My first build...advice?

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Ok so I submitted my order. The following is what I ended up with. I appreciate the advice and will continue to look for help when the parts come in and its time to build. Only one thing I wish I had done differently already is buy the AF7 along with my other stuff from Newegg because I would have had it all shipped together. I ordered from Newegg first and then realized that what I was saving buying from SVC was lost in the shipping cost.

Case $99.99 LIAN LI PC-7A plus II Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Mobo $129.99 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU $199.99 INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6750

HSF $24.99
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Video Card $149.99 SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - Retail

RAM $88.99 G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail

HD $79.99 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

PSU $69.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - Retail

DVD/CD $30.99 LG Electronics Black LG Super Multi 18x SATA DVD Burner GSA-H62NK, 10x DVD+/-R DL, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 12x DVD-RAM - OEM

Card Reader $20.99 Koutech IO-RCM620 USB 2.0 Card Reader - Retail

Monitor $249.99 SAMSUNG 216BW Black-Silver 21.6" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

Mouse $36.99 Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical Gaming-Grade Mouse - Retail

Keyboard $12.99 Microsoft Comfort Curve Black USB Wired Ergonomics Keyboard 2000 - Retail

OS $89.99 Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM


Grand total including shipping and subtracting the rebates = $1345.49
 
Just a note on my attempt to purchase the CPU from Mwave.com. They messed up 3 times trying to process my credit card and so I ended up canceling the order with them. Not worth it to save $15 if they can't even get the order processed. And their support on the phone is pretty slow. Not a good experience for me, not sure if anyone else has had problems with this site.
 
So I have received everything except the cpu and the hsf. I decided I'd just go through Newegg for the processor as it was $225 and free 2-3 days shipping and everywhere else was anywhere from $206 - $230 and 7-9 days with a shipping fee. Then I went to Newegg and all of a sudden the price is back up to $235. Kind of a pain, I guess I could wait a few days for it to go down 10 bucks. But I was wondering, if I'm going to overclock, is there a significant difference in the E6550 and the E6750? The E6550 is around $180, seem like quite a bargain.

Oh and btw the MX518 mouse ROCKS!! Thanks for the suggestion I love it.
 
MX518 FTW!...best mouse for the money.

Theres no significant difference between the E6550 and E6750. The E6750 will just get to higher speeds, a little easier, but that does not mean the E6550 cannot.
 
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