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[uaeabudhabi]

I am ready to build my PC, but before that i want to review my staff to be sure that i got the latest things in the market. If you see that there is some thing better than what i mentioned here please advise. There is no money factor. Please mention anything which is more newer than what i decided to get .

this is my set up :


CPU: Intel Core 2 duo X6800 chip.

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6

RAM: OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2-800 ----> is there a DDR3 if yes please give me a name fit into my setup.

Video: eVGA Geforce 7950GX2

Power Supply: Antec TruePower 550W

Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite


Note: Please guyse advice me of the latest CD/DVD writer & latest Hard disk capasity in additional of quality ofcourse.

also i have a question is there a mother board with 2G bus speed and incase yes which company sell it and why i dont see alot of it in the reviews?

Please every body join us and reply to me to take my desicion and start buying and building the computer.

thanx

 

[Eurasianman]

last I heard, 965 do not support DDR3. Other than that, I take it you're not running SLI. And make note: with the GigaByte mobo, you must use stock fan. If you try to use an aftermarket, good luck getting the back plate off the mobo And for hard drives, don't quote me, but Seagate's "perpendicular recording drives" are supposedly good in comparison with WD's Raptors. But like I said, don't quote me on that. For CD/DVD writers... uh... stay away from Sony? You're better off getting a NEC DVD writer. But hey, if you have the money and love digital movies, go for Blu-Ray XP But I wouldn't really suggest it since it'll be a while before Blu-Ray becomes the standard... or was it HD-DVD.. I don't know lol. Other than that, I don't know the timings of the RAM you have there, but I do know that Corsair has DDR2 8000 with 4-4-4-12 with EPP for a decent price... to me at least. But yea. I'm waiting for my E6600 before ordering everything else. By the time my CPU gets here, they'll probably start releasing DX10 cards!

 

[Doughbuy]

Man, I can see your putting some serious coinage into your rig... You might as well also go with an aftermarket cooling solution if your planning on spending all that money... unless you already have a case and everything for it... anyways...

I like the Asus P5W-DH Deluxe mobo better than the Gigabyte, mainly because it uses the 975 chipset instead.

If you get the Asus, don't get the OCZ gold, and get the Corsair DDR2 PC6400C4. If you can afford it... get the PC8000... but thats about double the price... shrug

You might want to look at the XFX Geforce7950GX2 XXX edition, it comes with a 50mhz overclock, if your interested in that...

The TruePower 550W should be enough. Sound card looks good.

CD/DVD, go with whatever, BENQ is good, so is NEC... meh... stuff like that is basically what you want. You can get 750 gig HDD's now, but I would get 500gig hdd's since they're decent deals these days. They all use Perpindicular recording technology which offers a slight performance boost from horizontal... and Seagate has NCQ with thier HDD's which can also help in performance.

No need for Blu-Ray or HD-DVD until they get it standerized...

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Why are you going with that processor when the x2 5000 beats it in every test and is cheaper and cooler.
And go with a plextor DVDrw They are the best you can get.

 

[aShiQ]

The Best Of The Best...

Motherboard:
ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025
$269.99

Memory:
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145033
$403.00

HardDrive:
2X In Raid
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012
$249.99 ($199.99 after $50.00 Mail-In Rebate)

PSU:
SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817151025
$159.99

Graphic Card:
XFX PVT71UZDF9 Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit (256-bit x2) GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Xtreme Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150160$609.00

DVDRW:
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058
$30.99

 

[aShiQ]

Why are you going with that processor when the x2 5000 beats it in every test and is cheaper and cooler.
And go with a plextor DVDrw They are the best you can get.

Wait.. Where are you gonna find that processor again?
And what are you smoking... I doubt it beats the C2D EE

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

New Egg sells it for $250 and its instock. And all benchmarks even on this website give this processor a %22 percent gain over anything core2duo can offer.

 

[aShiQ]

Links to benchmarks?

As for $250 and in stock.. you mean this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103757R

$727.10

Open Box: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Windsor 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor - OEM

 

[zrawas]

Don't even listen to Comptia. X6800 is the king now.

My suugestions would be:

DVD writer with lightscribe: Samsung DVD Writer

If you want an additional DVD Drive, go with this: Sony DVD/CD reader

For HDD, get two of these babies and put them in a RAID 0: Seagate 320 GB with Perpendicular Recording Technology

I would suggest getting Corsair RAM. If you don't have a price limit and want ultimate performance with your X6800, get these: Corsair XMS2 2GB PC6400 800MHz CL4

Good luck

 

[aShiQ]

Don't even listen to Comptia. X6800 is the king now.

lol he's the next 9-inch

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Oh man
:: puts hands over face ::
Every benchmark done so far on the Core2duo has wiped up AMD. I was picking on fanboy's attidude and thought it would be recongnized as satire! Oh well. And ya I think you cant fint the x2 5000s anywhere.

