First time PC build

Johnson

1st time building a PC from scratch. I have the monitor and software I need already, so I just need advice on parts. The PC is going to be used for some gaming, movies, music encoding, working on photographs, etc. I won't be OCing the processor.

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

HDD - Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

CD/DVD Drive - Pioneer BDC-S02BK Blu-Ray ROM, SATA

RAM - 4096MB-Kit OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Titanium Dual Channel, CL4

PSU - Corsair TX650W 650 Watt

Mainboard - Gigabyte GA-Q35M-S2 ,Intel Q35, mATX, PCI-Express

Case - Silverstone Sugo SST-SG03B

Graphics Card - Powercolor HD4850 PCS 1024MB GDDR3, PCI-Express

The mainboard needs to be Micro ATX, given size restrictions where the Case will be. I'm happy with the processor and the Hard Drive, but I'd like some advice about the graphics card, mainboard, PSU and RAM.(i.e. whether they are suitable/compatible, or if there are better options at similar prices). I'll be using Vista 64 bit. The monitor I have now is a 19 inch 1280x1024 monitor, but I will likely be upgrading in the near future, hence my choice of graphics card.

Also, given that I won't be OCing, will I need to use extra fans, or will the cooling system in the case be alright?

Thanks in advance

Hoser

looking good my friend that is a solid build..how much is it running up to

now one thing i would suggest is buying a q6600
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/3ViPoLx2hqfCCI/articledetail.jsp?aid=8790&agid=398

you mentioned that you would like to do more than gaming so a q6600 would be really handy. currently a duo has shown better performance in gaming but when it comes to more than just gaming quad core has shown better performance. Also some games in future hopefully will use more than one or 2 cores hence better performance. And also you can easily overclock q6600 to 3.0Ghz on stock cooler and with no sweat and still have it stable so have a think about that one.

i recently ordered a new min-atx mobo and q6600 and sapphire 4850 and i got half of the stuff, so ill let you know how that performers.

but yea that's a nice budget set-up at the moment. good luck

Johnson

It comes to roughly €850 altogether. One of my main concerns is whether or not the motherboard itself is good quality, and that it is compatible with the GFX card I have listed. It says that the card takes up 2 slots, and I want to be sure that there is enough room for it on the board, if that makes sense.

As for the CPU, I looked at comparisons between Dual and Quad core processors, and the dual core sounds more appropriate for my needs. I'll probably end up going for the E8500, given that it's only a little bit more expensive, and it runs cooler and with less power, as well as having a higher clock speed.

Cheers for the advice.