- Mar 15, 2007
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heya gents (and ladies if there are any) 
if you cant tell from the post count, im new around these parts and im looking for some confirmation, help, criticism, or ridicule. no, its not another gaming rig. if it were, id read one of the other 7142 threads about them (which ive already done anyways
). this is going to be a 90% home/office productivity / 10% game rig.
80% of the gaming i do is sports management simulation type stuff (Football Manager, Out of the Park Baseball, Bowl Bound College Football, etc.) that requires very little graphics support, but i do wield the occasional battle axe, SR-25 sniper rifle, or Titleist 907D1 driver. so, i dont need the latest and greatest DX10 capable video monster, but i would like something respectable for those rare occasions.
like i said before, 90% of the time will be spent with things like Excel, Access, SQL, Opera, 7-Zip, Outlook, etc. i should also mention that this computer doesnt need to be flashy in the audio department because this room has a badass stereo setup and i'll never use this computer for movie watching because theres also a huge plama in there.
with all that said, id like to stay under $1000 and leave myself options for the future. im not in any rush, so i could wait until late April if that proves to be the wisest move (can you tell where im going with that?).
enough talk, more action. here's what im thinking:
Intel E4300 OC'd to 3.2+ - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115013
MSI P6N SLI Platinum - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813130081
EVGA GeForce 7600 GT - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130062
Patriot eXtreme Performance DDR2 800 (2 x 1gb) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220144
Cooler Master Centurion 534 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119106 (can i use this without the blue LEDs?)
Cooler Master iGreen 600w SLI ready - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817171011
ive got 2 Western Digital 120gb 7200rpm IDE hard drives that are less than a year old that i will be pilfering from a 500 MHz IBM desktop that still runs windows 98 first edition (with ATI Rage 128 graphics card :lol: ) that i am replacing, so id like to go with the MCP55 or ICH7R southbridge to prevent usign a 3rd party solution, but im open to suggestion on that.
ive already bought the memory (couldnt pass up that deal) and dont really want to replace the hard drives, but other than that, im open to ideas on everything else. ive thought about this Asus mobo instead. the MSI gives me a few more features, although, none of them are essential to my needs. the Asus is a bit cheaper. im willing to wait until late April to go with a 4mb cache chip, if that makes more sense for my needs. i'll probably, eventually, get a 2nd 7600GT as well, but for now, i'd like to try getting by with just one.
fire away!
edit: almost forgot...ive already got a 20" LCD (1400x1050) too
if you cant tell from the post count, im new around these parts and im looking for some confirmation, help, criticism, or ridicule. no, its not another gaming rig. if it were, id read one of the other 7142 threads about them (which ive already done anyways
). this is going to be a 90% home/office productivity / 10% game rig.80% of the gaming i do is sports management simulation type stuff (Football Manager, Out of the Park Baseball, Bowl Bound College Football, etc.) that requires very little graphics support, but i do wield the occasional battle axe, SR-25 sniper rifle, or Titleist 907D1 driver. so, i dont need the latest and greatest DX10 capable video monster, but i would like something respectable for those rare occasions.
like i said before, 90% of the time will be spent with things like Excel, Access, SQL, Opera, 7-Zip, Outlook, etc. i should also mention that this computer doesnt need to be flashy in the audio department because this room has a badass stereo setup and i'll never use this computer for movie watching because theres also a huge plama in there.
with all that said, id like to stay under $1000 and leave myself options for the future. im not in any rush, so i could wait until late April if that proves to be the wisest move (can you tell where im going with that?).
enough talk, more action. here's what im thinking:
Intel E4300 OC'd to 3.2+ - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115013
MSI P6N SLI Platinum - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813130081
EVGA GeForce 7600 GT - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130062
Patriot eXtreme Performance DDR2 800 (2 x 1gb) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220144
Cooler Master Centurion 534 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119106 (can i use this without the blue LEDs?)
Cooler Master iGreen 600w SLI ready - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817171011
ive got 2 Western Digital 120gb 7200rpm IDE hard drives that are less than a year old that i will be pilfering from a 500 MHz IBM desktop that still runs windows 98 first edition (with ATI Rage 128 graphics card :lol: ) that i am replacing, so id like to go with the MCP55 or ICH7R southbridge to prevent usign a 3rd party solution, but im open to suggestion on that.
ive already bought the memory (couldnt pass up that deal) and dont really want to replace the hard drives, but other than that, im open to ideas on everything else. ive thought about this Asus mobo instead. the MSI gives me a few more features, although, none of them are essential to my needs. the Asus is a bit cheaper. im willing to wait until late April to go with a 4mb cache chip, if that makes more sense for my needs. i'll probably, eventually, get a 2nd 7600GT as well, but for now, i'd like to try getting by with just one.
fire away!
edit: almost forgot...ive already got a 20" LCD (1400x1050) too
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