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Hello everyone and thanks in advance to all who will respond to this. I'm going to build my first computer very soon, probably next week, and I would like to know if I'm making the right choices.

Target usage : Primarily gaming, web browsing
Budget : between 1000$ and 1500$ canadian the less the better
Overclocking : not for now, maybe later
Crossfire : not for now, maybe later

Parts

CASE : Antec Nine hundred 119.99$
POWER SUPPLY : Cooler master extreme power 500W 0$ (previous computer)
MOTHERBOARD : ASUS P6T SE X58 249.99$
CPU : Intel i7-920 2.66GHz retail 309.99$
MEMORY 1 : OCZ 6GB(3x2) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 169.99$
MEMORY 2 : OCZ 6GB(3x2) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 169.99$
PRIMARY HARD DRIVE : Intel X25 80GB SSD OEM 259.00$
SECONDARY HARD DRIVE : Seageate 7200.11 500GB 0$ (previous computer)
VIDEO : ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 0$ (previous computer)
OS : Windows 7 Pro OEM 64bit 154.99$
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TOTAL : -combodeals 1388.94$ +tx +s&h

All funds in canadian dollars

Anyone foresee any problems, or any suggestions ?
Preferably, I'd like to order all parts from the same website, for simplicity sake, even if I end up paying a little more.
My old computer is an AMD Athlom X2 4200 2.21GHz, Asus A8N-Sly deluxe, 2GB ram, XP pro

P.S. by the way... what's with the O.E.M. hard drive ? makes any difference ? :hello:

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Throw out that HDD, that model was plagued with problems.
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal

Only get 6gb RAM, that's more than enough.
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop

Then get a reliable PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7

If you have any questions, just ask.

Hmmm,personally I would go with an AMD system ,if gaming is your primary usage,cheaper and has built in virtualization,most of the current AMD capable boards have a nice upgrade path..

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Throw out that HDD, that model was plagued with problems.
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal

Only get 6gb RAM, that's more than enough.
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop

Then get a reliable PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7

If you have any questions, just ask.

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jbakerlent wrote :

Throw out that HDD, that model was plagued with problems.
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal

The intel ssd ? or the seagate that I already have and therefore doesn't cost me anything ?

jbakerlent wrote :

Only get 6gb RAM, that's more than enough.
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop

Better safe than sorry...

jbakerlent wrote :

Then get a reliable PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7

Eventually, if I decide to go crossfire or start overclocking, I will change my PS, but for now, is mine good enough... since I already have it

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if i were you dont get 12gb RAM, i got 6gb and it is fairly enough. i mean you wont need 12gb. and your paying way too much for your 80gb hdd

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gouletpo wrote :

The intel ssd ? or the seagate that I already have and therefore doesn't cost me anything ?

The Seagate.

gouletpo wrote :

Better safe than sorry...

No, you wont be sorry about dropping half the RAM, but you will be sorry when your bad HDD crashes or your weak PSU fails.

gouletpo wrote :

Eventually, if I decide to go crossfire or start overclocking, I will change my PS, but for now, is mine good enough... since I already have it

Not really, but ok. Also, my recommendation had nothing to do with how many watts the label says it can supply.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/200 [...] _roundup/4 (Read the last paragraph)

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