Building a System!

[Crashbombs]

Ok guys, I'm making a gaming computer, I've been looking at parts and reveiws froms Toms and this is what I came up with.

Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811133021

Mother Board: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188013

Graphics x2 in SLi: BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXOCE GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814143080

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6850 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115028

Processor Cooling: Rosewill RCX-Z775-SL 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835200024

Memory: OCZ 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8004GK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227248

Hard Drives x2 in Raid0: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136075

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16829102006

Power Supply: ENERMAX Galaxy EGX850EWL ATX12V/ EPS12V/ BTX 850W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817194020

Moniter: ViewSonic VX922 Black-Silver 19" 2ms DVI LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824116375

DVD Drive: ASUS 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe and 14X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model DRW-1814BLT - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827135146

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16832116204

Ok I think thats all the important stuff. Runs around 3k. What do you guys think? Been out of the computer loop for about 1.5years and this is what I put together in 6hours. So any modifications or suggestions would be great.

 

[Maziar]

Very nice rig , but 2x8800GTX for a 19inch monitor with 1280x1024 resolution , SLI isnt needed for that resolution ,

Also your CPU looks good , but u can get a QuadCore (Q6600) at the same price, depends on what u do :

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3038&p=8

 

[Crashbombs]

Moniter is my biggest problem. I want somthing fast, but the way most people rate their LCD is really far off. I heard alot good things about VX922. But im open for suggestions.

 

[Maziar]

If u wnat SLI , then i say get a monitor with at least 1600x1200 ,(even for 1600x1200 a single 8800GTX is enough ) , SLI shines mostly in 1920x1200 resolutions and up

 

[shadowmaster625]

dont buy 2 8800gtx. But a 30" monitor instead. Save ur pennies for the 65nm cards coming later!

 

[dt]

hmm... shadowmast is right in a way.... a 30' monitor will hold value longer than 2 8800gtx's.


mind to tell us what you would be doing with your computer and what type of games you will be playing?

 

[eric54]

Your moniter and your cpu cooler could be alot better. Get a 30" apple cinema monitor and a noctua u12f cpu cooler, or a thermalright ultra 120 with a noctua 120mm fan. It will be silent and outperform that rosewell crap by a long shot.

If you're sticking with that monitor drop a gtx and stick with one. Get quad core over the dual as you'll get more longevity out of your system that way. If you cant afford a 30" apple cinema, get a 24" monitor at lease. You can get a Samsung 245BW 24in for about 550.00usd.

Get a pioneer 212d over the asus dvd burner. Ditch the sound card, xfi doesnt work in games under vista (trust me i have one and it doenst work).

-Get at least 24" monitor, recommend Samsung 245BW 24in
-Ditch the Xfi
-Get the Pioneer 212D over the asus burner
-Only keep the sli IF you get the 24" monitor
-Get either noctua u12f cpu cooler or Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme
-Ditch the Raid 0 config for WD new 750GB performer, or Hitachi 1 TB
-Get q6600 instead of e6850

I like your pick on PSU, I have the same one and it is excellent. You may want to go for Patriot Ram instead of the OCZ if it saves you a few bucks. 2gb Modules tend to be 5-5-5-15 anyway, so you shouldnt bother with more expensive brands/modules.

 

[Evilonigiri]

Indeed, ditch the X-Fi sound card cause I heard there is a lot of problems when used on with Vista. 1 8800GTX at 12x10 res will probably be bottlenecked by the cpu already, and going sli is super overkill. cpu cooler is okay but I would recommend Zalman coolers.

 

[Crashbombs]

OK here are the things ive changed so far.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115017

Processor Cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835109140

I dropped the X-fi.

I'm still looking at monitors. They are hard to shop for without seeing them in person. That Samsung Eric 54 suggested seems nice tho.

As far as what this computer is will be used for. I'm looking for highend gaming. Crysis, Bioshock, Hellgate London. As well as playing older things like WoW (I know this is over kill for that) Oblivion Ect.

I switched to the quad core cuase not only is it 10$ cheaper, I hear they overclock to 3ghz pretty easy.

So keep the suggestions coming. And thanks a ton guys.