help, im a rookie, first build.

so far this is what i have minus a monitor,opperatin system which will be windows xp, and a mouse. i dont know if i need anything else before i finish buying, please help

1) SONY Combo Drive Black IDE Model CRX320EE/B2S W/O SW - OEM ,

2) COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail ,

3) Internal Hard DrivesQty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
Update Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

4) XFX PVT42EUDE3 Geforce 6800 XTreme 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

5) CD/DVD ROM DrivesQty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
Update SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM

6) Power SuppliesQty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
Update ePOWER ZU-500W ATX12V Ver. 2.01 PCIe 500W Power Supply

7) KeyboardsQty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
Update Rosewill RK250 Black PS/2 Wired Multi-media Keyboard - Retail

8) Update CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System Memory Model VS1G667D2 - Retail

9) BIOSTAR N4SIE-A7 Socket T (LGA 775) Nviidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edtion ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

10)ProcessorsQty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
Update Intel Pentium 4 640 Prescott 800MHz FSB LGA 775 EM64T Processor
Subtotal: $873.95

 

For software OS, as long as you have access to a previous version of Windows (CD preferably), I'd suggest that you buy an upgrade version, rather than a full version of XP. There is very little difference in cost between an upgrade to XP Home or XP Pro ( at least here in OZ) and the upgrade version is a hell of a lot cheaper than a new "full" copy. Bazza

 

if you're into gaming a lot id go with an AMD proc rather than intel. Asus makes a great SLi board something like A8N Deluxe or sumthin, its very popular. A 6800gt/gs would be better that the XTreme also, unless you are willing to try and unlock the extra pipes and shaders