Help me out on this first build? Suggestions, Errors, etc.

[Mwolvesto50]

Hi,
I'm a Newbie at building computers and this is my first build. I was hoping to get some help or improvement on this selection of parts from Newegg. I would like suggestions, comments, or maybe a heads up if I missed some compatibility issues. I only wish to spend $850 and if it could drop to 700 that'd be great. I plan to use this system for school, basic workstation functions, and some mild gaming. Thanks in advance for your help!
Here is the link:
Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg
I also made a separate build and I was wondering if this one was better:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=17158028

 

[Muffin Man]

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Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Newegg.com - ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners

totals $648. with the addition of the wireless adapter and card reader you had picked and shipping cost it should come to right around $700.

you didnt include a psu in either of your lists, unless you were planning to use the psu that came with those cases. that wouldnt have been a good idea because they are crap.

 

[Mwolvesto50]

Thanks for the suggestions, but the reason I got that graphics card was because it had D-Sub. And the motherboard had firewire, same with case. Thanks though.

 

[Muffin Man]

the gfx card i listed comes with a dvi-to-vga adapter.

d-sub = vga, so that wouldnt be a problem.

and the mobo i listed does have firewire, it has 2 ports in the back

this is the mobo i had listed
GA-MA770T-UD3P (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification

if you scroll down you will find this

IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23 chip

1. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)

ieee 1394a = firewire

you can get whatever you prefer, just dont get that apevia case that comes with a psu.