My first build

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I'll be taking a shot at building my first pc soon.. How do these parts look? Any compatibility issues or anything else I should change?

Costs $850 US without tax, shipping, or OS


Optical drive: Sony DVD-RW

Case: Cooler Master

Hard Drive: Western Digital 160GB SATA 7200RPM

Grpahics card: eVGA 7900GS 256MB

PSU: Thermaltake 430W

RAM: Corsair XMS 2GB(1GBx2) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400)

Motherboard: BIOSTAR TForce965PT LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX

CPU: C2D E6400

CPU Heatsink: ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU

I don't know much about motherboards so I don't really know if that one's good or not.. so take a look at that especially
 
I would replace your PSU with a Fortron 450w (thermaltake is not enough power) and the Motherboard with a Gigabyte P965 DS3.
 
Alright, I'll do that. One other thing, would this setup be suitable for overclocking the e6400?
 
andrus said:
Alright, I'll do that. One other thing, would this setup be suitable for overclocking the e6400?

Yes, keep the RAM you posted. It overclocks to DDR2 800 easily. You really don't need DDR2 800 anyway.
 
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