Let's Build Me A Computer

[Flux Capacitor]

Through research and lurking these forums for the last few weeks I feel I could get this done pretty well on my own but I'd feel 100x more confident if some of you pros looked over my parts and gave me your opinions.

Currently I have a 4 year old Dell and no building experience so I'd like to keep it as simple as possible. I'd really like to keep below $1000. Some of the things I'll be using it for include internet, games, some video and picture editing (Photoshop), school stuff... Not really a hardcore gamer but I do plan and playing some of the newer games... if it will allow.

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

PSU: XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply - Retail

Mobo: ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - Retail

Ram: Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G - Retail

HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Optical: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner included extra White bezel, with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-20A1P-186 - Retail

GPU: BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

Oh and I almost forgot. Floppy drive. The whole four years I've had my current PC I've only used the FD once. I'm assuming it isn't neccessary to have...

This all fits into my budget nicely at $960 +shipping. I plan on ordering in the next couple days.


Suggestions?

[eshaft716]

Looks like a solid system. Should run well. No you really dont need the floppy drive but you could always take it out of the Dell and store it just in case you need it.

[freakitchen]

Solid build, you've certainly done your research.

I personally would use Corsair Value Select RAM - if only because we've seen it work well with C2D builds. But that said, there's no reason why the Kingston wouldn't work.

FK

[glc]

XClios are good, but the Goodpower is not one of their better efforts. You could do better on the power supply, the "little" 450BL would actually be a better choice and save you some cash.

[Jimmy0]

You could also drop the IDE optical drive and replace it with a retail SATA version, but you don't have to.