New build up to $1300

[apatel9]

Hey guys, Im building a new computer that costs up to $1300, I don't need psu (have antec true power trio 650 watt) or a tower. I plan on o/c a bit if needed, but id i don't have to Id rather not (i hear it voids the warranty). It will be used mostly for gaming. I dont need a primary HD because I have a 150 gig raptor on the way. Here is the build I have so far:

LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black IDE Model GSA-H42LK BK - OEM $32.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $79.99

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 $389.99 plus $30.00 mail-in rebate

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ - Retail $132.99

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $129.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail $226.00

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail $59.99

Still need OS, but Im unsure as to which. Also with the release of the R600, what i should do go ATI or stay? I also need a card that can recieve wireless internet, but dont see any reviews on the best ones. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Phrozt]

Where are you buying this from?? some of those prices seem too high...

 

[apatel9]

This is from newegg, but prices might have lower because these prices are from the weekend

 

[alcattle]

Those prices are right in the ballpark, your RAM is higher because it is the good stuff, the MB is the rev 3.3 model, and such.
For a wi-fi card, just get a good name like D-link or Netgear.

 

[yay]

Thats all pretty good, as far as R600 goes, the feature sheet outruns all other comercial cards. It is beaten in speed by the 8800GTX but slightly beats the GTS, if you wait you can get a XTX wich should beat the GTX by a fair slab until Nvidia realeases again.

As far as features on the R600 goes heres the shortlist:

700 million transistors on 80nm HS fabrication process
512-bit 8-channel GDDR3/4 memory interface
Ring Bus Memory Controller
Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture
320 stream processing units
128-bit floating point precision for all operations
Command processor for reduced CPU overhead
Up to 80 texture fetches per clock cycle
Up to 128 textures per pixel
High resolution texture support (up to 8192 x 8192)
8 render targets (MRTs) with anti-aliasing support
Physics processing support
Full support for Microsoft DirectX 10.0
Shader Model 4.0
Geometry Shaders
Dynamic Geometry Acceleration
Programmable tessellation unit
Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
All anti-aliasing features compatible with HDR rendering
CrossFire Multi-GPU Technology
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Platform
Two independent display controllers
High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all display outputs
Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
Two integrated dual-link DVI display outputs, each includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback of protected content
HDMI output support
Integrated HD audio controller with multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support, enabling a plug-and-play cable-less audio solution
Integrated Xilleon HDTV encoder provides high quality analog TV output (component / S-video / composite)
Supports SDTV and HDTV resolutions
Underscan and overscan compensation
HD decode for H.264/AVC, VC-1, DivX and MPEG-2 video formats
Flawless DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-Ray playback
HD video processing
Advanced vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing
De-blocking and noise reduction filtering
Edge enhancement
Inverse telecine (2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction)
Bad edit correction
High fidelity gamma correction, color correction, color space conversion, and scaling
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264/AVC encoding and transcoding
Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
VGA mode support on all display outputs
PCI Express x16 bus interface
OpenGL 2.0 support

my personall favourites is the physics processing capabilites, Spare Cpu on idle, and the way the graphics card runs its own driver.

big clap for inovation

Oh yeah, expected to be $399.96 retail, up to you if its worth the extra 20 bucks over the GTS although it is faster. (and more extreme)

Regards YAY

 

[apatel9]

Can someone please point me in the direction of a motherboard that can support the R600, possibly in crossfire for the future? Any other changes you guys would make, to the cooling or processor, anything like that? I play games that are made by valve and steam so I think it makes more sense to go with the R600.