Another "Advice on my new system" and first post...

[Guest]

Hi everyone... first post and of course I have questions!

I'm looking to put together my next PC after taking about 4 years off the tech thing... so I'm 4 years out of the loop and playing catchup. I want a decently powerful system with the ability to play most decent games out nowadays and run stable w/o overclocking. I also want the ability to overclock and have an upgrade path when it begins to show it's age in a year or so. Here is my shopping list after much research... I hope it looks good! I want to push the button this Friday and buy everything!!

LIAN LI PC-65B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112040

COOLMAX CUG-700B 700W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159058

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

MSI R4850-512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127370

WD caviar HD and a lite-on burner. XP for now. I got the bigger PS since I think a possible upgrade path in the future would be getting another card for x-fire.

I really hope I'm on the track... be easy on me if I'm not! lol.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

You are definitely on the right track! Here are a few friendly suggestions:

For close to the same price you can get a quality Corsair 750W PSU here:

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX TX 750W Power Supply Retail
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-tx-750w-atx-12v-power-supply-corsair-tx-cmpsu-750tx-atx12v/q/loc/101/206178325.html $103.74 -$20.00 MIR

I'm not sure which WD drive you were considering, but this one is awesome!

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218 $74.99

I don't know about Lite-On quality. I prefer Samsung or LG. I just recently purchased this one and have been very happy with it so far.

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173 $26.99

Is there a reason you're sticking with XP? Vista is really stable now and you should have a 64-bit OS so you can use all your RAM.

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488 $99.99

 

[dirtmountain]

Coolmax has a poor reputation for power supplies, go with a PC Power and cooling or a Corsair.