Hi! , I'm Building a computer , and got everything , Help me see if i picked good choices?

All the hardwares i'm gonna buy is from www.newegg.com , so if you want to see an image of the hardware , just copy and paste its name on there , i got a ASUS P5K-V LGA 775 Intel G33 ATX Intel Motherboard , Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor , XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card , RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply , 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM , A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory , Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive, and Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM,

I think vista will only slow it down , xp much better , right ?? , will this computer work , dose everything match? , can it play high graphics games ? , for example supreme commander , PLEASE , THANK YOU, this is my first comp, and i been saving for a while.|||I actually prefer the nforce 6 sli chipset....especially for gaming but that's just me



I went a lil cheap on my cpu and got the 6420...still had the 4mb L2 but at the time was 60 bucks cheaper for the 2.13ghz



double check with the ASUS WEBSITE that the ram you picked out is tested for that board....don't just rely on specs given by newegg....somewhere buried deep in the tech specs you'll find a list of tested ram modules. I had all kinds of probs with what i thought was very decent crucial ram on my evga board but couldn't get it stable...eventually found good deals on corsair ram that worked fine.



everything looks pretty well in order...like the case you picked out too but jesus! do people really still buy windows? Oh well...better you than me i suppose but as far as hardware goes it all looks pretty compatible.





....yes i agree with above anser...if you get the retail box cpu it will have a heatsink included. generally, you can get a better one for 25 bucks though.....I'm not familiar with that asus board but double check the chipset heatsink isn't anything crazy (i think some boards like the gigabyte get out of hand with that) and select a suitable cooler|||make sure you also have a cpu/proccessor cooler



seems to be a pretty cool computer..though i would go with a GeForce 8800GTS 320mb or so thats what i have..stick with xp thats what i did..some good choices there|||Why don't you have a DVD writable drive in the mix there?

I didn't go through everything, but it looks like a good mix. The Motherboard has SATA on it, as well as the cables, so I think everything should work out well.



Good luck.|||Looks like a good setup, but some high-performance games may require a better graphics card. You have a good one right now, though. Just be sure that the processor comes with a CPU fan or you will definately burn that processor. Those things get very hot, very fast. Hope this helped.|||High graphics? No, probably not. Not on High at least. Get a better graphics card, at least 320MB. Get a bigger HD, at least 300Gb. Get a DVD-burner. Lite-on makes great burners. Since you want XP, get Professional instead of Home. You will have more control over the things your system does.



Everything else looks good.|||This is very good setup overall, the m/b is "Intel Quad-core ready" so thats good future proofing. Get "xp pro".



But If you plan to play "Supreme commander" then you should change your Display Card ,get a "NVIDIA GeForfce 8800 GTS" or if you can afford it the "GeForce 8800 Ultra".



This card will struggle playing "supreme commander" at 1920*1200 resolution, but should be fine at "1280*1024" or lesser.



NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS supports DirectX 10, but it is simple too weak to provide usable support for DirectX 10. So buy, the GeForce 8600 GTS for its DirectX 9 performance, not its DirectX 10 support.



Hope this helps.