My first build and I'm in need of advice.

[Flash_Gorton]

So I am new to building a PC and All of the Components I need, My Range is around $1000 and I need to know what I should change/add to my list. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks! Here's my Parts List...

Case NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Hard Drive HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721010CLA332 (0F10383) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Monitor Acer G235HAbd 23'' 5ms 1920x1080 WideScreen LCD monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1

Motherboard BIOSTAR A880G+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Card GIGABYTE GV-R685D5-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Ram OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3RPR1600C8LV4GK

Processor AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX

Drive LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray Reader Model iHOS104-06 - OEM

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full

Subtotal: $1040.90

[David M]

Change your board to an Asus.

Change your hard drive to a WD Black.

Buy the OEM version of Windows Premium.

Change your card out to HIS, EVGA, Diamond or Asus.

Change out to Corsair, Kingston or Crucial RAM.

You will need a PSU. Antec, Corsair and Seasonic are the best.

Study the builds that have been recommended over the past month or so. You will see a pattern of what are considered the more reliable brands by the professional builders who have to warrant what they sell.
Look here for Khalil's guide to the best computer hardware brands.

[Flash_Gorton]

Alright thanks for the tips, I'll do some adjusting.