New build, advice/criticism welcome :)

[ed9000]

Hey guys, im planning to make this build

CPU: Intel E8400
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L (Already have)
Graphics card: Nvidia 9600GT (Already have)
Ram: Corsair 3gb total, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/27140/Corsair-memory-2GB-TwinX-XMS2-6400-C4-DDR2 and 2x512 sticks I already have.
HDD: WD 250gb http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/11009/Western-Digital-250GB-Caviar-SE16-SATA-II-300
PSU: No idea :S

I already have a case and optical drives which I will use, this PC will be used for gaming mainly, but not expected 1000000fps on high settings ofcourse.

 

[Outlander_04]

Thanks for letting us know you are building a computer .

Its going to be fine .

get a quality power supply corsair 650 xt was cheap on newegg when i looked yesterday

 

[ed9000]

Thanks for letting us know you are building a computer .

Its going to be fine .

get a quality power supply corsair 650 xt was cheap on newegg when i looked yesterday

Lol, sorry I dident make it clear in my post, I just wanted someone more experienced than me to see if this build would be compatible, and wether the parts I chose are ok ^^, ie incase there might be a different part marginally more expensive but outeperforms my chosen part or is more compatible.

Also, do you mean this PSU? http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/31042/Corsair-PSU-650W-CMPSU-650TX-ATX12V-v2-2--5-year

I also have another question, is it ok for me to use my old memory modules with the newer ones in the board? I already tested them in the board and they work fine, but Im not sure if it is ok to use the newer and older ones in the same board.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

You could run into a possible problem if your E8400 is a newer E0 stepping CPU. The motherboard needs the F5 BIOS that was released on 07/17/08 in order for a E0 stepping E8400 to work. Do you have an older CPU you can use to update the BIOS?

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2778

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2778#anchor_os

 

[ed9000]

Yes, I have an older CPU that will run on it (I hope) I will try that later today.

 

[ed9000]

Does anyone have any comments about the CPU and RAM I chose? Would I be better off going for a quad core? Is the ram I chose fully compatible with my motherboard?