Diving into building my first gaming computer need some advice ;)

[holymind]

hi guys

im new to this site and starting a gaming computer build soon.

this is what i have so far

LITE-ON 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 Writer LightScribe Support

NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply

CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model

EVGA 131-GT-E767-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 SLI 3 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC)

sorry for the poor listing. So to start, am i missing anything? is 530w's enough to power this? My plan for this is to be a good working gaming computer. This will obviously be my computer for music, school work, etc. thank you guys!

 

[Slaymate]

The i7 950 has a triple channel memory controller so you need to buy memory in sets of 3. As in, 6GB (3x2GB) or 12GB (3x4GB). Or you can double up and buy (2) kits of (3x2GB) for 12GB or (2) kits of (3x4GB) for 24GB.

 

[farinha]

Don't get a Rosewill PSU, get one from a reputable brand like corsair, antec, etc.
Regarding the HDD I would get the Black series instead of Green, the green was designed for low power consuming therefore it has the least performance.

 

[new.puree]

Get a harddrive with at least 7200 rpm, you can scrap 4 gb off of your 8 and put that towards a better gfx card. The 5770 won't be able to handle full settings/high res/hd gaming to its fullest.