Hey guys,
I'm building a new system and was wondering what some other advanced gamers think of the setup. Tell me what you think. I'm planning on overclocking this a tad depending on if the E6600 I get can handle it.
I'm going with New Egg as they seem to have pretty stable prices, and I can get it all shipped from one place..
I'm going to be running Vista Ultimate, wanted DX10, and eventually a hybrid hard drive if they start making them for desktops (I've only seen laptops one planned so far??)
Heres the plan:
eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR nForce 680i SLI Motherboard $249.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M L2 Cache LGA 775 $317.00
Corsair Dominator 2GB PC2 8500 $389.00
Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS Black Full Case w/ 25CM Fan $169.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX 620W Power Supply $169.99
eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 $589.99
ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler $69.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $15.99
Total: $1971.94 (not including s&h or rebates)
Later on I will add a second 8800 GTX in SLI.. my guess is that I wont be needing 2 of them until some really kick ass games come out
I did not include cd/dvd drives or hard drives as I already have them..
Tell me what you think, am I buying good hardware thats going to last me or did I get a few things wrong?
I'm building a new system and was wondering what some other advanced gamers think of the setup. Tell me what you think. I'm planning on overclocking this a tad depending on if the E6600 I get can handle it.
I'm going with New Egg as they seem to have pretty stable prices, and I can get it all shipped from one place..
I'm going to be running Vista Ultimate, wanted DX10, and eventually a hybrid hard drive if they start making them for desktops (I've only seen laptops one planned so far??)
Heres the plan:
eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR nForce 680i SLI Motherboard $249.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M L2 Cache LGA 775 $317.00
Corsair Dominator 2GB PC2 8500 $389.00
Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS Black Full Case w/ 25CM Fan $169.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX 620W Power Supply $169.99
eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 $589.99
ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler $69.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $15.99
Total: $1971.94 (not including s&h or rebates)
Later on I will add a second 8800 GTX in SLI.. my guess is that I wont be needing 2 of them until some really kick ass games come out
I did not include cd/dvd drives or hard drives as I already have them..
Tell me what you think, am I buying good hardware thats going to last me or did I get a few things wrong?