Hi- noobie here. This is my first build. What I've selected thus far comes to more than I wanted to spend actually already, so if there are suggested replacement of parts please make them around the same price or slightly less. I feel that in theory here I have created a computer that is well suited for gaming and is easily upgradeable. What I tried to do was put the money where the performance is. Let me know how I did here.
$59.99 - Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
For a case I wanted to go cheap and cool.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811166004
$74.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136074
$219.99 - SAMSUNG 906BW Black 19" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824001094
$299.99 - EVGA 320-P2-N815-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130038
$61.99 - Rosewill RP550-2 550W,ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply 115/230V CSA, CB, TUV, FCC, UL - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817182017
$139.99 - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231065
$204.99 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115029
$124.99 - GIGABYTE GA-N650SLI-DS4 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128044
$29.99 - SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827151133
$17.99 - Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827101131
$89.99 - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116056
What do you think? I appreciate all suggestions and recommendations.
$59.99 - Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
For a case I wanted to go cheap and cool.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811166004
$74.99 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136074
$219.99 - SAMSUNG 906BW Black 19" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824001094
$299.99 - EVGA 320-P2-N815-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130038
$61.99 - Rosewill RP550-2 550W,ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply 115/230V CSA, CB, TUV, FCC, UL - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817182017
$139.99 - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231065
$204.99 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115029
$124.99 - GIGABYTE GA-N650SLI-DS4 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128044
$29.99 - SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827151133
$17.99 - Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827101131
$89.99 - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116056
What do you think? I appreciate all suggestions and recommendations.