New build advice

[Gjiir]

So its about time i upgrade my current PC which is a AMD 3000XP, ATI 1800, 2GB Ram, Win Xp Pro, Enermax Liberty 500w PSU

Ive been looking around and reading a lot and thinking of the following and could use your advice.

Logitech G15 Rev.2 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail £49.99
(£58.74)

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £66.99
(£78.71)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £108.99
(£128.06)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61)
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £154.99
(£182.11)
Samsung SpinPoint T 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD321KJ) £42.99
(£50.51)
Samsung SH-S203PRSMN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £19.99
(£23.49)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)


Is my current PSU good enough for this?
How much and what speed RAM would you recommend?
What version of Vista should i get. I am mainly going to play games on this like Gears of War, UT3, Crysis etc. Im leaning to the Premium.

Do i need a sound card or will the onboard be ok. i just used onboard with my last mobo.

Thanks for any help.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Your current PSU will be fine.

I'd pick PC6400 for the Ram, how much depends on the amount of cash you have but since you are going to be purchasing Vista I'd aim for 4gb and the 64bit Premium version of the OS.

Onboard is fine for most uses unless you have a really good sound system to run it through.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Is my current PSU good enough for this?

Yes.

How much and what speed RAM would you recommend?

minimum 2 GiB PC2-6400. 4 GiB if there's room in the budget for it.

What version of Vista should i get. I am mainly going to play games on this like Gears of War, UT3, Crysis etc. I'm leaning to the Premium.

Home Premium 64-bit.

Do i need a sound card or will the onboard be ok. i just used onboard with my last mobo.

Onboard is pretty good and will certainly do the job.

 

[Gjiir]

ok, ive added:
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)

and
Linksys WAG300N 300Mbps Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem/Router
to replace my aging WAG354g which apparently doesnt support Vista 64.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Unless I misunderstand your network setup, the router and modem should be OS-independent. It doesn't matter if you're using XP, Vista, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, or anything else.