My first build. Hlp pls.

I was thinking about putting these components in for a new pc. Tell me if I should switch back to xp. Thanks.

P.S. I'm getting everything from newegg.

GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570 

SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI  - OEM

Thermaltake CL-P0310 120mm CPU Cooling Fan - Retail

(2x total 4 gigs)G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 

ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments - Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad (Black) EPS12V 750W Continuous @ 40°C (825W Peak) Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

PNY GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - OEM

I was thinking about putting these components in for a new pc. Tell me if I should switch back to xp. Thanks.

P.S. I'm getting everything from newegg.

 

GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570 

SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI  - OEM

Thermaltake CL-P0310 120mm CPU Cooling Fan - Retail

(2x total 4 gigs)G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 

ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments - Retail

 

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad (Black) EPS12V 750W Continuous @ 40°C (825W Peak) Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

PNY GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - OEM

Grand Total: $2,493.89

 

dragonrul55

I liked Vista and underlined what I didn't care for.  btw, That P5N32-E is not a good board in my opinion.  It is very selective with ram and do not expect to run it with any form of stability with 4 gigs @ DDR 800.  Trust me on this. 

[QUOTE=";dragonrul55";]K, how would the asus striker extreme do for a mobo?

Is there any reason you want to blow an obsurb amount of cash on a motherboard?  The P5N32-E is a Striker on the dl. 

so go w/ one of evega's 680i mobos?

 

Is there any reason you want to blow an obsurb amount of cash on a motherboard? The P5N32-E is a Striker on the dl.

Taijiquan

What do you recommend as opposed to the P5N32-E or a P5B Deluxe?  How is your board, the P5N-E? 

so go w/ one of evega's 680i mobos?

dragonrul55

[QUOTE="Taijiquan"] 

Is there any reason you want to blow an obsurb amount of cash on a motherboard? The P5N32-E is a Striker on the dl.

Fignewton50

What do you recommend as opposed to the P5N32-E or a P5B Deluxe?  How is your board, the P5N-E? 

Honestly my board is garbage.  It either performs at the extreme or at the low end.  There really is no in between.  When is your deadline for your build?  There is so much on the horizen.  Alot of people will say Gigabyte.  If I had to do a build in the next few weeks I would grab this,   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136034 DFI Infinity Dark P965.  Not a noob board though.