I don't believe that newegg will let us view your shopping cart, because of Identity theft issues and such, just letting you know :P .
As far as your build is concerned, your making the right choice to build your own, just do a good bit of research before you start putting things together. You also have a couple decisions to make. Do you want an AMD based system, or one that uses Intel CPUs? Do you want to use an ATI GPU or a Nvidia one? When I build a new computer I build everything up to the motherboard and pick that last. But the first step (which you've already completed) is how much I want to spend, so your off to a good start.
Next, I think the best thing to do is to decide on what kind of processor I want to have in the system. I personally recommend AMD, even though I'm an Intel owner myself, because they are much cheaper than Intel, and give you great performance for much less money. Look into the AMD Phenom II X4 965, and the 955 if you choose to go the AMD path. On the Intel side of things, you will want to look up their core i7 CPUs. Specifically, I would look at the i7 920 for starters, and if you have some extra money left over at the end, go up to a 930 or 950.
As far as your graphics card is concerned, I personally would highly recommend getting an ATI card. But before we get into the specifics of different cards, you need to consider two things.
1: Do I want to stick with a single card solution (1 GPU) or put 2 or more cards in CrossfireX or SLI.
2:How long do I want the cards to last me, for the future.
These questions will help you solve the question of whether or not to get one, faster, more able GPU, or, get 2 or more, slightly slower (if you choose to do so) cards and put them in CrossfireX or SLI. My recommendation for you is a single, powerful GPU, such as ATI's 5870, which brings us to the second question, ATI or Nvidia? ATI is generally cheaper than Nvidia when you look at the price/performance ratio between the two companies, but Nvidia does have quite a bit more features for their GPUs like PhysX and a CUDA core computing engine. However, Nvidia is plagued by high temps (which aren't a bad thing if you can cool the GPU down effectively, and high power consumption, which isn't a big minues either if you've got a quality PSU in your system).That said, as of now, ATI holds the competitive edge in gaming, because of, once again, the bang for your buck that you get out of their cards, DDR5 memory in their entire 5XXX series, and so on and so forth. As you do more research, you can choose between the two, but as of now, I think ATI is defiantly the way to go.
Now on to the easier stuff... RAM: You'll need around 4GB. for good performance in gaming, specifically DDR3. I would look into Corsair for the brand.
PSU: If you buy a good, quality, PSU, you can get away with one that is only 500W to 600W, so again, I recommend a Corsair.
And finally, your motherboard: Because you haven't picked a CPU yet, looking at the Mobos won't really do you much good yet. So, my suggestion for you is to decide on whether or not you like Intel or AMD better, and then get back to everybody on here. Then later on then you can decide on things such as what case to get, and all the other stuff outside the actual computer. Ohh, and feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them. hitman6actual
There. Wouldn't you agree that looks much more readable compared to the massive brick you posted? :P
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