I'm building a gaming rig to replace the 4-5 year old one that I have now. I've put together a rough draft of what I'd like to put into it, but would greatly appreciate someone with more knowledge than myself giving it a once-over and offer suggestions if needed.
My main goal here is to build something that will be extremely stable/reliable, and will be able to play new games when they come out (with acceptable performace/reasonable settings) with minimal upgrading for the next two years. I don't plan to do any major OCing (don't have enough knowledge to feel confident playing around with it at this point). I've also got a few hundred dollars left to throw at it if it would make a significant difference in any area. What's listed there comes in at about $1600, and I can go up to $2000-2200 if necessary.
Thanks in advance.
LIAN LI PC-61 USB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
PNY VCG7950GXPB Geforce 7950GT 512MB PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
LITE-ON CD Burner Black IDE Model SOHR-5239V BK RT - Retail
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card Driver Disk - OEM
ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Copper Heatsink - Retail
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
VANTEC Black 18" ATA 66/100/133 IDE Round Cable, 3-Connector Model CBL-100IDE18-BK - Retail
My main goal here is to build something that will be extremely stable/reliable, and will be able to play new games when they come out (with acceptable performace/reasonable settings) with minimal upgrading for the next two years. I don't plan to do any major OCing (don't have enough knowledge to feel confident playing around with it at this point). I've also got a few hundred dollars left to throw at it if it would make a significant difference in any area. What's listed there comes in at about $1600, and I can go up to $2000-2200 if necessary.
Thanks in advance.
LIAN LI PC-61 USB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
PNY VCG7950GXPB Geforce 7950GT 512MB PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
LITE-ON CD Burner Black IDE Model SOHR-5239V BK RT - Retail
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card Driver Disk - OEM
ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Copper Heatsink - Retail
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
VANTEC Black 18" ATA 66/100/133 IDE Round Cable, 3-Connector Model CBL-100IDE18-BK - Retail