[theicfire]

So this is what I have bought so far from newegg (screenshot of checkout)



I now need a video card, harddrive, and optical drive. I think I have what I want, but I just wanted to check if these would be ok (hopefully playing crysis medium settings 1680x1050)
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S223Q - OEM -- looking for the cheapest that works
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -- looking for the cheapest that works
MSI N9600GT 512M OC GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail --Want to play crysis a bit 1680x1050


What do you think (mainly on the new parts, but I guess you can comment on the parts I already bought too)?

Thanks

[Carbon]

You want (if not NEED) a 4850 at least. If you can't get that within your budget, take the CPU down to a E7300. I would drop down to a Corsair 400W as well - you're only getting $20 off and that PSU is rather expensive (though modular is nice).

Any extra money from that I would dump into your HDD - the 640GB is best $/GB right now, but the 320GB is also OK. It's fine to buy whatever DVD drive, I usually prefer spending a little more on the hard drive.

This case is a lot better for features, and is about the same price too.