My Custom Computer...

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Case (Already Purchased):
Antec Performance One P180B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129017

Power Supply:
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817139002

Memory:
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034

Motherboard:
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188009

Video Card:
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130071

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

DVD:
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106055

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

Monitor (Already Purchased):
SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" 4 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001088

Keyboard / Mouse (Already Purchased):
Logitech 967557-0403 Silver/Black USB + PS/2 RF Wireless Slim Cordless Desktop S 510
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126180

I'm concerned about the motherboard. Any other recommendations or thoughts about that or anything else? Also, can I get more bang for the buck with a different video card?

 

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First off what is you budget on this build? Looks like you are willing to drop a fair amount of cash.

Are you planning on OCing that system if not drop the 800 mhz ram and save some money on RAM by using 667/533.

The E6600 can be easily OC'ed over 3ghz so that would be a good choice if u ever decide to overclock or just a slight overclock.

 

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That system is a little more than I'd like to pay, but I would be willing to foot the bill. I rather pay somewhere between $1200-$1300. With that said, I want a kickass computer. Yes I would like the option to over clock.

 

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Then you are all set and Enjoy the new system

 

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Seems like there was a lot of bad reviews on that motherboard on Newegg. What do you think?

 

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There are other great OCing motherboards out there but the one I am really satisfied with is with my GA-965P-DS3 Motheboard great OCing machine but the eVga is not that bad at OC people are still getting over 3ghz which is pretty decent.

 

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Note: The settings in this guide will assume the user has adequate cooling for their processor.
And uses one of the following recommended motherboard:
-abit AW9D series (975X)
-ASUS P5W DH series (975X)
-DFI Infinity or LANParty 975X/G
-abit AB9 series
-ASUS P5B* Deluxe/WiFi-AP (965P)
-Gigabyte 965P-DS3 or DS4 or DQ6
*P5B vanilla is not recommended
**nForce590/570 Intel Edition based motherboard will not work with this guide nor recommended for overclocking**

Heres a list of Motherboards... This is from Wusy's Guide OCing Core 2 Duo

 

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Anybody else have thoughts on my system?