i just put in the last component of my first build, and it isnt even mine! my son just did 4 years in the Army and the computer is a thankyou to him. i havent even booted it up yet, i know once i do then it will no longer be here for me to mess with! anyway, my son is a gamer/musician so i hope this thing will keep him drooling for awhile:
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP Core 2 Duo nVidia nForce 590 SLI Intel 1066 MHz FSB dual Channel DDR@ 800 Socket 775/T ATX Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual-Core, 2.40GHz 1066MHz FSB,4MB L2 cache
cpu
Gigabyte 3D Aurora full Tower
750W thermaltake toughpower ATX power supply
Seagate 500GB barracuda 7200.9 SATA hard drive
XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB graphics card
Creative Labs sound blaster X-Fi fatal1ty audio card
2 kingston 1GB DIMM
a dvd rom and a dvd burner
so what do ya think? have i missed anything?