Recent content by captainjorge

Excellent! Thanks to all your help, my first build is becoming that much smoother! If you have any other links you recommend for first time builders I'll gladly read them.

Excellent! You all know your stuff!

Interesting...and those are some very nice cases!

A fast and detailed reply! Exactly the information I needed. Many thanks!!!

Hi everyone! I'm graduating from college next month and I'm putting together a little gift for myself. It's my first build and I'm a little unsure about the cooling options, here's what I have so far: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6354709 I won't be...

aevm The Logitech Z-2300 speaker system looks like a winner - plus the colors match with the case well.

Just getting a general idea of things. I had forgotten about Nehalem... Hm, I didn't realize Nehalem was a completely different architecture. I just thought it was a faster core 2 / quad line of chips. You're right that would change most of this build. Nevertheless I appreciate the insight...

Thanks. We use our headsets more than anything, it would just be nice to have a good set of speakers to make the walls shake every once in a while. Good for showing off, you know.

Are there speakers in a 5.1 setup that have to be placed behind you? That wouldn't be possible with my current furniture setup, but I have plenty of desk space to move speakers and wires around.

aevm: The Z-5500 for $220.00. Looks good - I'd buy that, under $300 is okay for me. How do you like them? And no we are not planning on SLI'ing two 9800GX2's . That would indeed be overkill for our monitors. I just want to leave room to grow for future upgrades - including new cards to sli.

Thank you for the replies everyone! 1971Rhino I'm also considering the E8400. That does look like a simple overclock. tato999 Hmm...two 9800GTX cards sound good. I didn't know about the 9900. It could be up 6-12 months before I build this so I have no problem waiting for the 9900 and other...

Aevm: Thanks. I won't be building for a while so this is still in an early planning process. I had thought about the PSU issue, but thought I could get away with the 700W, I realize now it'll work for one but not two cards. I want to stick with SLI. I'll do some research and get a better PSU...

Planning to build two beefy $2000.00 gaming rigs. One for me, one for my brother. Want top of the line case,mobo,cpu with room to grow. Here's the spec with prices from newegg. Opinions welcome. --Edited with thead suggestions-- Case Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 199.99 Motherboard EVGA LGA...