Wanna build my first rig looking 4 advice nd suggestions

[gio]

Im going to be spending my hard earned cash on my first complete build and since the people on this website are so experienced I thought I'd find out what you think or advise. I would like it to play recent games but i'm not to fussed about whether it can play games like crysis on its highest settings

Motherboard:Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 Onboard Audio ATX

RAM:Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-12) Heat Spreader

Monitor: Cibox C1905 19"TFT Monitor Widescreen 1440x900 800:1 5ms VGA/DVI Silver/Black Speakers

Processor:Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache

Hard Drive:Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM

Drive:Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare Drive OEM

Case: Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU

Graphics card: EVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB DDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card

Thats just about it but i alse need suggestions for hat power psu i'll need 4 this set-up any help is welcome

[gio]

Oh btw iv found a price of £720 for the above

[staffsMike]

Are you planning to overclock?

The abit ip-35 is a better motherboard than the 650i

I'd get a corsair 520w HX PSU

and a better case. Antec p182 or 900

[gio]

i was planning to overclock to 2.8ghz wouldnt really need anymore since newer games would take advantage of the quad core and thanks ill looks those up

[BUFF]

Unless you ever expect to use SLI (& that only is useful at very high res on very large monitors) I would get a P35 chipset board instead as already recommended.
If you really do want the SLI then imo get the Gigabyte 650i DS4 over the Asus.
650i isn't a great chipset for overclocking quads though.

[Thorsson]

DVD - SH203 is a far better drive, but no Lightscribe. If you want that get the ASUS SATA 1814.

Graphics - always buy on Scan Today Only!

[gio]

thanks but im finding it hard to find the IP-35 board on sites can u recommend a goot parts site over than scan today

[staffsMike]

why don't you want to use scan? If you get 25 posts here on hexus you will get free delivery and they are honestly one of the best compaines you will find for customer service..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=5&subcat=913

[gio]

oh didnt know that thanks ill check it out again

[gio]

all this stuff is well and good but im on a budget im only a student lol the 520 hx power supply isnt really accomodating for it

[staffsMike]

Skimp on the PSU and risk burning out your quad core and 8800GTS..

Something like an ocz 600w stealth/gameXstream would probably do the job. They can be found for less money.

The corsair VX450w may just about do it.

[gio]

the stealth psu looks good thnx would u recommend a lightscribe dvd drive on a budget because i was advised not by sum one else

[BUFF]

Scan have a decent bundle on http://www.scan.co.uk/mixit/ atm

Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail
2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, EPP
700W FSP Sparkle Epsilon FX700-GLN SLi/Xfire, 12cm Fan ATX2.0 (20+4Pin) SATA/PCI-E
640MB XFX 8800GTS PCI-E (x16), Mem 1600 MHz, GPU 500 MHz, 96 Streams, 2 x Dual Link DVI HDTV

£469.99ex VAT £552.24 incl VAT

As for P35 mobos http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...=263&OrderBy=1
but they are out of abit IP35s atm as they are very popular.

[gio]

is this p35 motherboard decent http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/131173

[Thorsson]

A number of problems have been reported with Gigabyte boards. Abit or ASUS FTW.

As for Lightscribe, unless you want the pretty CDs I wouldn't bother - it makes copying a lot longer.

[BUFF]

& I would say abit or Gigabyte ahead of Asus ...