New Computer, What parts?

So i get to play with a new computer. i've got these parts in mind.
i've got lined up


intel e6600 (fsb @1066) [ really couldn't figure out why the e6750 is cheaper but with higher fsb @1333mhz also at 2.66 rather than the 2.4 of e6600]
ASUS P5N-E (mobo shows only dual channel up to ddr2 800, guess im going non-dual channel)
Corsair 2x1gb @ 1066mhz
nvidia 8800gts
antec sonata III w/ 500watt (not sure if fthats enough)


trying to save money now, wondering if SATA cd-roms are worth it or not. so far some reading suggests maybe not.
if i save money going regular ide optical drives i might be able to throw in a good heatsink or else imma have to use stock HS.

thanks for listening, any suggestions? -scooter

 

think u could throw out prices you've found or what u expect to pay for each piece? ur case gets iffy reviews... small problems but u might as well get a case that you won't get pissed at... hear the front USB ports are really tight

 

don't get a DX10 capable card right now 'cause apparently there's a new DX10 format coming out and the two DX10's don't work with each other....

 

hm good point guys, see i havn't been reading up.

zoom zoom any source on that DX10 news?

my list is here

$00....Power Supply
115....Antec Sonata Case
200....view q19wb Monitor
170....ATI Radeon x1950XT
125....ASUS P5N-E Motherboard
230....e6600 Cpu
110....seagate 500 sata Hard Drive
150....corsair 1066 Ram
045....thermaltakke big typhoon vx HS
030....lite on sata DVD-Rom
037....lite on sata DVD-Writer
Mouse 0
Keyboard 0
Total 1212

**the reason for choosing the Antec Sonata is its supposed to be quiet so i dunno.
anyhow hope someone can really enlighten me on the difference between the intel core 2 duo e6750 and e6600. The E6750 has higher clockspeed @ 2.66 vs. 2.4 and faster FSB @ 1333 vs 1066 but on mwave.com its actually cheaper. Thats throwing me off a bit.

-thanks everyone.

 

Oh, forgot to answer some suggestions

I usually dont use front I/O ports i think they make the case look ugly. I usually route things through the back. Also i did switch the vid card down because i went and looked up at direct x 10 cards and yea, when Direct X 10.1 comes up...not gonna be helpful. So yea. Good thing ZOom Zoom pointed that out or else i'd have screwed myself.

 

check this out, dated for july, but nice bit of reading

http://www.techreport.com/etc/2007q3/system-guide-0707/index.x?pg=6

 

Dim Sum thanks for the post but check this article, i think i'll just go dx 9

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20070815123340.html

"At SIGGRAPH 2007 conference Microsoft announced the details of the new DirectX updates version 10.1. They pointed out that to ensure full support of DirectX 10.1 you need not only to install Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, but you may also need to replace a graphics card. Contemporary graphics accelerators from Nvidia GeForce 8800 and AMD/ATI Radeon 2900 may not support all the new features added to Direct3D 10.1.

Next-Gen web-site made certain things clear thanks to their phone interview with Microsoft's Sam Glassenberg, who said: "DirectX 10.1 fully supports DirectX 10 hardware. No hardware support is being removed. It's strictly a superset. It's basically an update to DirectX 10 that extends the hardware functionality slightly."

According to Sam Glassenberg, DirectX 10.1 will be fully compatible with all graphics cards supporting DirectX 10. He told that the current updates are very similar to those performed for DirectX 9 back in the days. All the company wants to do now is to increase the API life cycle. This statement was addressed to majority of worried gamers who got the impression that Microsoft announced GeForce 8800 and Radeon 2900 based graphics cards may become useless after the new updates have been pushed. However, Sam confirmed that existing graphics cards may still not be able to use all the new features of DirectX 10.1. At the same time he stress that applications designed specifically for DirectX 10.1 are very unlikely to appear, because overall, the updates aren’t that critical.

So, although DirectX 10.1 will support current DirectX 10 graphics hardware, today's DirectX 10 hardware will not be able to support all of the features of DirectX 10.1, which includes incremental improvements to 3D rendering quality.

However, the gamers who have already acquired contemporary DirectX 10 graphics accelerators shouldn’t be too upset. Upon developers’ request, version 10.1 sets whatever was available in the previous releases as a standard. As for the innovations, among them are 32-bit floating-point operations (instead of 16-bit ones, used today by default) and obligatory support of 4x FSAA."

 

Another question about ram, should i be matching Processor FSB with RAM FSB? e.g. E6600 FSB is 1066 mhz should i buy ram that runs at 1066?

 

no i dont think so

as long as its ddr2 and the motherboard supports it, it should be fine. if you look at the article i linked to they pair a Core 2 Duo E6600 with OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM

although i know some memory have compatibility issues due to the voltages they run, so check out the combinations on google to see if people have been having problems

 

believe me=]
6750 is better!

its cheaper mainly becuz of AMD?
i think they are trying to get more customers~~

 

Hahahahaha no way in hell i'd buy a dell if i knew how to build one. Just not possible. 8300 isn't really gamer quality and 80 gb is like so 6 years ago. it just aint gonna happen.-scooter

 

i would love to have that quad core deal right now i guess i can wait and im not in that much of a rush.

 

you wont gain too much from quad core, unless you have a lot of heavy mutli-tasking needs

most games will run fine with a dual core, and the limiting factor will most likely always be the GPU

 

Most people hardly even fully utilize the potential of dual cores, why get quad cores then?

 

Haha most average people don't even fully utilize their single core CPU unless they are gaming. Other than that they are just surfing and watching videos.

But nunubutt mentioned using the Sonata case because it is suppose to be quiet. But I don't think you are going for a "silent" solution so there's not realy need to stick to that case as there are other options. The reason I say this is because the video card you have isn't that queit so it won't matter too much if you have a queit case or not.

But overall, it looks like a respectable system.

 

The prices you list are pretty high. if you visit forums like hardforums and anandtech and if you have time, you can easily get a mobo + q6600 for the price you are paying for your combo right now. Further, if you have time, wait for deals. You can get the Antec p180 for under 100 easily, about 60AR on good deals. That's what I would go with.

If you don't game or don't plan on OCing then going with premade will get you the best deal.