It's that time again

[IntegraGSR]

Time to decide what direction to upgrade... :)

Here's what I taking from my current rig:

D-Link Gigabit PCI NIC
Soundblaster Fatal1ty PCI Soundcard
Keyboard + Mouse
Monitor
Speakers
Case

Here's what I plan on upgrading to:

Video Card:
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130071) $379.99 (MIR)

PSU:
Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817371001) $104.99 (IR and MIR)

RAM:
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231098) $88.99 (IR)

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115017) $299.99 (hear price may drop soon?)

Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128050) $129.99

Total: $1,032.42 shipped

Picking up some Arctic Silver 5 and a few case fans. I'm contemplating an aftermarket heatsink for that CPU...

This is for a main use computer that does a little bit of everything (video editing, games, surfing), my only concern is that all of my hard drives are IDE and I prefer not to upgrade to SATA until I have to.

This is also my first Intel build, so I paired it with a Gigabyte Intel board. Good/Bad idea?

[marine63]

the price drop is tommorow :) and also consider one of the new duo cores coming out the e6850 :)

[averyroberson45]

hey marine which are the new processors coming out? got a link ?

[LeftyAce]

July 22 (tomorrow)
Can't find a good link, but here's something: http://www.pcstats.com/NewsView.cfm?NewsID=58654

[IntegraGSR]

Blargh they are sold out at Newegg, and the price didn't even drop

Edit: I noticed something, I guess it's because of my newbishness to the Intel platform, but if I get DDR2 800 and the CPU/Motherboard runs at 1066/1333, I assume the FSB will clock itself down to 800, or is this setup incompatible? I don't think I will shell out the ridiculous amount of money for DDR3

[blue60007]

What's out of stock? Maybe the new price will be reflected when it's back in with fresh stock.

Intel FSB's are quad-pumped. The actual MHZ speed for 1066 and 1333 FSB's is 266 and 333, resp. DDR2-800 is double-pumped, so it's actually 400MHz. But no worries about the speed differences, the FSB/RAM will run on an appropriate divider (like a ratio). The RAM will run at DDR2-800 and the FSB will run at the appropriate speed.

[IntegraGSR]

Yeah the egg sold out of the Q6600's, hopefully they restock at the lower price.

I went ahead and bought all of the components except the processor and video card. Going to wait till I can buy them both at once.

Any suggestions about the build, or am I peachy?