Building first gaming computer, how does this look?

[Blah DTMM]

I've decided to finally go the route of building a gaming computer for the first time as opposed to buying a prebuilt one. I have all of the parts picked out, but before I order them I'd like to check around a few different sites to see if theres anything people would suggest I change, maybe replace something that will be cheaper yet not have a lot of performance loss. So here it is so far.

Samsung 2443BW-HAS 24IN
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...g&promoid=1074

Q9550
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...l&promoid=1074

Antec 900
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...3&promoid=1074

Mushkin HP PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit,
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...5&promoid=1074

Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 DVD-RW 22X6X16 DL16X/12X Lightscribe DVD Writer SATA OEM,
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...2&promoid=1074

Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive 3YR MFR Warranty,
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...4&promoid=1074

Asus P5Q Pro
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...8&promoid=1074

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad 750W ATX V2.2 EPS12V 24PIN SLI Active PFC Power Supply Black, $125
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...1&promoid=1074

Radeon HD4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out, HDMI
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...21661(ME).aspx

The games I'll be playing will be typically shooters, like Crysis and such. Also my budget isn't a huge factor, I'm just trying to keep it below or around $1800.

[shadowpr]

Nice build.

Only suggestions I would offer are:

Get either a lite-on or asus dvd burner. Sata and retail. I haven't heard good about samsung drives.

Save a few bucks with this ram: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...acture=MUSHKIN

And look at the cheaper, and faster E8500.

Don't forget the OS, keyboard, mouse, and speakers.

[Blah DTMM]

Alright thanks, I'll look into changing the burner, as well as the E8500. That was actually the CPU I was looking into getting in the first place, and I was thinking about going back to it. I've already got the OS, keyboard, mouse and speakers, but is there anything else I am gonna need that I may be missing for building this computer?

[chuck4456]

I'd go with SEAGATE Drives.
Unless you are planning on being in some benchmarking competitions, you won't see abit of difference between a 4870x2 and a 4870, and you'll still have an ultimately vivid display on that new SAMSUNG.
You can take some of the money you've saved video card-wise and go ahead and get an E8600.
That's what I'd do.
Of course, there is no substitute for PC POWER & COOLING.
Good move there.

[Blah DTMM]

Alright thanks, I'll consider doing that too. As for a different burner, is this a good one?

ASUS DRW-2014L1T DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 8X SATA
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=ASUS

Unfortunately I don't know much about burners so if anyone could reccomend anything better, that'd be great.

[shadowpr]

That looks good. Unfortunately ncix doesn't seem to have a great selection of dvd burners. But I'm sure that will be perfectly fine.

[Blah DTMM]

Okay well, after coming to the conclusion that I do not have the time and probably not the skill to build the computer myself, I've turned to a computer store, and luckily for me the store I found has had lower prices than most of the sites that offer these products. Now the only problem is that they do not have some of the parts I had initially wanted, and today I went in and the guy gave me a rundown of the computer and reccommended new parts to me aside from the ones that I had wanted but they didn't have. I would like to make sure these parts are okay, and if anyone could find any better ones, and possibly cheaper, that'd be great.

Here's what I am at so far that I am unsure about:

Motherboard: ASUS® P5Q S775 INT P45/ICH10R ATX 1PCIE X16,4D.DDR2-1200MHZ 1600 /1333FSB,SATA RAID0 1394 GBLAN
http://www.b-com.ca/product.php?productid=223614&page=1

Memory: KINGSTON DDR2 NON-ECC PC2-8500 2048MB KVR1066D2N7K2/2G (KIT OF 2) MEMORY
http://www.b-com.ca/product.php?productid=223271&page=1

Hard Drive: SEAGATE - OEM - ST3500320AS NCQ 500GB SATA 300 HARD DRIVE 9MS 32MB 7200RPM
http://www.b-com.ca/product.php?productid=219328&page=1

And it turns out that the monitor I wanted (Samsung 2443BW-HAS 24IN), they do not have at their store. So could somebody reccomend me a similar one to it if possible?

And finally, I am actually going to be needing a new mouse and speakers. I'd like a mouse for gaming but nothing too fancy and expensive, probably below $30 or so? And speakers again don't need to be anything really fancy, prefferably below $45.

Please use the B-com site for reccomendations, as that is where I'll be buying from.

Thanks again!