Hello everyone.
I'm hoping to get some help specifying a pair of systems that I hope to build in May of this year. I'm soliciting advice early to try and get a feel from you guys what I should and should not wait for when making component decisions. I'd like to also take advantage of sales that may happen between then and now like on the power supply at buy.com
These systems will be tower only. No keyboard/mouse/monitors/speakers since I will have these items.
My objectives:
1. Keep the cost under 1k. (closer to 900 if possible since everything will be QTY 2)
2. Maximize gaming performance. (These will primarily function as gaming systems)
3. To plan in items that may not be available this month but perhaps in the May timeframe (this is probably what I need the most help with)
4. Mild overclocking - as a means to squeak out more performance at a lower price point. Looking for a good stable OC with air cooling only something like 3.6 on the e8400.
Other notes:- Not interested in SLI
So far I have the following as a start. Please let me know which components I should be looking at swapping with come May.
Wish list:
Case - Antec 900
PS- Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply
CPU - Intel E8400 - (I assume these will be far easier and cheaper to get come May. Will 45nm quads be a better option?)
MB - Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Mem - 4GB DDR2 (2x2gb) 800
Vidcard- Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (EVGA?)
HD- 500gb Seagate
OS - 64bit Vista OEM?Upgrade?
CPU Cooler - ? (not sure whats a good pairing for the 8400 in the antec 900)
DVD -
I'm hoping to get some help specifying a pair of systems that I hope to build in May of this year. I'm soliciting advice early to try and get a feel from you guys what I should and should not wait for when making component decisions. I'd like to also take advantage of sales that may happen between then and now like on the power supply at buy.com
These systems will be tower only. No keyboard/mouse/monitors/speakers since I will have these items.
My objectives:
1. Keep the cost under 1k. (closer to 900 if possible since everything will be QTY 2)
2. Maximize gaming performance. (These will primarily function as gaming systems)
3. To plan in items that may not be available this month but perhaps in the May timeframe (this is probably what I need the most help with)
4. Mild overclocking - as a means to squeak out more performance at a lower price point. Looking for a good stable OC with air cooling only something like 3.6 on the e8400.
Other notes:- Not interested in SLI
So far I have the following as a start. Please let me know which components I should be looking at swapping with come May.
Wish list:
Case - Antec 900
PS- Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply
CPU - Intel E8400 - (I assume these will be far easier and cheaper to get come May. Will 45nm quads be a better option?)
MB - Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Mem - 4GB DDR2 (2x2gb) 800
Vidcard- Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (EVGA?)
HD- 500gb Seagate
OS - 64bit Vista OEM?Upgrade?
CPU Cooler - ? (not sure whats a good pairing for the 8400 in the antec 900)
DVD -