[Solved] Building a hand-me-down LGA775 system

[w0n]

Aloha,

I am building a system based off of two hand-me-down parts from friends. They are:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037&cm_re=e8400-_-19-115-037-_-Product

and GPU:
Nvidia 8600 GTS (I will upgrade this at a later date)

I also have an antec 400watt PSU, windows xp, and an antec case from 2004

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here are the other components I have chose:

Motherboard:
ASUS P5E3 PRO LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131600

DVD Burner:
LITE-ON 24x DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model DH-24AAS - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106339

Hard Drive:
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

RAM:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

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i was originally looking at the "GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard" or the "ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard,"
but I dont know if there is any reason to buy DDR2 now instead of DDR3?

they seem to be the same price!

I plan on updating gpu and OS later. Im hoping this board/cpu will last a couple years. last system has lived quite a while.

I will also buy an aftermarket cpu cooler when i buy a new GPU.

what I'm going to be using this system for:
light gaming: cs:source, league of legends
disassembling
programming
surfing the web
watching .avi's

My questions:

1) Is all of this compatible(from checking the Asus site it says the cpu is)

2) is this a wise idea? remember, the CPU and GPU are free.

3) any other thoughts?

thank you in advance

 

[w0n]

p.s. I live in Hawaii so shipping is not free

 

[obsidian86]

all looks good and ddr3 is the way to go since ddr2 will be phased out

 

[dpaul8]

You mention that you will buy a CPU cooler later when you upgrade your GPU. My only advice would be to buy a cheap CPU cooler now, like the Hyper 212 ($28), because it is much easier to install when the motherboard is out of the case.

The rest of your build looks good.

 

[w0n]

thanks brothers! will buy cpu cooler now then

 

[w0n]

added an ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Order placed, total cost + shipping to hawaii = $398.19 Thanks fellas

 

[obsidian86]

the zalman aint too good

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835207004

these are better

 

[w0n]

Thanks mang, modified the order and bought the cooler master