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I am trying to build a PC which I will primarily use for watching movies/email/surfing/ and some gaming ( not the hard core variety). Also I would like to keep this PC for a few years ~ 5 yrs plus. Currently I will use the Video onboard and buy a video card later so the budget is less than $800.
Here are some of the important items which I need your advice on:
Processor - AMD Phenom 9850 Black edition : http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6819103249
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H : http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6813128352
RAM - mushkin: http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6820146789
PSU- Crosair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6817139006
HardDrive - Western Digital : http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6822136149
Case- RaidMax Smilodon : http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6811156063
Keyboards/mouse (combo deal with the Case above): http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6823126032
DVD burner - Samsung : http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....6827151171

I want to stick with the Mobo and processor. Also I know the PSU is more than I need but would like to keep it as in the future I might want to game a bit more or overclock.

However please do feel free to criticize & advice me on first build.
Thanks so much for your inputs and I look forward to hearing from you.
ozooha

@Rick, don't be silly. There is no Cabal! But I agree with you that making a new system stretch out to 5 years is difficult.

@Ozooha, hello. I would suggest that given your budget and requirements, that a build-your-own is not the optimal solution for you. For the same money -- even less money if you shop wisely -- you can get a new pre-built system with far more power. Such a system would have a 45nm quad-core CPU, fast memory, and a PCI-E x16 graphics adapter installed. You could start with a video card now.

Consider your most demanding application. If we are not talking hard core games, then it is watching movies. DVD movies are easy, but movies and TV, too, are moving to high definition (HD). Maybe you would want a Blu-ray player in this system someday. Then you will need plenty of graphics power and HDCP compliance as well. Even if Blu-ray doesn't make it, streaming HD movies will be coming from Netflix, Apple TV, and others. Already the TV networks are streaming some of their shows in HD -- ABC, Fox, and the NBC Olympics website have HD video now.

do you already have a monitor that you will be using with this build? and every thing looks good so far

@jack7h3r1pp3r
I actually will hook it up to my 46" Samsung...mostly for surfing, some gaming & watching movies.

@ScottW
Thank you, You did not dissuade infact helped to reconder and tweak it a bit. I went with the Phenom 'coz of the deal with a Antec 300 combo. I believe this mobo (review on techreport/tomshardware) will let me overclock & wanted to have that as an option - this might actually make me change my RAM from 800 to 1066.
Yeah the mobo was what got me to consider AMD..I love it i mean the features and it helps to future proof my PC a bit.
Also the ATI has drivers which are open source and I am pro Linux.

I appreciate all your inputs. If you do have a few final ones I would love to know.
ozooha