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[bbqroast]

Heya!
I'm thinking of building a PC, and from what I've heard the power supply is very important.
Right now I have a 750 watt one.
Here is my load out:

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Internal sata new sata rewriteable cd and 8x dvd +/- rw read/write cd dvd rom drive burner for most laptop notebooks
Kingston HyperX 8 GB : 2 x 4 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1600 MHz ( PC3-12800 )
NVIDIA Quadro 600 by PNY Graphics adapter - 1 GB - DDR3 SDRAM
Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz Processor
WD Caviar Blue 500 GB Internal hard drive - 600 MBps - 7200 rpm
Intel Desktop Board DZ68DB Media Series - motherboard - ATX - LGA1155 Socket - Z68 - LGA1155 Socket - Retail

Oh and while we are here can you see any mistakes? Also the low price is making me worry about the RAM's quality...
BTW Does the Graphics card support HDMI? I think it may not so do you have any suggestions? and will I need a networking card???

Oh and I barely use my CD/DVD ROM except when burning (or installing) OSs so its no big deal if it's not of the best quality.

Thanks,
Bbqroast

[Alexander]

It is late, I'll see what I can do.

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Also the low price is making me worry about the RAM's quality...

Kingston is a DRAM manufacturer, however that is the limit to their awe. If you wish for a manufacturer with more experience in terms of high computing (or of course lenience in modifying specification, for overclocking) you may wish to go with another well known manufacturer. I have G.Skill for example, there is also Patriot and others for not much more cost.

More importantly, you will want to ensure that specific RAM type and frequency works with your motherboard. A high end RAM module may run at a lower specification, or not at all on certain boards.

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A NVIDIA Quadro 600

I question your choice in a graphics processing device, this is a fairly low powered card (40W) and was originally designed for CAD and similar applications. If you go with the GeForce line, for example the 500 series, they'll consume 150W+ under maximal load for a good reason.

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BTW Does the Graphics card support HDMI?

The GeForce line should include support for HDMI 1.4a and HDCP fine, mine has a port for it (even my netbook has an HDMI port)

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Right now I have a 750 watt one.

If you take my 150W number for graphics from up there, that and your i7 should not even produce more than 500W. It is a good idea to have a margin, however 750 watts is generally good for SLI setup or other high power consuming applications (which you seem to not be doing, so it is fine)

Alexander.

[bbqroast]

I play Minecraft?
Does that count as high end?

[Alexander]

A recent single/dual core and graphics card (for mostly OpenGL acceleration) can run Minecraft fine. An i7, 700W power supply and eight gigabytes of RAM is silly especially if you are mixing in cheaper parts (mid end Intel board and less known RAM)

Do you just want a generally fast computer? Where are you going with this?

[bbqroast]

A generally fast computer???
Meh the RAM was the second result I found so I assumed it was well known, also the name seemed familiar. Actually I just found a website recommending I stick to better RAM makers, then they had a list of quality RAM companies, sure enough Kingston was right up top??
Got any recommendations?
Rethinking:
4GB of RAM?
Same CPU? (I will be doing video recording)
and yes a GeForce graphics card...
Edit: Searches for 'good RAM' and such have lead me to forum posts where users recommend Kingston (among other brands), but 8GB of RAM does seem over kill so I think I'll stick with 6?