I have no brand preference and am 100% open to suggestions from you guys. This will be my first build. Here's what I've come up with after researching today. Please let me know if I'm way off on some of these parts. What would you change?
Prices from NewEgg.com. **Where do you guys order your components from?**
Antec Nine Hundred Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
$139.99
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply
$99.99
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
$229.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
$274.99
ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
$59.99
G.SKILL 8GB(4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ
$229.98
EVGA 768-P2-N835-A3 GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (comes with Crysis)
-$50.00 Mail-in Rebate
$589.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
$79.99
LITE-ON Black SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-08
$199.99
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
$39.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$159.99
Fujitsu MAX3073NP 73GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive
$179.99
LSI LOGIC LSI20160B-F PCI Ultra160 SCSI 20160B U160 1Ch PCI 32 HBA
$94.99
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit SP2C
$139.99
Grand Total: $2,523.84
***I'm sticking with:***
Q6600
Case
Cooler
OS
Sound card
Power supply
DVDRW
***Looking for different opinions on:***
Motherboard
Memory (stick to DDR2 though)
GFX card
Blue Ray drive
Hard Drive options (100 bucks just for SCSI card?)
Prices from NewEgg.com. **Where do you guys order your components from?**
Antec Nine Hundred Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
$139.99
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply
$99.99
ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
$229.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600
$274.99
ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
$59.99
G.SKILL 8GB(4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ
$229.98
EVGA 768-P2-N835-A3 GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (comes with Crysis)
-$50.00 Mail-in Rebate
$589.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
$79.99
LITE-ON Black SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-08
$199.99
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
$39.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$159.99
Fujitsu MAX3073NP 73GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive
$179.99
LSI LOGIC LSI20160B-F PCI Ultra160 SCSI 20160B U160 1Ch PCI 32 HBA
$94.99
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit SP2C
$139.99
Grand Total: $2,523.84
***I'm sticking with:***
Q6600
Case
Cooler
OS
Sound card
Power supply
DVDRW
***Looking for different opinions on:***
Motherboard
Memory (stick to DDR2 though)
GFX card
Blue Ray drive
Hard Drive options (100 bucks just for SCSI card?)