Building a PC. Need advice and help!! Thank you?

Before i start id like to say thank you for your time and effort.





Im planning on building a good gaming pc.


My budget is around 550. i want to find out as much information as i can before i start buying parts.





I need to know how to go about building the best and cheapest gaming rig based on my budget.





What im really stuck on is the motherboard. What type? Asus maybe and i cant buy any old motherboard it has to coincide with my other parts.





im planning on getting an 8800 graphics card, n-vida or g-force?.





4gb of ram





1 terabite samsung F1





I-cute case





Dl-dvd burner.





intel quad core or duo





vista-32bit??





What power supply unit shall i get. 1000w?





Any suggestions on where to get cheap parts would be nice.





Any precautions i should take when installing parts..Building a PC. Need advice and help!! Thank you?
wait a sec, you top of the line parts from quality vendors and only think you are going to spend $550???





is that in pounds or USD???





if its pounds then you have a chance, if its USD keep saving...





EDIT





are you using a monitor from a different system? if not then there is at least 100 to 150 pounds right there.


save your money and put in a good dual core CPU. spend the extra on a better GPU like a GTX 260 or a 4850 or better.





g-force is an nVidia brand and the 8800 is still a decent card but there are better out there.





if you use the 32bit Vista it will only see 3.25gig of the RAM, put in 3gig or get the 64bit OS.





'cute'??? how about an all steel case that has at least two 120mm fans and good air flow??





DVD burner good, get a lite-on brand. even at $25 USD they are cheap enough to replace if they ever die.





1000W is over kill unless you plan on using GTX 290's in SLI with a quad core CPU and a half dozen hard drives. get a QUALITY PSU at around 750W.





tigerdirect.com





make sure that if you use an aftermarket CPU or GPU cooler that you get a tube of thermal paste, a HSF that comes with the CPU will have it already applied.


DONT FORCE ANYTHING. if it does not fit then you are doing something wrong.Building a PC. Need advice and help!! Thank you?
Even if its 600 pounds, you aren't going to get anything what you expect.


Anyway, check out this place,


http://www.extremetech.com/category2/0,2鈥?/a>





It tells you how to setup a good gaming pc, which parts to buy, they compare the parts, and even tell you best place to buy them. Basically they do all the work for you
For the money I'd go with nvidia's 780i SLI motherboard. I'd stick with an SLI certified 700w power supply. It will work with Dual 8800 GTX cards.





www.newegg.com is hands down the best online retailer ever.