I am going to build myself a new computer. I am re-using the power supply, hard drive, and CD/DVD burner out of my old dell. I am thinking of buying the following parts:
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16811119068
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16813130057
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16814130290
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16819103759
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16820134193

If anyone has a better suggestion for CPU+Motherboard, then that would be nice. Except, I am not going to pay more then $240 for the CPU+Motherboard. I also will pay no more then $180 for a video card, and no more then $100 for memory. If anyone has any suggestions that do not exceed my budget, I'd appreciate it.

Have you considered looking for a second hand 7800+ on ebay? It would give better performance than the 8600 and would probably set you back less.

I don't really build/upgrade computers that often anyway. So, I'd rather buy everything brand new.

If you don't really need the 4 Gb of RAM, why not get 2 Gb of faster RAM?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820145034

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

I like the RAM choice, although i'd go for a cheaper Intel E2200 CPU and a different motherboard.

What features do you want (ie RAID, Overclocking etc...)

I probably would want to do a mild overclock. I was looking around newegg, and I found what I think would be a good mobo+CPU combination:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813131030
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16819116052

BTW, I have a question. On newegg it lists a motherboard as being compatible with a FSB speed of either 1066 or 1333MHz, can I still run a processor at an FSB of 800MHz on that board? Because if I could, then I would get this motherboard instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813131142

Disadvantages that the P5N has is the fact that it only has one PCI Express x1 slot. But, the P5N also supports SLI and quad-core processors, which makes it good for upgrading. Also, the P5B motherboard only supports RAID 0/1 while the P5N supports 0/1/0+1/5.

I changed my mind on the memory. This is the memory I will use:
http://www.newegg.com/product/ ... .asp?item=N82E16820134114

(four of those sticks of course) That way I can run the memory at 1:1 with the FSB.

You'd be better off getting a pack of 2x2GB of better quality stuff, which will be cheaper than the Kingston stuff you've linked to.

No point in 4gb of ram, thats a waste unless your doing some serious graphics/video editing which you are not going to be doing and even then 2gb is more then enough.

With some $$ you save from the ram, get a better video card.

Also what PSU do you have? If its not good enough you will have to buy a new one to handle everything.

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No point in 4gb of ram, thats a waste unless your doing some serious graphics/video editing which you are not going to be doing and even then 2gb is more then enough.

With some $$ you save from the ram, get a better video card.

Also what PSU do you have? If its not good enough you will have to buy a new one to handle everything.

Tbh for the price ram is now, I'd go for 4GB (and defo 2 sticks of 2GB). I do do heavy (2D just) graphics work and I can tell you the more ram the better. A largish (1600*1000) image with 20 or 30 layers useless I large amount of memory I can tell you.

Either way the point I'm trying to make is you would literally only save about $40 by going with 2GB compared to 4GB.

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Also what PSU do you have?

It's a 425 watt power supply.

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It's a 425 watt power supply.

What brand? if its a Generic brand it might not be good enough.

I meant 480W. It is a powmax power supply, this one to be exact:
http://www.powmax.com/pics/power/demon480w.htm

If it's a good PSU, then that should be ok...