New PC: Suggestions Welcome

[eicca]

Well, here's the computer I'll most likely be ordering in the next few days. My previous setup included an X2 4200+, however with the release of Conroe, I've made a few tweaks.

Case: Antec P180 Black
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
CPU: Conroe E6600
Graphics: eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO
RAM: 2x Corsair Value Select PC2-5300 1GB DIMM
PSU: Forton FSP SAGA 500W Blue Storm
HD: Segate 7200.10 320 GB SATA2
Monitor: LG L1752TX
Optical: LG GSA-H10N 16X8X16/16X6X16/10X/6X/12X

Final Price after GST/Insurance etc.
1992.62 CAD

Comments and questions are always welcome. This must be purchased in Canada, so no US discounts from newegg etc. can be used :\

 

[shadowduck]

Well, here's the computer I'll most likely be ordering in the next few days. My previous setup included an X2 4200+, however with the release of Conroe, I've made a few tweaks.

Case: Antec P180 Black
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
CPU: Conroe E6600
Graphics: eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO
RAM: 2x Corsair Value Select PC2-5300 1GB DIMM
PSU: Forton FSP SAGA 500W Blue Storm
HD: Segate 7200.10 320 GB SATA2
Monitor: LG L1752TX
Optical: LG GSA-H10N 16X8X16/16X6X16/10X/6X/12X

Final Price after GST/Insurance etc.
1992.62 CAD

Comments and questions are always welcome. This must be purchased in Canada, so no US discounts from newegg etc. can be used :\

Where are you buying from? THat seems high even with GST/PST.

 

[WR2]

Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
CPU: Conroe E6600
Graphics: eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO

You do know that the Asus P5W DH Deluxe is a ATI CROSSFIRE and not nVidia SLI motherboard right??
That doesnt match up well with the eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO choice.

 

[The_Prophecy]

You do know that the Asus P5W DH Deluxe is a ATI CROSSFIRE and not nVidia SLI motherboard right??
That doesnt match up well with the eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO choice.

Uhh.... he can use an Nvidia card on a Crossfire board just fine.... he just can't use 2 of them at once.

 

[1Tanker]

Well, here's the computer I'll most likely be ordering in the next few days. My previous setup included an X2 4200+, however with the release of Conroe, I've made a few tweaks.

Case: Antec P180 Black
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
CPU: Conroe E6600
Graphics: eVGA Gefore 7900 GT KO
RAM: 2x Corsair Value Select PC2-5300 1GB DIMM
PSU: Forton FSP SAGA 500W Blue Storm
HD: Segate 7200.10 320 GB SATA2
Monitor: LG L1752TX
Optical: LG GSA-H10N 16X8X16/16X6X16/10X/6X/12X

Final Price after GST/Insurance etc.
1992.62 CAD

Comments and questions are always welcome. This must be purchased in Canada, so no US discounts from newegg etc. can be used :\

I would suggest you try and get some faster RAM. It seems like a shame to get the fastest motherboard going for Conroe, and put valueRam in it. I don't know how much you're paying for the valueram, so i won't suggest anything yet, as i know that 2GB of performance RAM is very expensive in Canada.

 

[WR2]

Uhh.... he can use an Nvidia card on a Crossfire board just fine.... he just can't use 2 of them at once.

Actually he can use 2 of them at once - just not in SLI mode.

But the question is why pay a $100 premium for a Crossfire board if you're planning on using a single 7900 GT?

If eicca isn't going for Extreme overclocking maybe he can consider the Abit AB9-Pro 965X motherboard and spend the extra $100 on some low-latency DDR2 RAM.

The nForce 500 series motherboards should start showing up shortly which should offer more choices to nVidia card owners.

 

[aj6065]

Why pay that much for a motherboard? As others have said, you aren't running dual video cards, let alone ATI ones, so why pay for a board that doesn't do much more than ones that cost $150-$170?

 

[eicca]

I'm paying that much for a motherboard mostly because it's the best Conroe motherboard available in Canada right now, Crossfire or not. As for overclocking, I dont plan on doing that much (or at least in the neat future), so ValueRAM is fine for me, as it saves me some money too. Those 2 1GB DIMMS cost me about 200CAD, which is pretty much the cheapest I can find 2GB, before mail in rebates and the such (which I really dont want to go through the hassle of doing).

I also dont plan on SLI'ing any cards together, even if I do get a second one in the future.

Thanks all for help.

 

[PX7800GT]

I say get a X1800XT insted of 7900GT ... it`s better & will match your MotherBoard ... :twisted: & it runs oblivion much better than 7900GT ...

 

[eicca]

Yes, but as I recall, the X1800XT does worse in everything else compared to the 7900 GT KO I'm getting.