And imo for CD drives...
I have had bad luck with sony drives and they come with roxio not nero.
And Plextor has been the leader on optical drives forever! They are more expencive though, but considering your build, it fits right in. Plus the plextors rip DVD's at the highest speeds I have tested.

 

[zrawas]

Oh alright I thought for a sec that you were out of your mind or something.

 

[calyn]

The Plextor DVD/RW is a given, and a pair of WD 150 GB Raptors (RAID0) would also fit right in (if you go for the X6800 money seems less of an objective). Both are fairly expensive, but do give just that bit more.

I'm not so sure about the PSU. Antec is fine, but somehow I've got a feeling a bit more won't hurt. A PCP&C 850 or OZC 700 feels better. It's always nice to have a bit extra juice, and if you want to add a 2nd 7950GX2 and some more HDD's later I'm not so sure the 550 will do.

 

[waylander]

Good advise on here so far....

You haven't mentioned cooling or a case, for both I'd get the following.

Custom water cooled lian li case with 3 x 120mm rad.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-307.html

And for a power supply, the Enermax Galaxy 1000W modular psu.

http://www.frozencpu.com/psu-207.html

 

[joefriday]

Just by the most expensive CD/DVD drive you can. That way you're ensured bragging rights. :roll:

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Plextor is bragging rights. 400dollar LG burner with hyper burning and light scribe = poor choice.

 

[clue69less]

Just by the most expensive CD/DVD drive you can. That way you're ensured bragging rights. :roll:

You sound a little bitter, Joe... Or is it just jealous?

 

[sweetpants]

In all honesty, I haven't used anything but Lite-On drives. I've never had a problem with them and used them for years.

 

[joefriday]

Neither, I've always been firmly rooted on the practicality/value side of things. This build is an exercise in e-penis enlargement. But hey, whatever a guy has to do to sleep at night I guess. :?

 

[kamel5547]

New Egg sells it for $250 and its instock. And all benchmarks even on this website give this processor a %22 percent gain over anything core2duo can offer.

Explains why I think all the CompTIA tests prove nothing.... Core2Duo crushes the FX and you are saying that the 5000+ is faster than AMD's top chip? :roll:

 

[clue69less]

Neither, I've always been firmly rooted on the practicality/value side of things. This build is an exercise in e-penis enlargement. But hey, whatever a guy has to do to sleep at night I guess. :?

I didn't realize you'd appointed yourself to the post of forum shrink.

Careful, that mirror might reach out and smack ya.

 

[joefriday]

Your ignorance is beyond belief.

It doesn't take a psychology degree to know what you're up to. Still trolling because you were pwned in another thread? So sorry to see. Grow up, or at least try to act your age. :roll:

 

[sweetpants]

New Egg sells it for $250 and its instock. And all benchmarks even on this website give this processor a %22 percent gain over anything core2duo can offer.

Explains why I think all the CompTIA tests prove nothing.... Core2Duo crushes the FX and you are saying that the 5000+ is faster than AMD's top chip? :roll:

I don't know what compTIA has to do with this...

And I'm sure the other guy wasn't trying to state that he is a "forum shrink" but I can speak with personal experience and I'm sure joefriday will agree that most people who drop this kind of money on a system do it to inflate their e-penis. Perhaps he was wrong, big deal...

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

New Egg sells it for $250 and its instock. And all benchmarks even on this website give this processor a %22 percent gain over anything core2duo can offer.

Explains why I think all the CompTIA tests prove nothing.... Core2Duo crushes the FX and you are saying that the 5000+ is faster than AMD's top chip? :roll:

lol.
You need to start reading all the posts before you pick one out to respond to. I said it was not serious and its obvious (except to fan boys) that the conclusions I made were stupid and impossible.

And ya lite-on makes great products... but sadly not great for bragging rights.

Edit: Unless: a 100x lite-on "Monster Premium Elite Plus" DVD-RW/BlueRay/HD combo drive plated in gold and silver that automaticly burns your favorite music as it becomes availibe.

 

[clue69less]

Your ignorance is beyond belief.

It doesn't take a psychology degree to know what you're up to. Still trolling because you were pwned in another thread? So sorry to see. Grow up, or at least try to act your age. :roll:

Dude, when you go making conclusions about someone's motivation for buying a high-end rig, you're the one that looks incredibly ignorant. You can try to act like this is a continuation, but that's because you can't face up to the stupid sh!t you said in this thread.

You're jealous, face it. Green, it's oozing.