GeForce 8800GTX What processor and Mobo should I get?

[baddad]

The Antec P-180 is too small for his needs.

 

[lambofgode3x]

not necessarily. if he removes the top hard drive cage he can fit the damn 8800gtx in there....

 

[baddad]

I was looking at it from a ventilation point of view. With the PSU mounted at the bottom you’re not going to be helping the GPU and CPU stay cool in an already tight case, and if he goes SLI with 8800's it'll be like a small oven or space heater. :lol:
PS BTW my second 8800GTX arrives tomorrow. 😀 😀 😀 😀

 

[lambofgode3x]

oh, yeah. you do bring up a good point. what case would you suggest?

i have an NZXT Zero and replaced my fans with 7 Thermaltake Thunderblade's and one 80mm fan up top.

and congrats on your 8800gtx sli rig. 😀ROOL:

 

[baddad]

I like room to move around and room to expand so I have this case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133154 but if I had to do it again I would buy this case which is the same thing but much lighter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133155

 

[nlraley]

Thanks to all the help so as far my system is starting to look like:

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 EPS12V EPS12V 750W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, ULC, CE, CB, RoHS
$209.99

CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$309.00

ZALMAN 9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
$57.99

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
$229.99

ASUS EN8800GTX/HTDP/768M GeForce 8800GTX 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
$639.99

EVGA nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID
$249.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
$320.00

Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
$182.99

Which puts me just under $2.2k

Now I just need some final revisions and tweaks and to figure out what case would be the best for me in this situation. Any suggestions? That one case looked nice but as others pointed out going SLI would be real tough in a case that small.

 

[hella-d]

I Dont Agree

 

[lambofgode3x]

switch out the asus to an eVGA. trust me. evga as a 90 day step up program ( Details ), plus, their warranty covers aftermarket coolers and overclocking.