what about this psu? its a XION, havent heard much about them but the reviews are good.

 XION 600W

heres what ive got, comes to about $970, feel free to make suggestions (im on budget remember):

Case:  NZXT Apollo BLACK NP Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard:  ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Video Card:  EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card (ill upgrade this later, thinking budget)

PSU:  CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply

(Someone recommended this over the 600W I had selected because they said it was a lot better and more reliable, any suggestions?)

CPU:  Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400

RAM:  OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

HD:  Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160811AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Opritcal Drive:  PHILIPS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write 2-Tone ATAPI/E-IDE Model SPD2410BD/17

Extra Case Fan: Rosewill RFA120L-W 120mm 4 White LEDs LED Case Fan

all of these parts are retail with exception to the hard drive which is oem.  This is my first Intel build, ive been converted by these forums.

just get it, you're not missing much by not waiting, you are though missing out on all the cool gaming action you could do in that month's time :)jfelisario

alright, so ive been doing research on the suspected Intel price drops and they're supposedly coming the 22nd of April.  i know theres 50 topics on this but i want advice.  i was planning on ordering parts for my PC this Saturday, but looking that the price drop charts the E6400 (which i want to buy) is supposed to be replaced by the E6420 which is only 183 dollars (compared to the current $220) and has a 4mb cache (with of course the same ghz rating).  Is it worth waiting 1 whole month for this?  i dont want to wait a whole month come to find no price drops come and i could have been playing COH, source games and C&C 3 the whole time. 

advise me, thanks in advance. 

[QUOTE="jfelisario"]you liked Nvidia's 8800 model better eh? ;)Miguel16

[QUOTE="el_carl"]Counter Strike is pretty much half life 1... so here's some benchmarks... a bit old though. http://www.gamespot.com/features/6156859/p-13.html[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but he said Counter-Strike: Source

My PC

i believe i just made the list public, if there are any issues with the link above heres the part list :

Case:  NZXT Apollo BLACK NP Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard:  ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard   

PSU:  ENERMAX Noisetaker EG701AX-VE SFMA(24P) EPS12V 600W Power Supply - Retail

CPU:  Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400

RAM:  OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK

Floppy:  MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive

Optical Drive:  PHILIPS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write 2-Tone ATAPI/E-IDE Model SPD2410BD/17 - Retail

Video Card:  Undetermined...looking to spend $190 or less

this is my Intel build (my first intel pc) and its going to be budget system.  i understand that there is no video card on the list.  I might wait for budget dx10 cards to come out, otherwise i might just buy a geforce 7900 or something (about $190).  should i order the parts soon, or should i wait a bit longer?  ive been waiting so longgggg.   also, how does the build look so far, any reccomendations?  remember im on a budget shooting to spend $900 or less.  thanks in advance.