New gaming oriented build! Mid-high range.

[Shakuwa]

Hello folks,
When time came to upgrade my PC I decided to try and find the first post I made here to see how much things have changed.

I know you get a gazillion of these, But... 1st time build

The machine isn't too bad but I'd like a new machine to game with for the current generation of games. (Crysis,CoD4/5,Farcry 2). As before I also need to be able to do some programming on it while playing music/watching videos.

I would also like to be able to hook up the rig to my TV for novelty every once in awhile.

I already bought the case, O/S and GPU because they had some deals going on at New Egg.

1500 is about what I wanted to spend anyway. I don't plan on doing any O/C'ing...

Lemme know what the experts think!

Thanks again folks.

Case
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Name : Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129021

GPU
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Name: EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130365

O/S
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Name : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488

Mobo
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Name : ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131296

PSU
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Name : CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006

CPU
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Name : Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115036

Memory
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Name : CCORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

HDD
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Name : Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136218

[shadowpr]

I would drop the mb down to a p5q.

And drop the ram down to ddr2-800 2x2gb.

If you do a lot of multitasking, you might want to consider a quad core.