Conroe PC(Good Build?)

[Penguin21512]

CPU
E6600

Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118003

Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025

Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034

Vid Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817128002

DVD Writer
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151118

DVD-ROM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119094

Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102003

OS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059

Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007

Misc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812104207
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126179
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835129243

Would like to keep the price about what it is. Case i'd like to keep, like the look and reviews of it. Keeping Video card aswell, gonna wait until about Q1 '07 to upgrade, and see what's new then. Anything else, i'd appreciate some suggestions,

 

[Panther_V]

well yeah

My conore E6600 i built :

E6600 @ 3.4Ghz on stock cooling
Intel D975XBX << motherboard to soon change / got it free
ATI X1900XTX Crossfire setup
2GB OCZ DDR 2
620W OCZ PSU << very good PSU : )


I suggest you should get a better GPU : )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102008

Also the DVD Rewriter isn't that great. See if you can get BenQ DW1640 because they are one of the best Burners : )

 

[enforcerfx]

Not bad, you could get a Aspire Beast 680W on newegg.com for the same price as that Hyper 580. Only difference is that the Aspire is not SLi ready. Also do go with the x1800xt, you'll see a lot better results than a 7600GT. If your going to upgrade to DX10 though this year, then stick with the 7600GT.
Im pretty sure the IDE cables come with the motherboard, so you could save that extra 6-7 bucks. If it doesnt come with it, well you could buy that anywhere. Overall, looks good, have fun.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Suggested Changes:

Heatsink: Lose it unless you're going to be overclocking that E6600 past 3.2Ghz

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, Asus P5B, or Abit AB9 Pro

Video Card: With the money saved by losing the aftermarket CPU heatsink and switching motherboards, upgrade to an eVGA Geforce 7900GT KO Superclocked

Power Supply: Antec TruePower 550W <--- Even 550W is probably overkill for this build, especially if there won't be any overclocking involved.

DVD-ROM: Lose this altogether. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to have more than one optical drive in their system.

Sound Card: Lose this as well. Unless you get one of the higher end Creative cards, like an X-Fi Platinum, you won't hear any appreciable difference in sound quality.

Misc: Lose the extra IDE cable. The board will come with all the cables you need.

The rest of it looks fine.

 

[Penguin21512]

Suggested Changes:

Heatsink: Lose it unless you're going to be overclocking that E6600 past 3.2Ghz

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, Asus P5B, or Abit AB9 Pro

Video Card: With the money saved by losing the aftermarket CPU heatsink and switching motherboards, upgrade to an eVGA Geforce 7900GT KO Superclocked

Power Supply: Antec TruePower 550W <--- Even 550W is probably overkill for this build, especially if there won't be any overclocking involved.

DVD-ROM: Lose this altogether. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to have more than one optical drive in their system.

Sound Card: Lose this as well. Unless you get one of the higher end Creative cards, like an X-Fi Platinum, you won't hear any appreciable difference in sound quality.

Misc: Lose the extra IDE cable. The board will come with all the cables you need.

The rest of it looks fine.

I'm thinking of keeping the mobo, like the goodies it has, but still haven't read much reviews on the other three as of this morning, that'll change after I go to work, Also, will the 7900GT be better than that X1800XT? Lastly, i'd really like to get a better than stock cooler, is there anything maybe 1/2 the price or less than the Zalman that is suggested?

 

[sonnyisthinkn]

DVD-ROM: Lose this altogether. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to have more than one optical drive in their system.

The rest of it looks fine.

To copy CDs/DVDs?

 

[ctg3]

I reccomend the Scythe Ninja cooler. It is as wide as a 120mm fan, so make sure it will fit, but it is one of the best coolers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185001

 

[The_Prophecy]

DVD-ROM: Lose this altogether. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to have more than one optical drive in their system.

The rest of it looks fine.

To copy CDs/DVDs?

You can do a direct CD/DVD copy with only one drive.... burning programs will read the source disk, make a disk image of it, then ask you to insert the blank disk. Then it burns the image it just made to the blank disk and deletes the image. The only thing difference between doing a direct cd/dvd copy with one drive, and two, is with two you aren't asked to insert a blank disk because it will detect the one in the other burner. Spending another $30 to avoid one dialog box isn't worth it IMO.....

 

[The_Rev]

Also, will the 7900GT be better than that X1800XT?

From Anandtech article:

"7900 GT performs slightly better than a 7800 GTX, which puts the 7900 GT at or slightly above ATI's X1800 XL and X1800 XT."

Link to article.

 

[Penguin21512]

Ok, update:

Went with the 7900GT, I think i'm keeping the Hiper PSU, love the look of it, and if it works good, then I don't mind a little extra $$. Changed the Zalman to the Ninja, dropped the DVD-ROM, easy to add later if necessary. I wanted the rounded IDE for a cleaner case, since the pictures on Newegg for the mobo show the regular IDE cables.

Ordered the mobo(P5W DH Deluxe) and memory already, will get the rest when the CPUs are ready.