It's been a while since I built a computer so if I can get some input so I don't cause myself a lot of problems it would be much appreciated. I bought a E8600 CPU and I am ready to pull the trigger on a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R. I really like the reviews on it at newegg, any objections to this board? I need to find a good CPU cooler also.
I don't know what kind of RAM to run in the board, any suggestions here? This is what I was looking at for RAM G.SKILL 4GB.
As for Video, I like EVGA for the video card, have one in my current system. Should I go all out and buy the EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition or do you think this is over kill. I'm looking forward to Operation Flashpoint 2 coming out and as far as current games, the last game I played was call of duty 4. I will be mainly using this for gaming. I would love to spend less but I don't want to upgrade in a year. Any suggestions here? Do you think the EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR would work for me?
I'll need a PSU to power all this too, what kind of wattage do you think I'll need? I was looking into PC Power & Cooling but I don't know whats good anymore.
I will be running Vista 64 Ultimate for the OS.
I don't know what kind of RAM to run in the board, any suggestions here? This is what I was looking at for RAM G.SKILL 4GB.
As for Video, I like EVGA for the video card, have one in my current system. Should I go all out and buy the EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition or do you think this is over kill. I'm looking forward to Operation Flashpoint 2 coming out and as far as current games, the last game I played was call of duty 4. I will be mainly using this for gaming. I would love to spend less but I don't want to upgrade in a year. Any suggestions here? Do you think the EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR would work for me?
I'll need a PSU to power all this too, what kind of wattage do you think I'll need? I was looking into PC Power & Cooling but I don't know whats good anymore.
I will be running Vista 64 Ultimate for the OS.