Just placed my order - any suggestions?

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   Hi all, just placed my order with DSO.  I'd read a lot of positive reviews, which were really instumental in me eventually going with this company.  Anyway, I'm not into games (other than the Xbox) so I was looking to replace my 7 (yes, 7!) year old P4 Gateway with a new rig that would be used as our central home network PC, a general purpose (Office, surfing, multimedia management) PC, and a powerhouse for my digital graphics (Corel Draw, Photopaint, Adobe) hobbies, as well as a base for our new interest in digital video editing.  Not being the experienced builder that some of you are, I'm afraid I may have overresearched, and wound up overwhelmed with choices.  I ended up basically going with whatever was recommended to me by a couple folks at DSO.  

So, do you see any glaring errors in the choices below?  I'm not a total noob, and I have done all of my own repairs/upgrades over the years, so I was hoping to put together a economical, powerful system with some long-term components, with the ability to add-on upgrade when necessary.  Your thoughts are welcome - Thanks!

Case: Digital Storm 750Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 550W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz (1333MHz Front Side Bus) (6MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad (nForce 680i SLI) (A1 Revision)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator (Dual Channel) (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 250GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 512MB (PCI-Express)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink Upgrade (Copper Heatpipes)
Case Lighting: - No Thanks
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Overclock Processor: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my processor
Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Includes Service Pack 2)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support

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Mifunego Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Quote Reply Topic: Just placed my order - any suggestions? Posted: 22 Mar 2008 at 1:27pm
	Hi all, just placed my order with DSO. I'd read a lot of positive reviews, which were really instumental in me eventually going with this company. Anyway, I'm not into games (other than the Xbox) so I was looking to replace my 7 (yes, 7!) year old P4 Gateway with a new rig that would be used as our central home network PC, a general purpose (Office, surfing, multimedia management) PC, and a powerhouse for my digital graphics (Corel Draw, Photopaint, Adobe) hobbies, as well as a base for our new interest in digital video editing. Not being the experienced builder that some of you are, I'm afraid I may have overresearched, and wound up overwhelmed with choices. I ended up basically going with whatever was recommended to me by a couple folks at DSO. So, do you see any glaring errors in the choices below? I'm not a total noob, and I have done all of my own repairs/upgrades over the years, so I was hoping to put together a economical, powerful system with some long-term components, with the ability to add-on upgrade when necessary. Your thoughts are welcome - Thanks! Case: Digital Storm 750Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish) Power Supply: 550W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz (1333MHz Front Side Bus) (6MB Cache) Motherboard: nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad (nForce 680i SLI) (A1 Revision) Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator (Dual Channel) (Extreme-Performance) Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black) Hard Drive 1: 250GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive 2: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Raid Option: - No Thanks Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x) Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition) Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600GTS 512MB (PCI-Express) TV Tuner: - No Thanks Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio Physics Card: - No Thanks Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 2 (Silent Artic Cooling Heat-sink Upgrade (Copper Heatpipes) Case Lighting: - No Thanks Round Cables: - No Thanks User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals) Overclock Processor: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my processor Overclock Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Overclock Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Includes Service Pack 2) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support
	Bewheeled, in a demonic fashion.

SunfighterLC Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1527	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 2008 at 1:45pm
	That will be a solid system. Though I personally would of went the 20 bucks more and got the 9600GT superclocked edition. The difference between the 8600 and 9600 will definally be noticable. Unlike the 8800s to the 9800s

bucephalusbaghdad Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 98	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 2008 at 10:06pm
	Indeed, the 9600gt butts right up against the 8800gt in every test scenario i saw, and there was one test with the 8800gtx vs 9600 Superclocks in SLI that showed the 9600s as having very comparable performance. Better framerates that the 88 in Crysis and with only one setting difference.
	Intel Q6600 2.94ghz Evga Nvidia 780i Core 2 Quad 2x 1gb DDR2 Dominator @1066mhz 2x GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 2x WD HDD 250gb 7200rpm's 850w ThermalTake PSU Silverstone Windowed TJ09 SyncMaster 953BW

Just placed my order - any suggestions?

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