New Computer Help

[Satan]

I am currently trying to build my first computer and my brother turned me to this website. my current specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Processor - Retail

MSI K9N4 SLI-F AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Leadtek PX8500GT 256MB GeForce 8500GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

LG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE Super-Multi DVD Burner - OEM

ViewSonic Value Series VA1703wb Black 17" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 500:1 - Retail

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Any suggestions/comments are really helpful
I am really trying to stay under $550 and all my parts are from Newegg

I hope i posted this in the correct area.

[Cavalier90]

You need a power supply, unless there is one in the case already. The Coolermasters that I have been looking at don't have them built in. A 500w unit should be a minimum nowadays. Keyboard/mouse/speakers? You need a hard disk drive anything around 200Gb is good depending on what you want to do with the computer. The motherboard supports RAID so do you need to consider a second HDD to make use of RAID? Again depends on your use of the computer.

Let us know what you intend to use it for and the recommendations may alter.

[Satan]

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
or Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Keyboard mouse + speakers: I all ready have them

Power supply: probably- Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU ATX 12V 2.0 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, FCC, and CB certification
I am not 100% on the power supply

My main uses are mainly web surfing, certain games like BF2, AOE3 and others, and watching videos

[saphalline]

This one got lost, didn't it? ;) Still, this is a family-friendly forums. Your screen name is a bit... well, potentially offensible.

Ok, hold on.

[saphalline]

Ooog...

Budget is tight. Very tight. And you need to fit a monitor in there, as well? Geez, I don't know...

I'm more inclined to tell you to wait until you have more money, or until you can pick up a free monitor from somewhere. $550 is just not enough to get even a moderately good gaming experience if you need the entire box plus a monitor! The 8500 vid card you picked out, for instance, is sh*t! More likely to run well with Hello Kitty: Island Adventure rather than AOE3! :eek:

If you can gather another $100 USD or yoink a free monitor from somewhere, that would improve things by quite a bit. As it stands now, however, you probably wouldn't be happy with the results.