this one is my first, and i'll be having some friends help me assemble it so i dont break anything but, i've been looking on newegg for parts, and i've come up with a list. can you guys tell me if its ok, or if some parts are incompatible? also, do i have everything i'll need, and can i get cheaper parts that are still top of the line, or is this the cheapest i can get?


Thanks! i appreciate any help

woops forgot to copy paste my list


Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Newegg.com - Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases


Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustment 400 cd/m2 1000:1 (DC 3000:1) - Retail
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustment 400 cd/m2 1000:1 (DC 3000:1) - LCD Monitors


SILVERSTONE OP800 ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS12V 800W Power Supply 100 - 240 V RoHS, FCC, CE - Retail
Newegg.com - SILVERSTONE OP800 ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS12V 800W Power Supply 100 - 240 V RoHS, FCC, CE - Power Supplies


ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
Newegg.com - ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards


Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - OEM
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors


EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics


eDimensional AudioFX Pro 5+1 USB Connector Circumaural Force Feedback Gaming Headset
Newegg.com - eDimensional AudioFX Pro 5+1 USB Connector Circumaural Force Feedback Gaming Headset


BELKIN BE107200-12 12 Feet 7 Outlets 2320 Joule Surge Protector
Newegg.com - BELKIN BE107200-12 12 Feet 7 Outlets 2320 Joule Surge Protector - Surge Suppressors

it all adds up to 1,683$
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i could really use help guys

You will need some RAM to go with that computer for it to work.

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Ubuntu 8.04.1

Gnome 2.22.3

If you really wanted "top of the line," you could get a motherboard with dual PCIe 2.0.

Even though this graphics card isn't quite as strong as what you selected, I think it would keep you happy for a long time (for $130 less). When it gets tired, buy another one and link them up
Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics

If you wanted to save pennies, you could probably be happy with 600W or greater on the power supply too.

If you really wanted to save pennies, the 2.66GHz Conroe is $80 less. It would probably make you just as happy too.
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

All of these are just random suggestions. Depending on a lot of thing, they may or may not suit your tastes. Good luck with your progect.

You and me are in the same boat man. Almost exact same boat except that my budget is $1,000. From what my friends told me about motherboard's is that you should get a Asus one, I guess that they are really good and come with onboard sound and Wi-Fi. My friends also warned me though that you should not buy your keyboard, mouse, or monitor from newegg.com. I haven't bought anything from them yet but I guess that they mess up mice when the ship em somehow? Anyway I would go somewhere else for the monitor and case. If you can buy the monitor in a store you should save some on shipping, same with the case. That said I would recommend xoxide.com for you case ( I haven't bought my case yet but It looks like it will be great!)

I also recommend a Seagate or Western Digital hard drive, once again this is what my friends are telling me I don't have any first hand experience with this.
You also probably know that you posted 2 CPU's right? I would suggest the dual-core, unless you are going to do some serious gaming like playing crysis and COD4 at the same time you probably won't need a quad. And I would get one 500GB hard drive and if you need more just get 250GB's after that.
Last piece of probably useless advice, with most consumer products if they have some kinda of special name like your "Barracuda" hard drive it will cost more than a similar hard drive with the same specs. I don't know about this particular circumstance but I would check out similar hard drives from Western Digital.
Since you and me are in the same boat I am interested how you computer turns out, if you find the time please email me about it at nitefang47@gmail.com I hope everything works out well for you.

1000 bucks you can get a sweet system for that if you build it yourself

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Ubuntu 8.04.1

Gnome 2.22.3

Well mine is shaping out to be pretty good, I'm going $100 bucks over budget but that isn't much. Mine isn't a super computer or anything but it should work well with Spore and Team Fortress 2.

My system was about $600 ands it has enough power for light gaming and some photo editing. Its dual-core 2.2, 2g ram, Radeon 2400HD, 250g HD, Foxconn mobo, and cheap case.

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Intel E4500 Dual Core ~2.2ghz
Radeon 2400PRO ~525Mhz w/ 512mb
Triboot Xp, Vista, and Ubuntu WD 250g

even that sounds high to me

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Gnome 2.22.3

The price? I didn't think I could go much lower, but this was built 4 months ago and technology moves fast

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Intel E4500 Dual Core ~2.2ghz
Radeon 2400PRO ~525Mhz w/ 512mb
Triboot Xp, Vista, and Ubuntu WD 250g