-[Gaming Computer]- $3000+ PLEASE HELP

Well after many months of waiting for the R600 i think im gonna go with the GTX. Atleast now the KO AC3 or whatever is the same price as a GTX back then hehe. So here it is, please make as many comments as possible or if you think I should change something or if its good as it is.

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EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTX KO ACS3 PCI-E 626MHZ 768MB 2.0GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card

Evga Nforce 680I Sli LGA775 Conroe Atx DDR2 2PCI-E16 2PCI SATA2 Sound Gblan 1394 Motherboard

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive [i might get the 500 since its gone down in price, but im gonna buy 2 and put them in RAID-0]

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI OEM

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core Processor Kentsfield LGA775 2.66GZ 1066FSB 8MB TRAY/OEM No HSF

Thermalright IFX-14 Heatpipe CPU Heatsink Cooler LGA775/AM2 *Fan Not Included* [I think this is the Extreme one, is it?]

Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM Cooling Fan 1600RPM 28.0DBA 63.7CFM FDB [I think i need to get a second fan for the Extreme CPU heatsink i think its either another 120 or i think you have to use an 80 or a 140 i cant rememeber]

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM

OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black

LG GSA-H22L DVD+RW 18X8X16 DVD-RW 18X6X16 DL 8X Lightscribe DVD Writer IDE 2MB Black OEM W/ SW

Thermaltake VA8003BWS Black ATX Tower Case 10X5.25 2X3.5 6X3.5INT No PS 25CM Fan Window

Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C4D 2GB 2X1GB PC6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Memory Kit

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NCIX for $50 will put it together and test it also ^_^

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Reply to Gary_Busey

The thing is i don't know how if and I did, it would probably blow up lol atleast this way its gonna get done properly and tested also, i trust them more then i do myself ^_^

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

That EVGA 680i and the Quad Core chips, i have read there are a bunch of problems with over clocking them. I assume they run fine with out over clocking, but the company has been replacing people's mother boards. I wish i had the link for you.

Reply to Kolorean

ooooo, so if I overclocked it to 2.93 or whatever the X6800 is at, i'm gonna run into problems? what kinda problems x_X

Also: I'm ordering from NCIX, this is what I got so far:

Total BEFORE Price Match $3,792.94
YOUR TOTAL $3,562.94

For some reason I can't price match the QX6700, and its $100 more then the DirectCanada price, anybody know why? lol

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

Ah... Thats all Canadian pricing huh?

Thats about what my system came out to back in February... it seems like it should be a little lower than that.

You could certainly trim some fat in the RAM department... The G.Skill RAM is of Micron D9 flavor and will run ya less than the Corsair.

My G.Skills are very flexible clockers.

Reply to PCAnalyst

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Ah... Thats all Canadian pricing huh?

Thats about what my system came out to back in February... it seems like it should be a little lower than that.

You could certainly trim some fat in the RAM department... The G.Skill RAM is of Micron D9 flavor and will run ya less than the Corsair.

My G.Skills are very flexible clockers.

Someone said you would have problems with the Quad and the 680i, do you have any problems with yours?

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

The "ACS3" version of that video card is cheaper for a reason, it has an inferior cooler which does not exhaust outside the case, but rather inside. With the heat generated by a 8800GTX you better have a windtunnel inside your case if you're going to exhaust the heat from inside.

Try some G-Skill, Patriot, or Mushkin RAM, NCIX has them all in good flavours and at good prices, all just as good as the Corsair overpriced RAM.

There are better 680i motherboards around now, check around some other manufacturers, Asus P5N32-E SLI is a nice board, I can vouch for it.

I dunno about the CPU cooler, it isn't even released yet, looks promising though. It can use 140mm fans, but I don't know how easy they are to buy.

Reply to cutthroat

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The "ACS3" version of that video card is cheaper for a reason, it has an inferior cooler which does not exhaust outside the case, but rather inside. With the heat generated by a 8800GTX you better have a windtunnel inside your case if you're going to exhaust the heat from inside.

Try some G-Skill, Patriot, or Mushkin RAM, NCIX has them all in good flavours and at good prices, all just as good as the Corsair overpriced RAM.

There are better 680i motherboards around now, check around some other manufacturers, Asus P5N32-E SLI is a nice board, I can vouch for it.

I dunno about the CPU cooler, it isn't even released yet, looks promising though. It can use 140mm fans, but I don't know how easy they are to buy.

Well I got a pretty good Case so i'm sure it will be fine. As for the ram, do you have any recommendations on the ram part? if you can provide links from http://www.ncix.com/

I think this is the ram you have cutthroat:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] re=G.SKILL

It seems cheaper then the Dominator that i was gonna get, but is it better? I'm not sure what kinda G.skill PCAnalyst is using.

