New Computer - Opinions

[Roman_Man#3]

Hello. I have gotten a list of parts for a computer I want to build, and I would like to know your opinion on it ie. how it will run, does everything work together, price, etc.

Motherboard - ASUS P5K ATX - $144.90
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Dual Core Processor - $195.00
Video Card - BFG GeForce 8600GT OC 565 mHz 256KB - $179.19
Memory - Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 DDR2 2GB 2X1GB DDR2 - $109.99
Power Supply - OCZ Stealthxstream 600W - $77.08
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 - $79.93
DVD/CD Drive - Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA - $39.75
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE PCI 7.1 - $29.77






Total - $904.34
All the prices are from NCIX.

[Slug For A Butt]

If you are going to go with the 8600 instead of the 8800, this may look a better option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150229

[Roman_Man#3]

Ok, I don't want to break the $200 mark for a video card, and the 8600 GT looked good. can you please explain how that one may be a better option?

[Slug For A Butt]

It's $129, not over $200.
Mind you, that's still a fair bit more expensive than a 7600 which isn't drastically different in terms of performance. Unless you are running Vista of course.

[Roman_Man#3]

well, what I'm going for is a computer that will run RTW on full high and hopefully M2TW as well, but M2TW doesn't have to be full high settings. I would also like to be able to do work on it and possibly some next-gen games. Maybe that helps narrow down the graphics card?

[Husar]

I'd get the 8800GT, it's around 250 but in performance it comes close to the 8800GTX!
It should be a lot faster than the 8600GT.