My first pc :D

Just felt like building a pc for fun and this is what i have

E8400 3.00 cpu

2gb Corsair ram - Will upgrade to 4gb

XFX GTX260 896mb

750watt psu

Antec 300 case

p5q-e mobo

22x dvd

500gb hdd

22" AOC lcd monitor

Logitech keybord, mouse & sound system

Windows xp pro x32 - want x64

Other bits and peices i might have forgotten but yeah, i cant use it till monday as they forgot to send the main power ac cable and the 8 other cables for the power supply :( going to be doing graphic design CS3, Cinema4d and abit of gaming like crysis and what not. Would i have to upgrade it any time soon? was thinking about upgrading the gfx card and cpu in a few months after i buy a altezza :D

Will upload pics when i do some cable management, its pretty messy haha :D =]

no you wouldnt have a real worry on upgrading anytime soon im going to call it right now and say core 2 duo will last double what pentium 4 did for the system requirements of most anything. and the rest wouldnt have to be touched for quite a while.

Looks good.

In nz currency it cost me $1750.00 got it all ready to go just waiting for the supplier to send the cables they forgot lol

Currently doing some cable management but how do you guys make your systems so tidy!!! its a mission trying to make it nice lol most wiring is out of the way of the mobo buts its abit messy but ah well as long it isnt in the way of the fans nd mobo :D

Hi I never cared about cable management on systems I have built for myself. I

always use solid side panels so you can't see in!!! :P Also, some of the bigger

computer cases allow you to run cables through holes cut out behind the motherboard.

Also many builders are going with SATA devices that require thin cables rather

that those big ribbon data cables that IDE devices have. Good luck with your build.

yea im using the sata cable for my dvd drive and hard drive :D. Will post up some 3dmark 06 figures tomorrow

Nicely balanced rig there!

Nice, but I think it's better if you get Vista instead.D

nice build :)

wouldn't worry about upgrading CPU or GPU any time soon, they'll be pretty solid for a while yet. the only thing you might need to do is double the RAM, and in turn upgrade the OS so you can use the extra memory, but since you already plan to do that you shouldn't be concerned with further upgrades for a long time.

EDIT - oh, actually if you're planning on using the motherboard's onboard sound, I'd strongly recommend getting a proper gaming sound card instead. like a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme. it will improve performance and the quality of sound effects.