Opinions wanted for a ~$2000 build

[ankitpayal]

Here's the build:

Case: Antec P180 ($120 @ Frys - ordered)
PSU: Corsair HX520w ($130 @ Newegg)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 ($313 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe ($183 @ Newegg)
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-1 ($7 @ eBay - ordered)
CPU Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 ($45 @ Cooler Guys - ordered)
Additional 120mm Fan: Yate Loon D12SL ($5 @ Cooler Guys - ordered)
Memory: 2GB Crucial 10th Anniversary DDR2 667 PC2-5300 ($230 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerCooler Radeon X1950 Pro ($220 @ Newegg)
CDR/W+DVDR/W Combo Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S182M ($33 @ Newegg)
SATA Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB Perp. Recording ($95 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Dell 2007FPW ($384 @ Dell.com - ordered)
Operating System: WinXP Media Center Ed. w/ Vista Coupon ($110 @ Newegg)

I also ordered a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX 1.3WebCam ($41 @ Newegg) because that is more important than a separate sound card to me at this point. I want to see what impact Vista has on Sound Card technology and so I will wait till next year to buy one. If I had to buy a sound card right now, I would have gone with the X-Fi XtremeMusic.

The total comes to about $1,910 shipped for everything. I have held of pushing that "Checkout" button on Newegg pending your review and comments. I will be buying a DX10 card around the same time next year so the X1950 should be fine till then.

Edit 1: The purpose of this build is to play games, listen to music, browse the net, some light amateur video and photo editing. I also wanted a silent and cool PC without having to go the water cooling way.

 

[LouPoir]

Perfect

 

[pkme2]

I like your choices too. Looks like you've doing your homework on AT threads, or someplace chock full of great info.

Good luck on your build.

 

[ankitpayal]

Originally posted by: pkme2
I like your choices too. Looks like you've doing your homework on AT threads, or someplace chock full of great info.

Good luck on your build.

pkme2, thanks for your PMs which had a lot of good info and was a great starting point. Of course, the AT threads were a lot of help among other forums.

 

[w00t]

I like most of the choices

The prefer the MSI Platinum 975X V.2
I also would of went with a better video card for that 2007WFP but that's just me

 

[ankitpayal]

Originally posted by: w00t
I like most of the choices

The prefer the MSI Platinum 975X V.2
I also would of went with a better video card for that 2007WFP but that's just me

I compared the MSI to the Asus and I was turned off by its reviews. It has a very good board layout, offers good features, and love the rounded PATA/FDD cables, but it was not enough for me to switch.

Which Video Card do you suggest? I am going to be switching to a DX 10 card after 12 months and I don't play the latest FPS type games. I will likely be playing Civ IV, Tiger Woods, Flight Sim X at 1600x1058. The PowerCooler comes with an Arctic cooler and the fan is silent too.

 

[crydee]

Wow, I got the same build as you but e6400 and scythe ninja. I got the ninja 2 yate loons and AS5 for 50$ shipped @ jab-tech. The power cooler was up for 200$ on new egg for a few hours when it first launched to till it sold out. I also spent a few weeks scouring the net for deals though and my total was $1200.01 sans monitor. Looks good!