first build (last check)

[caprisundad]

This build is going to look very familiar to the readers of this board. I'm trying to build a decent gaming computer for around $1000, not including a monitor, which is what most people here seem to want. Anyway, I just want a final confirmation for these components.

MOBO: ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131070

CPU: Intel E6600
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115003

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/produc...82E16820231098

GPU: EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130062

PSU: XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817189005

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148140

OPTICAL: LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-18A1P-186 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106043

CASE: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129021

LCD: Acer AL2223Wd Black-Silver 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824009102


This comes to about $1200, including the monitor. Any comments? I guess I'll have to get XP too for games, but I'll mainly be running Kubuntu Linux. How hard is it to get games working in Linux? Any loss of performance?

[chuck4456]

Go ahead and get a SATA DVD Burner - that's the way it's all going now. If you're not planning on overclocking, you'll be fine using CORSAIR VALUE SELECT PC5300. Don't know about gaming with Linux; someone else here can help you with that. The rest looks pretty good.

[glc]

I'd look at different power supplies - the Goodpowers aren't that great.

Windows games will not run in Linux without a virtual machine or an emulator - both of which hurt performance. I'd set up a dual boot and use real XP for gaming.