Please assess my C2D rig before I buy it.

[Kayden]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6750
Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W Power Supply
Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
Foxconn P35A LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

SUPER EASY BULLET LIST:
-Not looking to OC (much)
-No SLI
-RAID not needed
-Gaming oriented
-Vista/XP 64-bit
-Don't care about DDR3


I'm a gamer. I can't stand to play at medium or low. Settings must be at high for anything I play or else I get crabby. I don't care for SLi. My current box is SLi and I really didn't notice anything worth the price of two 7800GTXs (Thank god they were free). So I'm just going to be running it on one card, most likely nVidia.

I picked the E6750 because it was only $20 more than the 6550 and $100 less than the E6850. Seemed a no brainer. I picked out the board because it had all the features I wanted and it had a nice big $50 rebate. It also knocks $30 off the ram which additionally has its own $25 rebate.

I don't really need help (yet ) with anything beyond the MLB, PSU and -to a slight degree- the RAM. I'd like a critiquing of how this base system would interact or if theres an item to avoid.



Advice, tips, pointers, complaints?

 

[akhilles]

My suggestions:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565

I'd stay away from Foxconn, & get some popular brand like:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127031

 

[Guest]

I would recommend only making one critique my build post at a time. Just post in the general homebuilt and be done with it. No need to post in two places.

 

[Kayden]

Thanks for the links akhilles. I missed that Gigabyte the first time throught because I wasn't looking at sub $100 boards, but that seems to have everything I want and not much I dont.