Hey all,
I've been lurking for several months and now that it's time to buy a new gaming rig, I'll lurk no more! I've tried to do my homework: research, reviews, reading similar threads here... and this is what I've come up with:
HDD: WD Raptor 10k (150GB) and a Seagate Barracuda NCQ 7200.10 (250GB)
CPU: E6600 Conroe & Tuniq Tower 120
RAM: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800
MOBO: ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
GFX: ASUS 8800 GTX
CASE: Antec P180
PWR: OCZ GameXStream 700W
I still have a little room in my budget, so if anyone has suggestions on how to improve this some, I'd appreciate it. Keep in mind that I'm hoping to have a decent upgrade path with this sucker.
Also, I'm brand new to overclocking, but I'd like to try to push this to 3.4Ghz or so, and while I think these components will OC just fine, I'm not 100% sure.
All comments, suggestions and opinions welcome!
Thanks in advance!
I've been lurking for several months and now that it's time to buy a new gaming rig, I'll lurk no more! I've tried to do my homework: research, reviews, reading similar threads here... and this is what I've come up with:
HDD: WD Raptor 10k (150GB) and a Seagate Barracuda NCQ 7200.10 (250GB)
CPU: E6600 Conroe & Tuniq Tower 120
RAM: Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800
MOBO: ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI
GFX: ASUS 8800 GTX
CASE: Antec P180
PWR: OCZ GameXStream 700W
I still have a little room in my budget, so if anyone has suggestions on how to improve this some, I'd appreciate it. Keep in mind that I'm hoping to have a decent upgrade path with this sucker.
Also, I'm brand new to overclocking, but I'd like to try to push this to 3.4Ghz or so, and while I think these components will OC just fine, I'm not 100% sure.
All comments, suggestions and opinions welcome!
Thanks in advance!