Mid-Range Gaming Rig, Final Build

Whats the resolution on the monitor and where are you buying from? You dont need triple channel memory just dual channel and you wont get any benefit from 6 GB over 4GB for gaming

I've read that buying DR33 will make it easier to upgrade in the future and it will become more useful given that DDR2 is heading out? Also, I can't find it for the life of me now, but I read somewhere that with my Mobo/CPU I need to keep my ram at 1.5 volts? Does that sound right?
I can find some DDR2 with good timing but it all has 1.8+ volts.

Resolution I was going to run 1920x1080 or under.

And as for the HDD, I was going to just pick a 650gb 7200 up from the local store.

Or if I can find it:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives

That ram is a 3 stick i7 kit. You want either 2 or 4 sticks so you can run dual channel,

Ok here's the deal. The AMD supports dual channel, the I7 triple channel. Now for AMD some boards support DDR2 and some DDR3.

Dual channel means 2 sticks not DDR2. Triple channel is 3 sticks not DDR3. You can get triple channel DDR2. Chanelling and DDR is 2 different things.

So for the upgrade find a board that supports DDR3 Ram as that is the new stuff that will be used down the road. Then get a dual channel DDR3 kit which will be 4GB. 2 x 2GB sticks.

Also check out some of the ATI vide cards...some good deals in there. What about a 1000GB hard drive...they are dirt cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166 $54.99 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail

swap the CPU for a 955 and the gfx card for a 4890, you save a good amount of money and will have increased performance.

So do I need to stay under 1.65 volts on the RAM for this build or is that for the i7? Or am I totally confused?

Thank you for the answer!