newer 640Gb WD model

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I don't personally own it, yet, but there are some pretty good reviews for it.

This is what I think I have decided on. Anyone have any suggestions before I make it final?


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100 Dollars in MIRs, free Company of Heroes, and pretty cheap shipping for it all I think. I will be upgrading to 64bit Vista Home Premium as well. The Antec 900 and the PSU were a combo deal through Newegg, which saved me an extra 20 bucks, and the HDD fan was essentially free, doubt I'll use it though. Any other advice?

The Antec EA650 PSU has a single 6+2pin PCI-e connector and costs $100
Corsair 650TX has two 6+2pin PCI-e connectors and is $110 plus $20 rebate.
The 2nd 6+2pin connector gives you a future upgrade option for a video card that take 2 PCI-e connectors (9800GTX 1x6pin and 1x8pin for example)

The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro comes with its own very good MX-2 thermal compound pre-applied to the heat sink so you can leave the AS5 off your buy list.

Maybe consider the CoolerMaster Centurion 590 case $65 in place of the Antec 900.
With the $15 case savings and the $6 AS5 savings upgrade the video card ECS 8800GTS (G92) $219 plus $50 rebate
Or the MSI 8800GTS (G92) OC $229 plus $30 rebate