Built pc, looking for a final review before commiting!

[antman8969]

well, hopefully a final word. I don't know much about PC's and this is the first time ive built one, but trying to run warhammer and AoC on my 5 year old HP made it apparent that the time has come (even though this was a great and dependable pc)

So i basically threw this together based on the sticky, but I want to make sure I'm not missing something before i spend $600, so any advice before purchase would be appreciated. I'll just link each part I'm going to buy (all from tigerdirect / newegg). Ill list my concerns for each part under each part

Hard Drive: 320 gigs, SATA interface...... lol does it mater?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=TSD-320S2
Just got a sizy cheap one...didn't hear much about HD being too important

RAM: Dual Channel DDR2 4gig (total) PC6400, 800Mgz
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=O261-8038
Mother board has 4 ram slots, figured it get 4 gigs just to start off, then get another 2 in a month or so when more cash comes in

GPU: 8800GT
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4&sku=P56-8810
The 9600GT is more expensive for some reason, but everywhere I look, the 8800GT is recommended over it.

CPU: Intel Dual Core E5200
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...u=CP1-PD-E5200
Currently, my HP has a amd 2800+, single core, so anything would make me say "wow". But this seemed to be the best price:quality for a low budget

DVD Burner: Samsung
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151173
I guess I could just take the old dvd-rom out of my HP, but I won't be throwing it out ( it still runs WoW perfectly), so I would have to keep switching the two drives between them.

Casing: Antec NSK6580
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129033
It's significantly cheaper than buying the other recommended cases and PSUs, as it comes in a bundle pack. And I won't be overclocking or any jazz any time soon, so I think 450 is enough

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128337
Heres where I'm most confused. Now I'm getting Nvidia, and this mobo isn't SLI, so i may regret that sometime in the future. It also says that this has 3 PCI-e slots and one PCI-e x 16, but from the picture, I can see one PCI-e something, and 3 PCI slots.

I'm most concerned about leaving something out... first thing that comes to mind is the OS. How do I go about this? Am I going to have to buy the $300 vista box from best buy or does it come loaded? I'm sure the drivers/bios come on a CD with the mobo. Any advice would be GREAT, what I should change, things i left out. And ill be gone until tonight, so don't be mad if i don't respond immediately.

[chuck4456]

is your budget?
You would be much better off dealing with Newegg. Better prices on most hardware.
BTW. Welcome.

[antman8969]

lol well ty

I wanted to keep it under 700 for all the components, and like i said, i have no idea how to go about the OS.

[Alaron]

Skip Samsung hard drives. They are not good quality. We recommend Seagate brand.

I'd go with a Retail DVD Burner because they come with software. LiteOn brand has Nero.

That power supply is going to limit you if you want to upgrade in the future. Should be fine for the build as-is though.

That motherboard's 3 PCI-E x1 slots are there (they are very small).

I agree with chuck, stick with Newegg over TD.

For the OS, you can buy a cheaper OEM version for System Builders. Here it is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116485