New build, what do u all think??

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CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ Socket AM2
CPU Cooling Intel / AMD Original Cooling Fan & Heatsink
Memory 2048 MB DDR II 1066 Memory (Corsair XMS2 Twin2X) (SLI ready RAM)
Mother Board ASUS Crosshair nVidia 590 SLI Mother Board
Hard Drive 1 Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA
Optical Drive 1 LG 18X DVD RW +- Dual Layer
SLI Video BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB GDDR3, Dual DVI, HDCP
Audio Onboard Audio
Network Card Onboard Network Card
Case Apevia X-Navigator Aluminum w/ 500 Watt Power Supply (black)
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit

Thank you for any feedback or suggestion or ......
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[Alaron]

Pretty good list.

Check to be sure your LG drive comes with burning software. If not, Retail LiteOns do.

Do you plan on overclocking? If not, the ram is overkill, you only need DDR2-800.

We have been recommending that new builders skip Vista for now, its not polished enough for prime time.

Keep in mind that any aftermarket HSF will void your CPU's 3yr warranty.

The most important thing I've saved till last. You have to junk that PSU. It is worthless. If you are using two video cards, get something from Nvidia's certifed list here: www.slizone.com

[Fighting]

Thank you for your comments. Is this PSU good enuff to run the one videocard and everything else??

[ChoboSeki]

Check out the Good PSU List (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195).

[Katreat]

Most PSUs that come with cases are low quality. When a low quality unit fails it often destroys other componets, such as your motherboard and CPU also. So the answer is NO, you dont want to risk your new computer by running it with a low quality PSU.

The good news is you probably got the PSU in the case for next to nothing. If you price cases you can see that those with PSUs and those without of equal quality are only a few dollars different. So you really did not lose much money in having to replace it.