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[wombatgod]

Tell me what you think. I already have a 19" LCD, Hitachi 250gb SATA, an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, as well as the necessary optical drives.

Case:COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Aluminum $49.99 ($10 MIR)
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 $129.99
GPU: BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTS 640MB $369.99 $30 MIR)
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W $149.99
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 $225.90
Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) $214.99 ($85 MIR)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB $79.99
Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $5.99

Total: $1,226.83 (after MIR 1,101.83)

I have not done a complete price comparison, so any suggestions on deals or alternatives would be appreciated.

 

[asusman]

Overpaying for RAM, MIR rebates don't always come.
Get some Gskill RAM.

Maybe add a Zalman cpu cooler.

Go with a SATA DVD, looks alot cleaner.

 

[antonwalker]

Yah sata looks mucho better

 

[IcY18]

That ram was cheap but has no gone up. I'd change it out for some G.skill DDR2-800 with the black heat spreaders. They'll clock just as high and higher than the rated Crucial ones for a cheaper price.

I would get an after market heat sink if you plan on overclocking, which by what memory you plan on getting it looks like you are.

For a heatsink i'd recommend ZEROtherm BTF90 92mm

it's a good price for really good cooling, but if you want even better cooling go with a thermalright ultra 120 and a scythe s-flex fan.

 

[Sharp]

That ram was cheap but has no gone up. I'd change it out for some G.skill DDR2-800 with the black heat spreaders. They'll clock just as high and higher than the rated Crucial ones for a cheaper price.

I would get an after market heat sink if you plan on overclocking, which by what memory you plan on getting it looks like you are.

For a heatsink i'd recommend ZEROtherm BTF90 92mm

it's a good price for really good cooling, but if you want even better cooling go with a thermalright ultra 120 and a scythe s-flex fan.

seconded

 

[wombatgod]

Won't the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro I already ordered be sufficient?

 

[wombatgod]

Won't the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro I already ordered be sufficient?

 

[proof]

Get two 'Cudas. You will be glad you did if you RAID them.

 

[wombatgod]

Can't I raid the Cuda with the Hitachi? Sorry not too familiar with raid.

 

[proof]

You CAN, but the Cudas with perp are faster so it will only be as fast as the slowest drive.

 

[wombatgod]

So raid Cuda's and use the Hitachi for data?

 

[proof]

I would say get a 74GB Raptor for your OS and RAID the 'Cudas for data.

 

[Phrozt]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100009

That's better than the AS5 and $1 cheaper!
You have your OS?

 

[antonwalker]

I thought AS5 was better!!!!!!!??????

 

[wombatgod]

Yes I do have the OS. I already own XP Professional. People have recommended different cooling, hasn't the Arctic Freezer 7 been received positively?

 

[alcattle]

looks like you are set to go. The only complaint around here is that many places mark up the AF7 too crazy prices. It will cool your CPU just fine.

 

[proof]

Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme! Why not get the best?

 

[alcattle]

he was asking because he already bought it, hopefully at a fair price.

 

[wombatgod]

Yeah I got it at eWiz for just over $20.