Help! on my 1st build

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ohh srry

HDD: WD Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS : $94.99

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Monitor : BenQ G2400WD : $399.99

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arctinc cooling mx-2 compound : $6.99

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Ram : CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) ddr2 800 : $109.99 ($79.00 mir)

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MB : EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i : $249.99 ($229.99 mir)

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OS & Cpu combo : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Windows Vista Ultimate SP 1 64 bit : $429.98

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Total : $1,290.94 excluding tax and shipping

also looking for a aftermarket cpu fan... any thoughts? on some of the best?

thanks

$1119.99 AR wow thats alot. LoL.

Comments:

- 8800GTS is bad plan at the moment. There are plenty of new, faster offerings around from ATi and NVidia. You can buy a 9800GTX for $200, or 4850's for the same money. Alternatively wait for the 4870 due this coming week.

- Motherboard try Intel X48 boards if you want to X-fire (2x ATi). NVidia chipset for SLI. Gigabyte make good boards. (~$200 for X48)

- A q9550 looks over the top (and overpriced). Go with something like q6600 (~$200) or q9300 if you want quad or E8400 for dual. NB: purely gaming higher clocked dual is the way to go. You could overclock to get faster clock speed. Try an Xigmatek cooler for overclocking otherwise stock will be fine.

- Try Seagate 7200.11 for HDD. (~$85 for 500Gb). RAID probably isn't worth the effort to be honest.

- Try a brand name for RAM (OCZ, mushkin, corsair), go for 4Gb of PC6400 (800MHz). There are a couple of 4GB Reaper kits going for about $100.

- Not a great fan of rosewill PSUs, they don't rank well in the hierarchy charts. If you could swap it I would and go for a TX750 from Corsair. 900W is overkill on just mammoth proportions. (750W is probably pushing overkill!)

That brings you out around $1000. Slightly more if you opted for 4870's.

I agree with jpdykes - right now is a good time for a system builder.

I have the 8800GTS and love it, but I've had it awhile.

There are tons of offerings in the GPU market. If you are going to go w/ nVidia, then 9800 GTX, or wait on the 9800gtx + (soon I believe).

The crossfire is tempting now too - especially with the low cost of the high-performing ati cards.

I agree about Rosewill PSUs. I like some of their products, but I wouldn't trust them on PSUs, and 900w is way overkill.

Can't say I agree with that. G92 8800gts runs on the identical g92 core with 128 stream processors as 9800gtx, and perform about the same as 4850/9800gtx. That performance for only $119.99 ar is just too cheap to call "bad." The difference in price is too large to dismiss.
http://fxvideocards.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-8800-GTS-G92-512M...

Performance benchmarks:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_4850/10.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_4850/11.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_4850/17.html

the GTS has peaked. I assume, with the 4800s anyway, that there will be continuing diver improvments.

I also only consider half the value of a rebate when deciding on somethings cost. rebates invole lots of time, hassle, and the possability that you might get stiffed. but thats just a personal thing. Either way, its not ONLY $119.99.
also look at the actual rebate. you might not be able to get 2 rebates at the same time. thats another common trick.

you can also get a 4850 for $175 after MIR and it comes with a free game too.