My new rig, comments and suggestions pls...

badstewie

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Hi guys, just got me a new rig...

Intel Pentium D 930
MSI 975X Platinum
2 gigs of Geil DDR2 533
Gainward 7900gt 512mb pci-e
300gig Seagate Barracuda
Antec SmartPower 450w P.S.U.
LG 16x DVD-RW lightscribe
Antec Lanboy case

i wanna know what kind of cpu cooler i should get. i was thinking of getting the thermaltake bigwater. whatchoo guys think?

also, is my board ready for conroe? should i get some kind of cooler for my chipset?
 

Akifuddin

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DDR2-533 kinda sucks but that's alright. 450W PSU is not enough. And I might add that I've never heard of the "Gainward" brand.
 

waylander

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I agree on the DDR2 533 but you get what you can afford.

Gainward is not as well known as evga or bfg but still ok maker.

450W is easily enough, you won't draw more than 300W with your system.

Careful what type of cooler you get, make sure it fits in that case. Not a fan of prebuilt water cooling but for that small case and if you don't add a gpu block into the loop it should be ok.