Need help with $1000 audio production PC

Hey gracious helpers! I have never built a computer before, and I wanted to build an audio production PC with a budget of $1000. Is there anything I should be wary of as a first time builder?
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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: June 13 - 22 BUDGET RANGE: $1000

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: audio production (sonar, reason), I also want to be able to play left 4 dead and starcraft 2.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: USB Mouse, keyboard, speakers, 19" screen, audio interface

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: no preference. There is a Fry's Hardware about 15 minutes from where I will be for the next month though.

PARTS PREFERENCES: I would like to have 6 - 8 GB of memory with as much cpu as possible.

OVERCLOCKING: Yes (I've never done it, but I think I am capable of following a guide. Are these parts good for overclocking and getting my money's worth?) SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe?? I don't know a lot about this.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Reasonably quiet

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Here are two builds I have looked at so far. Also, I am wondering about AM3 and DDR3?? Should I be getting an AM3 Phenom II with DDR3 compatible motherboard and DDR3 RAM instead?

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SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L - OEM


Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail


ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail


ASRock A790GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail


SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail


PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible ... - Retail


Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM


Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory + 2GB Xporter Razzo USB w/Futuremark 3DMark ... - Retail


AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HDZ940XCGIBOX - Retail


XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail


Nippon Labs 15 ft. USB2.0 A/male to B/male cable Model USB-15-AB - Retail


Total price $734 rebates to $640



The other computer I "made" on the HP website was this one -
m9600t series total price $899

# Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
# • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 processor (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache with QPI Technology)
# • FREE UPGRADE! 6GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs] from 3GB
# • FREE UPGRADE! 640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 500GB
# • 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter]

Another question: Is getting this thing running as simple as putting all the parts together assuming nothing is broken? Also, what is the time commitment for a moderate overclocking?

the i7 2.66 is faster than the phenom 3.0 correct? Thanks very much guys

I was checking this stuff over, and this motherboard has huge DPC latency issues which is a nogo for audio production. Is there a different motherboard I can swap in this build?

thanks greg. I got everything ordered. I substituted the power supply from the build above, the dvd burner, went for a slightly better motherboard (more ram slots), and a less powerful graphics card. I don't really play video games although I might have toy with SC2 when it comes out.


1 x ($259.99) MB GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P 1366 X58 R - Retail
$259.99



1 x ($26.99) DVD BURNER SAMSUNG | SH-S223L % - OEM
$26.99



1 x ($279.99) CPU INTEL|CORE I7 920 2.66G 45N R - Retail
$279.99



2 x ($12.99) FLASH 4G|OCZ FLDRV OCZUSBDSL4G R - Retail
$25.98



1 x ($79.99) CASE CM|RC-690-KKN1-GP BK RT - Retail
$79.99



1 x ($14.99) ROSEWILL RC-6-HDMI-MM-BK-2 HDMI 6FT - Retail
$14.99



1 x ($4.89) CABLE NIPPON|USB-6-AB-BK R - Retail
$4.89



1 x ($99.99) VGA SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI HD4850 512M - Retail
$99.99



1 x ($79.99) PSU OCZ|OCZ700SXS 700W RT - Retail
$79.99



1 x ($99.99) MEM 2Gx3|OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK R - Retail
$99.99



1 x ($74.99) HD 640G|WD WD6401AALS % - OEM
$74.99



1 x ($4.99) THERMAL GREASE TUNIQ|TX-2 R - Retail
$4.99



1 x ($39.99) CPU COOL XIGM|Dark Knight-S1283V R - Retail
$39.99



1 x ($-12.99) DISCOUNT FOR AUTOADD #2470
$-12.99



1 x ($-4.89) DISCOUNT FOR AUTOADD #2264
$-4.89



1 x ($-7.00) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #199037
$-7.00



1 x ($-14.99) DISCOUNT FOR AUTOADD #2817
$-14.99



1 x ($-12.99) DISCOUNT FOR AUTOADD #2620
$-12.99

Subtotal: $1039.90
Tax: $85.79
Shipping and Handling: $36.63
Total Amount: $1162.32