Where would my money be best spent? All-purpose computer, gaming is not a primary concern. I've already got an old Audigy 2 I will add, and an LCD. I would like to over clock at least to ~3 GHz (9x 333) if possible.


CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model

HSF: Scythe SCINF-1000 120mm CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail

Thermal: Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound - OEM

MB: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel

RAM: A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

PSU: Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply - Retail

Video: EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCIe

Case : Antec Solution SLK3000-B

Extra Fan: Scythe Minebea NMB Silent IC Series 120mm

DVD: LG 18X DVD�R Super-Multi DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM

HD: 2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA

KB: Microsoft Comfort Curve Black USB Wired Ergonomics Keyboard 2000

Wireless: D-Link DWL-G510 32-bit PCI High Speed Wireless Adapter

Mouse: Logitech G5



Thanks for your input.

At last, a buyer did his homework & researched the specs of the parts. I don't see why you can't get 3ghz out of it.

Agreed.

Very well done! Excellent choice of components there for your intended usage.

You should hit 3.0 without much of a hitch. I'm not sure about the A-data RAM, but since it's 800 you should be okay with little voltage tweaks, if any.

Good job.

if you really wanna drop another hundred ..

maybe another hard drive? run the two 160GB drives in raid 0, and pick up a seagate 7200.10 320GB drive for around 90 bucks.

just a thought.

the rest of the build looks great.

How about the TruePower 650W PSU for future upgrades and maybe a Tuniq Tower 120?

Or I guess you can just save it up for the next gen video cards.

Good choice of parts man.

Thats going to be both gaming machine and OCing Beast. You can hit 3.0 ghz for sure and probably even more.

Good to know people actually take there time and research computer components on there own.

Wow, superb! Great parts!

One thing though...get an aftermarket heatsink for the 7600GT. The fan is loud. I have a VF-700 on mine.

this wont be the best price/performance/capacity ratio suggestion, by any means... but for ~$100 you can get a 36GB 16MB ADFD raptor to host your OS and general apps on, so your system as a whole would at the least be very responsive (was released late 2006)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136054

My only suggestion would be to possibly up the power supply, but other than that looks like a great build

Thanks for the input guys, I'm trading out for the following

RAM : CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail

HSF: Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler - Retail

PSU: ENERMAX Liberty ELT400AWT ATX12V 400W Power Supply - Retail



The PSU is a little smaller but it will handle everything I have and I don't tend to upgrade incrementally (last PC built in 2002, before that 1998....very few upgrades in between).

Good suggestion to change the fan on the video card, I'll see how much the noise is a factor.

I'm amazed at what you can get for under $1100 these days, probably could have gone a little lower but I'm pretty loyal to newegg and their customer service.

WOW! You have things looking well. Unfortunately I don't get that much to spend on a computer. I usually fall into the $700 dollar range at best. Oh well, at least your getting a good quality system. Best of luck with it. Let us know how it goes, so the rest of us poor folk and salivate over the numbers.

You're learning fast. Those are better parts than the original list's. 350w 18a can power a fully built 7600gt pc.

I think this guy should stick around and offer advice, since he seems to have it going on already, non?