Building my own PC

Hey, I've recently started to do some web design/development/webmaster work and am considering pursuing it as a career. I'm going to be building my own PC as well as purchasing the Adobe Creative Suite Web Standard package(Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash etc.). My need as far as performance goes is basically I need it to be able to run those programs since it's for work. I will also want to play a few games, but I'm sure if it can run Fireworks CS3 and the other CS3 products it will be able to run the games I'll play.

I'd like help choosing parts for this PC. Originally I wanted to keep it around a $800 budget, but that quickly went up to around $1200. A lot of these parts were recommended to me by a couple of people on another forum. Some of the items(keyboard, mouse, etc.) don't really matter but I'll include them in the list since I will need them and they do effect the total cost. Anyway, here is the list I came up with. Tell me what you think.

New list:

case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811208005

keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16823126012 (doesn't matter)

ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145034

mouse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16826104031 (doesn't matter)

hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148140

motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128059

dvd drive/burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827151153

monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824009088

speakers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16836121127 (doesn't matter)

operating system: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116202

graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130319

power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRevie...N82E16817153052 (unless you think it will just fry on me or now be able to power the other parts I've selected, then I'd like to keep it in this price range)

processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115029

wireless card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833124139

I've edited this list a couple of times and added a few higher end parts, which I thought would have raised the total up quite a bit, but I'm still getting less than $1,200 when I add it all up so please help me spot any parts I'm missing. Thanks for reading.

 

I would have rather seen a list of parts than a list of links. Other folks with slower web connections will probably choose to not even comment due to all the links. I tried a couple, but got an error at Newegg saying the page or product couldn't be located or had been moved....
Sorry, I tried.

 

Hmm.. Sorry about that. I'll make another post/edit this one with a list of parts rather than links.

Strange.. none of the links work for me either...

Anyway.. I'm just going to copy newegg's description for each of the main parts.

ram - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

dvd drive/burner - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner

monitor - Acer AL1706Ab Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 500:1

operating system will be Vista Home Premium

video card - EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

power supply - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power Supply 115/ 230 V UL, CUL, TUV, FCC, and CB certification

processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

wireless card - LINKSYS WMP54GS IEEE 802.11b/g 32-bit PCI Interface Wireless-G Adapter with SpeedBooster Up to 54Mbps Data Rates WEP key bits: 64Bit and 128Bit WEP and WPA

case - XION II XON-101 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply

I hope this will be easier to read. thanks for trying.

 

Awesome, wouldnt change a thing. Looking good.

Well actually, i'd get a different case but hey that's where uniqueness comes into play. However lower quality cases tend to be cheaply made (panels break, paint sucks, lots of plastic) and have poor airflow. Plus, nice cases tend to have handy little gadgets built in to make building your rig easier and look cleaner. Antec, Thermaltake and Lian-Li are good case makers that come to mind

EDIT! Something else you may want to consider: the first thing you're going to find yourself needing to upgrade is RAM. I've found Vista to use ~700mb AT IDLE. I would go with a 2x2gb kit. 2 gigs will work just fine but you'll be happier with 4 gigs

 

pretty good price, considering you are getting everything, including monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc... might want to up the powersupply to maybe over 600w, just to be sure and ive read good reviews about g-skill and adata memory on new egg, which you could get 4gb (2x2gb) for cheap(er)

 

Looks pretty good. I agree with thesmokingun, you should probably bump up the psu to get a little headroom. Nice motherboard, I am using the same one.

For a few more $'s you could get a quad... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

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Thanks for everyones help. I will definitely take your suggestions into consideration. I'm mainly thinking about selecting another psu. Any suggestions on one? Obviously I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible, but better to spend a few more bucks in the beginning than a lot of bucks in the end(if it were to go out or something).

Also, on a side note.. What about warranties? Could the lack of the entire system being warrantied become a big deal, or do you think that Neweggs replacement policy is good enough? I noticed that some things can be replaced up to a year, even though some have to be within 30 days.

Edit: Someone on another forum suggested PC Power and Cooling brand.

how about a PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, cUL, CE, CB, TUV ?

link may or may not work... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

 

wow I dont know how I missed the PSU specs. Yeah definitely get a more powerful one. PCP&C makes GREAT power supplies. They were also just bought by OCZ which also has a great rep for good PSUs so you get double the goodness lol. That one you chose would be perfect for your setup.

 

Alright. Thanks everyone for the help. Greatly appreciated. I love this forum for tech and computer advise.