New PC Help.

Hey all,

So I am helping my brother make a new PC and this is what he picked out and was wondering if it all looks golden for working together.

He already ordered his case and motherboard (Turkey day savings )

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182069 Power supply


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122 RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127020 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288 SATA hard drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017 CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118003 CD/DVD burner

Thanks in advance,

Jared

 

the motherboard link goes to the RAM again.

everything looks good to me, that PSU seems to be up to the task of powering that rig which would be my biggest concern with this.

also, what video card(s) are you guys going with? what does he want to do with this computer?

 

Just checking...

If i were to build this machine (for gaming), Would the following motherboard and video card(s) be both compatable and the final pieces needed for this machine? And would it be a semi-powerful gaming machine?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030
And which video card..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121078
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121034

And also, would I need to get any more parts, if so, what are they, and what Operating system should i get? Vista ultimate 32/64bit, home, etc?

 

if you're looking for a decent gaming machine, at least get an 8800GT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...=2010380048+1069633099+1305520548&name=NVIDIA

That motherboard will work fine but if u read the reviews, it has some bugs with Vista when trying to use the monitoring programs

 

Bah, edit function was gone, so im sorry for the double post.

I have a cpu heatsink/fan, a videocard heatsink/fan and some arctic silver 5, but is there anything else I am forgetting?

 

a sound card if you want, if you've never heard games or music on a PC using something other than onboard sound then boy are you missing out. creative x-fi's go for pretty cheap now, any one of them will be a vast improvement over onboard sound. it takes some load off of your processor as well, usually a 1-2 FPS difference but sometimes more

 

According to tomshardware and nvidia the 8800gt is just as good if not better than the 8800gts at about half the price so I'd grab that card as well as rivatuner because it does get pretty hot and the fan doesnt ever seem to go above 35% by default.

 

Hey guys, sorry the mobo was
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127020
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For his graphics card bfg nvidia geforce 6600 (bc it was only 40$)
He's going to upgrade it once he increases his cash flow a little, joys of highschool.

His machine is mostly going to be for gaming purposes etc etc but pretty much thanks for all the input tho and if I get any further questions ill be sure to share.



~Jared