Help, I'm Building a Gaming Computer!

[plastiqe]

I've been using my old Dell since forever and it's grown hopelessly out of date.  I figured that out myself last year when I tried to upgrade to a new video card only to realize I didn't even have a PCI-E slot to put one in.  Anyways this year I decided it's best to start from scratch and build one myself.

I used sites like build-gaming-computers.com (http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/index.html), shopbot (http://www.shopbot.ca/) and graphics card rankings (http://thepcreport.net/reviews/hardware/graphics-card-rankings-list/) to put this list together.  I'd be ordering the processor, ram and the copy of windows online while the rest of the stuff is all from a local chain (so no shipping).

So here is the list of parts for the budget gaming pc I'm considering.  I don't play shooters and it doesn't have to be able to run Crysis, I'm more interested in stuff coming out soon like SW:ToR & Diablo III... and of course Elements.

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Quad Core Processor AM2+ 3.0GHZ 8MB Cache 125W 45NM OEM (http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230182/HDZ940XCJ4DGI/AMD/)
$ 99.79

Asus M4A785-M Socket AM2+ AMD 785G Chipset + ATI SB710 ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics (HDMI) DDR2 1200(O.C.)/1066/800/667Mhz 1x PCI-Express 2.0 x16 8-Ch HD Audio GigaLAN 12x USB2.0 6x SATA 3Gb/s Micro ATX (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_339&item_id=027171)
$ 77.99

EVGA GeForce GTX 465 1024MB (01G-P3-1465-AR) nVidia GeForce GTX 465 Chipset (607Mhz) 1024MB (3206Mhz) GDDR5 Dual Display Dual Dual-Link DVI-I/Mini HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_559&item_id=031563)
$ 171.99

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=034444
$ 234.99

Patriot Gamer Series 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-6400 CL5-5-5-12 Dual Channel Memory Kit (http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/225026/PGS24G6400ELK/Patriot/)
$ 92.79

Western Digital Caviar Green (WD15EARS) 1500GB (1.5TB) SATA 3 Gb/s 64MB (OEM) (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_210_212&item_id=027661)
$ 59.99

Asus DRW-24B1ST Black SATA 24X DVD-Writer 24xDVD+R/-R 24xDVD+/-R DL 8xDVD+RW/6xDVD-RW 48xCD-R OEM (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=3_61&item_id=029356)
$ 27.99

Antec DF-30 Dark Fleet Mid Tower Gaming Case (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_112&item_id=032229)
$ 89.99

Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Modular Power Supply TRX-750M (http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_443&item_id=027015)
$ 69.99
 
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM (http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/222137/MICROSOFT/GFC_00599/)
$ 93.79

Total= $ 784.31


Questions:

Good choices?
Are these parts compatable?
Enough power?
Missing anything?
Any advice in general or otherwise?

[TimerClock14]

I dunno much about all the hardware and stuff, but I use an ASUS laptop and it's incredible. It's almost as fast as a mac (that's a big accomplishment considering it runs windows 7 ) and it's got close to 5 hours on a full charge.

[Ajit]

I dunno much about all the hardware and stuff, but I use an ASUS laptop and it's incredible. It's almost as fast as a mac (that's a big accomplishment considering it runs windows 7 ) and it's got close to 5 hours on a full charge.

lol the fact that you said you don't know "much about all the hardware and stuff" I think means you shouldn't be commenting such hateful words against Windows.  I'm gonna try to not start something about mac...

Anyways.

Looks good to me, but I'd suggest investing in a blu-ray for the optical drive, I don't know THAT much about gaming itself, but if you're going to have a beautiful surround sound system and glorious display to accompany this gaming computer, this would be a great home theater as well, and now, a home theater is nothing without 1080p resolution from that wonderful Blu-Ray.

[jegaggin]

I dunno much about all the hardware and stuff, but I use an ASUS laptop and it's incredible. It's almost as fast as a mac (that's a big accomplishment considering it runs windows 7 ) and it's got close to 5 hours on a full charge.

lol the fact that you said you don't know "much about all the hardware and stuff" I think means you shouldn't be commenting such hateful words against Windows.  I'm gonna try to not start something about mac...

Anyways.

Looks good to me, but I'd suggest investing in a blu-ray for the optical drive, I don't know THAT much about gaming itself, but if you're going to have a beautiful surround sound system and glorious display to accompany this gaming computer, this would be a great home theater as well, and now, a home theater is nothing without 1080p resolution from that wonderful Blu-Ray.

but macs are awesome im using one right now ^_^