Making a new Tower

It will be fine- been quite awhile since I have looked at that stuff but your actual ram speed is determined by (if I remember correctly) your cpu multiplier and your fsb (front side bus) for example: an increase of either (maybe just fsb-my own memory problems-lol) will raise your cpu speed (and your mem speed) --overclocking--this will make your system unstable- to compensate for the instability your cpu and maybe your memory voltages are then raised which brings stability but also HEAT- if heat were not the enemy then every computer out there would be running twice as fast. the right combo for YOUR system needs trial and error- do ALOT of reading about overclocking before trying it-

This was a bit simplified as mem overclocking like gpu overclocking is a bit of a different subject-----This is confusing enough if you don't already know it....

The real short story is your choice looks to be a good one.......yay!

Bill

EDIT: for a wireless card I would just get the same brand as your router- while not a requirement it may make setup easier- my linksys router has a button to enable an easy setup with security when using my PCI linksys card- works great- again not required but easy and secure as I can make it.

If you can spring for the dough, an SSD as a boot drive would make the whole thing seem a million times faster. If not, consider it as your best upgrade option down the road.

One thing you might want to do is tell us what you plan on using the computer for. it's easier to give advice when you know what the user plans to do with it. :)

SlasherIT said:

...I am not gonna buy an SSD, right now they are too expensive, I'll probably get one later on if they get cheaper. Lol, for $40, I can get an 8GB SSD, or for $35 I can get a 500GB Seagate Barracuda. Which one would you get? Seems obvious...

If I only had $35 budgeted for the HD right now it would be.

Like I said before, it'll make a nice upgrade down the road. :)