need advice help

[tjpark1111]

i rely need to build a gaming PC for a friend and I've been out of it since socket 939 ruled in gaming - so here's a quick put together see if you guys could help me out.

Intel Core 2 Duo ?Conroe? E6300 1.86Ghz 2MB L2 Cache 65nm Dual-Core Proc - $180

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX Intel Motherboard - $153

eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR GeForce 7900GTO 512MB GDDR3 256-bit Video Card - $262

Corsair XMS2 2x512MB DDR2-800 240-Pin SDRAM PC6400 5-5-5-12 Memory - $132

Samsung SpinPoint SP2504C 250GB 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA II HDD - $75

NZXT Lexa Mid-Size Tower ATX Aluminum Case - $135/$115AR

Cooler Master Real Power RS-450-ACLY 450W ATX PSU - $83

Hanns-G JC-199DPB 19? 8ms SXGA 250cd/m2 700:1 DVI LCD Monitor - $193

Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound 70W RMS Speaker System - $56

Microsoft XP Home Edition SP2 - $200

The only thing I'm worried about is the RAM and PSU - are they any good? I won't overclock much if it runs games fine stock, but if there are any good values for memory, it'd be good. Budget can go as high as $1700 but my friend doesn't want his parents to spend a fortune either so nothing over the top. We're both only 15 years old and of course my friend wants fancy stuff. Are there any fancy PSUs that actually have stable rails and good efficiency? or does it have to be a trade-off between one or the other? Anything else I could improve like the vid card(again ive been out of it ther might be better values) or the monitor which might seem sucky? we're gonna steal a mouse and keyboard so no worries there, at worst ill just give him my mx518 and eclipse cuz i dun use them anymore(laptop user). i no u guys get these threads a million times a day but pleaseeee anyone who helps thanks soooooo much.

EDIT: anything I could make fancier(lights on RAM, mobo) or have better value please DO NOT hesistate to tell me im researching as much as I can on my own but schoolwork ain't so easy on me right now. HELP

 

[MadAmos]

I have just built a similar unit The Ram is perfect I would up to the E6400 and even though I risk a good flaming I went with the Enermax Liberty 400w and it is working great. (this is with the GA 965p S3 ) So far my CPU temp is 35c while folding at 100%. I am only using one core right now but two should not be a problem and I will be adding another soon. I am running oc'ed very mild at 2.4ghz with no stability problems so far and once I am happy with my other set up I plan trying for 3.2ghz.

Amos

New sig. coming

 

[shortylickens]

Your RAM and PSU are fine. Always go with quality brand names on both.
(I just made that mistake recently and it wont be happening again.)

 

[tjpark1111]

thank you for all your help. unfortunately, my friend has decided that he'll wait for DX10 and Vista, because he wants to build a good $1500+ machine and keep it for years, and can't afford to upgrade again in a year or two. thanks again.

 

[Hal0]

In my opinion you should wait for the second generation of DX10 video cards to make your build, the power consuption and other thing should improve (sorry for my bad english).