New i5 build, come in and advise, any suggestion is welcome

[markaltern]

Here is a new build for a friend for a all-around purpose desktop, i.e. on-line surfing, multimedia entertainment, casual gaming (CS:S, Modern Warfares), coding and latexing. Here is the configuration, and any suggestion is welcome. Thanks!

Monitor: Dell UltraSharpTM U2410 -- $540
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=320-8277&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27530&lid=627063

Case: COOLER MASTER CM690 II Advanced -- $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216

PSU: SeaSonic X650 Gold 650W -- $160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

MOBO: ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 -- $160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131620

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz -- $194
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

CPU fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus -- $34
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 -- $115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276

Video: SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 -- $160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

HDD: 2x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM -- $90 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Optical: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD R/W LightScribe - $31
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
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Total: $ 1700

 

[christop]

you can get a better monitor for less..

 

[markaltern]

Thanks for your reply. This monitor is highly recommended by the following monitor thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=39226

It is an IPS panel, not hardcore gaming monitor, but an excellent office editing, multimedia, casual gaming and all around type of screen. It seems to be the cheapest one I can find for such a IPS monitor. I would love to hear your suggestion