Building a computer, any suggestions?

[spades010]

I am making a 'budget' computer for $750-$800, since 'budget' computers have gone up a lot in price these days. I am going to be gaming on it (and because of that I want a quad-core CPU), and don't know a tremendous amount about motherboard/video card/RAM/CPU compatibility. I am ordering my parts from Newegg and cannot decide between an ATI or Intel build. If you have any suggestions THAT WILL KEEP WITHIN $20 OF MY BUDGET, then they will be greatly accepted.

My current parts:

Samsung Optical Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146050

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

Graphics Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103050

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103291

Another added statement I am not sure about the video card and cpu, since I want to play games like Crysis, and I have a 17" LCD monitor w/ a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 (I know), but I also have a 32" HDTV that I may want to hook up to it. BTW I was also looking @ the 9800GTX, so I really need more decisive people to help me out. Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[slomo4sho]

Here is a better gaming build:

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB

COOLER MASTER Centurion 590

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black

ASUS P5Q Pro

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

ASUS EAH4850 TOP/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W

Total: $757.92 - $75 MIR = $682.92

 

[shiv666]

-go for the hd4850 instead...its worth the money
-never buy ocz ram
-nice case....NZXT owns...

 

[ausch30]

Go with the Seagate 7200.11 or the Western Digital that Slomo linked. Both are much faster and quieter than the 7200.10. I also agree with the 4850 instead of the card you chose. Other than that your build looks solid but if you're interested in overclocking you'll get higher performance from an Intel CPU.

 

[dirtmountain]

I agree with Slomo4 suggestions, it would be a much more capable gaming rig at your budget.

 

[Onus]

Slomo's build is excellent.
You'd be sorely disappointed in a 3870 for Crysis, ESPECIALLY a Diamond (in fact that's the card that was the last straw that earned Diamond a place on my personal "Do not buy" list).