Need advice on building my first computer?

I have only watched and helped another friend build his computers. I'm about to go at it alone. I've selected all the different pieces based on my needs and my budget. I just need someone to proof what i have selected, and let me know if they will all mesh together. All of the items are off of newegg.com.





--HP 20X DVD卤R DVD Burner Black IDE Model 1035i - OEM


--Rosewill R363-M-BK Micro ATX Black Ultra High Gloss Finished Computer Case with 400W ATX 2.2


--Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


--Acer X203Wbd Black 20'; 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail


--DIAMOND 4870PE51G Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready


--Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM


--Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)


--ASUS P5N73-AM LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail


--Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor


--Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM





The webcam, keyboard, and mouse i left off of the list, as these arent an issue. Im pretty sure that i matched up the parts well enough, i.e. case size/motherboard size. type of memory and processor mount.





And in addition to just looking it over for me, anyone and everyone please post any and all advice you can. Dont leave anything out. Im really nervous about this.





Im trying to save the money instead of buying from a manufacturer. because this same set up is 1700-2000 going from dell or gateway. and i am putting it together for only 990.





thank you all very much!Need advice on building my first computer?
It would be a good rig with the parts you selected, but I have a few recommendations.


First off, that is a very high end video card, it would be a better use of money to go down one step on the graphics card and use that extra $75-100 for the CPU. You would get a higher frame rate from a slightly less powerful gpu combined with something like a 3 or 3.16ghz cpu, and for roughly the same amount.


Secondly, The 7050 chipset is meant for budget machines, if you can find a mobo with a X series Intel chipset, it would be more well suited.


I know people are going to rip you for having Vista, but modern graphics cards need Vista to use their memory allocating drivers correctly. For instance, my x1600 in my laptop allocates 256mb in XP, and 769mb in Vista. It runs significantly better with Vista. Anything older than a x1000 or 6 series Nvidia would run better on XP, thats why people have the idea XP is better.Need advice on building my first computer?
don't do what that other guy says


you can overclock your cpu


it means you increase your cpu speed over the original speed it had


and also


keep that 4870


i loved that graphics card


(even though i have a 4870x2 and it has double performance)
Hey.. just dont get pretty confused with this!!!


just go to theITwares.com for reference!!!