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What do you think?

I plan on running this on my 56" DLP HDTV via HDMI cables. I will OC a little.

I am finally ready to buy :) Any suggestions?

What kind of wireless gaming mouse/keyboard would you suggest!



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Well that is a kick-ass rig right there.

Reply to qwazzy

An ass-kick setup, but I'd want the 8800GTX for a 56" HDTV... call it personal preference or call it dreaming... :P

Reply to Bobsama

Thumbs up for not cheaping out on psu which is a VERY important part of a pc! Solid setup overall.

Reply to akhilles

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What do you think?
I am finally ready to buy :) Any suggestions?
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel
EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply Model #:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model
Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3320620NS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s


Very good components :D Good quality, good price/performance.
For the price, you get a lot of PC. It is always possible to spend more (E6600 or even QX6700 :twisted: ), or a 8800GTX, but you pay a lot for that extra performance. I would say that you have made a good selection.

For wireless keyboard/mouse, I have good experience with Logitechs combos, except their Bluetooth diNovo, which I find too complicated and expensive.

Reply to bga

Nice set up. I just got my new PC parts from UPS today im so excited here is my build:

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Reply to geminireaper

Have fun building it, I know I would. The system looks great man. Tell us how it goes.

Reply to CmdPT

System rocks, The case has amazing airflow. 2 250mm fans blowing in, one in the front and one on the side, then a 120mm sucking out the back. Its very very quiet to. The air coming out of my case is actually cold. Scored in the 10k range on 3dmark06 v1.1.0 Gonna do some overclocking this weekend. Only issue I had was I was installing winxp pro from an old CD (before SP1) So it would only recognize 130gb out of my 160gb. Had to get Partition magic to push out my second partition from 100 to 130gb. Playing Vanguard on everything cranked to max with no lag(other than the network lag from poor net coding)

Id recomend this case to anyone. Great design. Screwless drive installation, storage box for your extra stuff, and its huge. My MB is dwarfed in there. Even with the 8800GTX I have soo much extra room. And a Modular PSU is a must for those who like solid cable management. The corsair 620w is by far the nicest PSU I have ever seen. Very solid design, huge fans, and mod cables. Definately the cadillac of PSU's (plus a 5 yr warranty)

Reply to geminireaper

just me but i wouldnt pay for an overclocked video card, when you could probably do it yourself for free, lol, unless you dont then yeah do that, nice system

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