About to Purchase, hoping for another look

[alexoldshane]

Harddrive:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Video Card: (x2)
EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Power Supply:
OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply

RAM:
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

MotherBoard:
ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Processor:
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail

Cooler:
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler

Case:
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

DVD Burner:
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30

Monitor:
ASUS VW246H Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders
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Basically looking to see if anyone can offer any suggestions for upgrades or anything. This computer is being built for MMORPG gaming. Want it to be fast, powerful, no lag, good with graphics, etc.

Will be purchasing most of the parts soon, and just curious as to any input could get before doing so.
Thanks

 

[caniba]

Nice build, you have chosen wisely! Have fun!

 

[radiowars]

I found this really great ram for about 10$ less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227375
It has better timings and its the same brand, so I suppose you trust them.
Everything is fine, except the GTX 250. You could pay about 10$ more and get the GTX 260.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370
Has almost double the stream processors and could handle that resolution/monitor.
Good luck.

 

[alexoldshane]

Hmm...was wondering about those actually.

Currently going to be using 2 of the vid cards. Compared and only differences saw were clock times which mine are better, and some other things. Wasn't all to certain after looking. But still likely to stick with two even with this new card.

Thanks.

 

[caniba]

If you are going to SLI, you will have to get a bigger psu like the Corsair 750.
The gtx 260 is much better than the 250.

 

[jjbtexas]

if you are going to sli the 250 you might want to look at the CM 690, its going to have better cooling and more room for those gpu's

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

 

[sassan]

I would go for an ATI alternative if you are willing to get the 250, it's also the same as the 9800 gt, just rebranded.

So take a look at those prices as well.

 

[alexoldshane]

Updated. And any thoughts as to if this is overkill or just right? Made specifically for gaming so will be kicking some major ass without any messups for a good time. Likely to upgrade to Windows 7 once final version is released...

 

[alexoldshane]

Question, anyone know if having two of those video cards would take up too much space? Read that the cards are pretty big, and would rather not buy them, if well...obviously couldn't fit in the case. lol

 

[Guest]

I'd get this PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
or maybe the 850tx or you probably won't be running two gpu's.

and I'd upgrade to a larger case like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
or you'll have a heck of a time putting two gpu's in that antec 300. not to mention you'll want the extra fans the 900 has to keep everything cool enough. i might even consider buying one extra fan to go in the side slot of the 900 to keep the gpu's cooler.

everything else is awesome. i wish i had the money to build it!

 

[alexoldshane]

Nice. Glad you mentioned the case. I like the extra cooling will be getting. Plan on overclocking and running them SLI so, hopefully it'll run well enough.

Now just gotta wait until refund comes in. >.<