Building my first system around E6600, suggestions welcome.

[LegendaryFrog]

The system is being built with gaming in mind. A lower cost would be nice, but any general advice/part recommendation is appreciated.

CPU- Intel core 2 duo E6600 (OEM) - $359.99

CPU Cooling- Thermaltake SILENT 775 CL-P0092 90mm 1 Ball, 1 Sleeve Multi-Color LED Light Cooling Fan - $31.99

Mobo- ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T - $269.99

Ram- CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $217.00

GPU- ATI 100-435840 Radeon X1800XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 - $249.99

HD- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (OEM) - $79.99

Case/Power Supply- Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 - $99.99

DVD- SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D (OEM) - $34.99

Monitor- Hanns·G JW-199DPB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - $189.99

Keyboard- Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - $36.95

Mouse- Razer Diamondback Precision Gaming Mouse RZD-1600 - $34.99

Thermal Paste- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (OEM) - $5.99

Total Price- $1611.85

Intended Price Point- $1500

 

[notquitehere188]

well, you could probably swap the X1800 for an X850, the performance is fairly close but around $100 less
and if you are looking to cut costs, you could theoretically use the HD from your current comp

other than that it looks exactly like the system i am going to build

and are you the real legendaryfrog, or did you just steal the name

 

[LegendaryFrog]

I wasn't aware that there was a real "LegendaryFrog"

 

[iMatt711]

yea hes this huge dude on newgrounds who made links quest for a$$ and other humorous flash videos. but anyway, if i were you id ditch the e6600 and go for an e6400 its $100 less and is still comparable to an fx62 and anandtech did an article on overclocking it to 2.8 GHz. thats what im doing for my build anyway.

 

[aj6065]

Why such an expensive motherboard? You're not running a dual video card setup. That is the only way to knock off a minimum of $100 without losing any performance. Get a nice motherboard for around $150. Gigabyte will soon have about 20 Conroe motherboard options.

 

[notquitehere188]

there was another article about getting the E6300 to above the stock speed of the X6800 on air cooling, but in my opinion the performance boost is worth the cost, up to the E6600, which you could easily get to 3.6Ghz

i would have suggested a cheaper board, but that one comes with a remote control, i like remote controls

also www.legendaryfrog.com, the first 2 "one ring to rule them all" cartoons are excellent

 

[iMatt711]

you gotta love how no one prices in the cost for windows. then again no one pays for windows, except me. xD anyway you can get xms ddr 800 for $200 before the $40 mrb.