I find myself beneath the learning curve

It seems like as the years have passed...my "techiness" has dwindled like my hair line where i used to enjoy pouring through Comp Shopper magazines (when they were huge)....now i get overwhelmed when looking for components on newegg ( and its a great site). I have built 4 of the 7 PC's i have used dating back to the 90's. I am getting ready to purchase parts for another build ( the family CFO gave the go ahead )

Now, like a ot of folks in this forum, I too am going to primarily play games, but unlike most I think, I wil be playing older games that ive played for a while. My current athlon (939) based system with a 7800 xx video card has run its course. I am still going very low end on the new build. All Im looking for is a step up from my 4 year old system.

What Im not sure about is compatibility of the parts. Thats where me being below the learning curve comes in
I took some advice from these forums, added a good dose of newegg customer reviews (with a grain of salt), and factored in my limited budget and got this. If someone that is comfortable with this stuff (like I used to be) would make sure that my memory, mobo, cpu are going to mesh, I would appreciate it.

Oh, and it seems that the PSU I chose is out of stock. Could someone recommend one in the same price range please?

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128372

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231166

SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102824

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319

COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119115

LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136147

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153023

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116677



Again, thanks for any help..I hope ive included the proper info.

^edit: Beat me to it.

1. What is your budget?

2. What will this be mainly used for? Gaming, family PC,etc.?

3. What resolution for the LCD?

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Anyways, the P45-UD3L and E5200 is a great combination. If you are interested in OCing you can easily hit 3.4-3.6Ghz. Note: If planing to OC consider a good HSF. The stock HSF will probably get you to 3Ghz OC.

The PSU is kind of a hit or miss. Get a Corsair 400CX. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139008
$40 after MIR. Don't skimp on the PSU. It's not worth it.

4850 is a great card. If you have the money and have a atleast 1600*1200 LCD, try and get a 4870.

Also, if you can spend a little more this would be well worth it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128358
This way you'll be able to do CrossFire down the road. I'm assuming you have a 1600*1200 LCD or that you will upgrade to a 1600*1200 or better LCD.

Overall, a good build. DO try to get a Corsair 400CX instead of the Thermaltake. The Thermaltake PSU you selected has only 18A on the +12 rail. Modern GPUs like the 4850 need at least 20A (safety margin). Invest in a good PSU. Seriously. The Thrmaltake uses an older design where +5v line was more important than the +12, hence why it has 30A on the +5 rail. Compair that with the 400CX which has 30A on the +12.

^lol. Yeah, I linked to the wrong one. I had the UD3R page open also lol. Nice catch

Theres a combo deal for a Biostar AM2/AM2+ mobo with a PII 940. It's your decision whether it's worth the extra $40.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] ombo209473

^I would agree with all the choices except the OP dosen't plan to OC. And +1 for running Win 7 RC. (Note: You can pre order Win 7 Home Premium for $50 at Newegg, that way you'll be ready when the time runs out.

@OP: Seriously OCing is not that hard. Spend a few hours (~3-4) learning/reading OCing guides and you can easily do it. As long as you are willing to learn and push your hardware, you'll be able to save quite a lot of money now and in the future by getting lower clocked CPUs and OCing them (ie getting a i7 920 instead of the i7 940). The actuall OCing will take a few days, mainly due to the optimizations of voltages,etc, but you can still use the PC for normal work during testing as long as you have a non insane OC.

Your burner.

If your playing older stuff, you might be better off getting a non wide screen monitor also. If you get a smaller widescreen (below 22 inch) the picture wont be as "tall" and you'll either have black bars on the side of your games or the picture will be streched funny depending on settings and possible game resolutions.

A 4:3 screen is more square, like old school tube monitors.