And giving a bit of an update :P

My current PC is dying, so I've bought some new parts.  Let me know what you think:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz (6-core) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849&cm_re=phenom_ii_x6-_-19-103-849-_-Product)

Heatsink: ARCTIC COOLING ACFZ13 92mm (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186039)

RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 2x2GB (4GB) DDR3-1333 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104206)

PSU: SILVERSTONE Strider Essential Series 700W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256072)

Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD AM3 USB3.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-646&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=2#scrollFullInfo)

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI-E 2.1 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150515)

Hard Drive: SATA Barracuda 1.5TB 5900 RPM (Seagate)

My main concern was that I'd need more than 700W, but I've been told that I'm ok.  I was originally going to stick with my NVIDIDA 8800 GT 512MB, but I got that card some 3+ years ago, so I figured I'd need to update it since I'm updating many of the other parts anyway.

I'm interested in knowing your thoughts, and I guess some potential problems I may run into with the current build... I'm just crossing my fingers that everything runs alright, and that nothing came DOA.

I'm not too sure about the other parts but I can tell you for sure that ASUS makes good products though the really good ones don't run cheap.

I've been using ASUS going on 3 years and it still runs as though it was brand-new

And good to have yo drop in btw

Cosmic wrote: I'm just crossing my fingers that everything runs alright, and that nothing came DOA.

Cool.  Yeah, with that setup, you're probably fine with a 700W power supply.  The biggest thing that will drain your power is the motherboard w/ CPU and the graphics card.

Normally, the CPU and GPU will say what type of power supply they require and will note the minimum especially if it's more than a normal amount.

From my experience, it's usually the RAM that is the issue on a new build; especially if all the specs are right.  I just had to replace my power supply, but it was a few years old....though I've had RAM go out a few times that were brand new.

Hopefully all goes well!