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

BTW, someone left me a PM:

Subject: are u that dumb? Turn flag ON Quote message
For the sake of humanity, dont buy the QX6700.

Is there any reason not to get the QX6700 besides the big price? It's either that or a X6800.

Someone suggested to get something like a E6700 then get 2 Raptors for raid-0 and a 500gb for storage.

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

I don't see anything wrong with the QX6700, it's your money after all.

Here's a great deal on 4GB Patriot Extreme Performance RAM.

Reply to cutthroat

Trunkz,

Don't listen to the PM'd person..

Quad is NOT a bad thing. They are likely NOT in the know or are somewhat jealous that someone could spend that much on a proc.

Don't worry about that purchase. I could turn you away from that specific Quad if the Penryn or the Barcy/Phenom versions were on their way out (soon).

People will say that you do not NEED quad. Truly very few actually do. However you will be making a longer term purchase than the dual..

Yeah some of the duals are cheaper and overclock like a banshee but the quad overclocks well too and will leave you ready for the time that other software releases with multi-core support.

Please read these threads to answer some of your questions:

Toms Forum Link

Pay particular attention to the links on the first post. They should help you quite a bit and they were NOT written by me or anyone else from these forums.

Hope that helps.

Reply to Ches111

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Trunkz,

Don't listen to the PM'd person..

Quad is NOT a bad thing. They are likely NOT in the know or are somewhat jealous that someone could spend that much on a proc.

Don't worry about that purchase. I could turn you away from that specific Quad if the Penryn or the Barcy/Phenom versions were on their way out (soon).

People will say that you do not NEED quad. Truly very few actually do. However you will be making a longer term purchase than the dual..

Yeah some of the duals are cheaper and overclock like a banshee but the quad overclocks well too and will leave you ready for the time that other software releases with multi-core support.

Please read these threads to answer some of your questions:

Toms Forum Link

Pay particular attention to the links on the first post. They should help you quite a bit and they were NOT written by me or anyone else from these forums.

Hope that helps.

What about what this guy said in my other topic:

"Track is right, the ac3ko whatever version is a waste of money. You can overclock a regular GTX to be just as fast in about 2 minutes. So you're only paying $100 extra to have them punch some holes in the plastic shroud for you. Though, I guess if you are going to dump all that cash on a processor that will cost $500 by the time most software can make use of it, you might as well get it. As for your hard drive: Confused Why get all that badass gear and stick it with that? Thats like taking a highly tuned massively turbocharged 4 cylinder v-tec civic engine and sticking it in a 1983 ford pickup. Get two raptor 150's for your raid 0 array and get a 500gb drive for your storage."

Is he right about the Raptors thing?

O yeah, am I able to add a Thermalright HR-03-PLUS onto my already AC3ko GTX? AND as for my CPU Cooler, should I add another 120fan to my cart?

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

Trunkz...

I can not speak to AC3KO as I do not have any info...

Asus and MSI (maybe some others) are making 8800GTXs with stock water..

They are factory OC and are said to run well...

As far as the dual Raptors go.. Of course everyone would like to have dual Raptor 150s in raid 0 but they are expensive. The combo you have will suffice quite nicely.

I would add a third drive/external (not part of the raid) for some data integrity though (1 drive in a raid 0 fails the data on both drives is lost).

That is all I would add.

I would wait also on the extra fan. You may want to go with some quieter fans like the Noctura series later... Just monitor your temps and verify yourself IF you need the extra.

Reply to Ches111

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Trunkz...

I can not speak to AC3KO as I do not have any info...

Asus and MSI (maybe some others) are making 8800GTXs with stock water..

They are factory OC and are said to run well...

As far as the dual Raptors go.. Of course everyone would like to have dual Raptor 150s in raid 0 but they are expensive. The combo you have will suffice quite nicely.

I would add a third drive/external (not part of the raid) for some data integrity though (1 drive in a raid 0 fails the data on both drives is lost).

That is all I would add.

I would wait also on the extra fan. You may want to go with some quieter fans like the Noctura series later... Just monitor your temps and verify yourself IF you need the extra.

Well i'm not going for totally quiet, just as long as its not so loud that its annoying lol i'd take a little noise for better cooling.

Reply to Trunkz_Jr

I am a quiet kind of guy

My personal last build (long time ago) was with an Antec Sonata case. The Sonata was one of the first cases fully developed to be quiet.

I am getting ready to replace the old tired rig that is in my sig...

I am just very patient and want to see how the Barcy pans out before I purchase. I have been waiting for the past 9 months now just watching the new processor archs shake out.

I can wait as the P4 3.0C is still kicking

Reply to Ches111

If you're willing to spend the money check out the ASUS GeForce 8800GTX Aquatank.

Reply to cutthroat

get 2x2gb since you are getting 64bit OS and (I'm assuming) wont be OCing that much.

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