Help Old dude with gaming pc

Whenever I get some free time I like to play games like Total War with high quality graphic setting.

My gaming PC just died so I'm looking to build a new one that I'll use for work and gaming (I bring work at home and yes I need to get a life).

Because of my limited time I thought I would just get a Dell Dimension XPS 710. But my wife reminded me that one of my girls is getting in private school in September and therefore I need to bring the price down a little.

I'm not building for the future because in 2 years or so this PC will probably end-up in some dumpster. No need for SLI I think.

I have no time for overclocking, watercooling, upgrading and most of all NO TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT. This thing needs to be very stable and somewhat silent.


Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

Mobo ??????
Cant figure that one out. I want quality, good sound, good for gaming, latest techno, good price and STABLE....

evga GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130072
Is that overkill ?????

XP Pro 32 (upgrade to vista ultimate 32 in a few months)

2 x Mushkin PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146599

2x WD Caviar RE16 320GB RAID Edition (RAID1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822144408

Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703009

Silverstone Temjin E-ATX Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811163035
Any suggestion for a super silent case ???

Scythe Mine REV.B Heatpipe CPU Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185037
I sure hope it's silent...

Thermalright HR-05-SLI Copper Heatsinks only
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835109131
I'm thinking one less little fan but is it worth the trouble ??

Coolermaster Ultra Silent Fan 120MM 13DBA (a bunch)

A dvd burner and a dvd drive.

That's what I have so far. I'm lost in all the Mobo options, I really need help on that one.

I want a silent pc but I'm not sure how to do it without watercooling. I usually end-up with PCs louder than my car. Any input welcome.

I'm a 49 year old gaming dude these young whippersnappers allways pwn me in most of the stuff I play but it's a blast here are a couple I know about my son has the S3 Gigabyte board with no problems at all. Get the GTX I have one and it's a great card good for at least 3 yrs.




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So you're getting 4gb? You need a 64bit to utilize 4gb of ram, a 32bit os will only be able to use ~3gb of it. So get 64bit Vista instead when you upgrade.

If you're not oc'ing why are you getting the HR-05? That's a north bridge cooler, which you don't need unless you're oc'ing.

Instead of the Coolermaster fans, get a couple 800 rpm Noctua ones. The Coolermaster ones are quiet, but they move a piss poor amount of air. The Noctua fan is a little louder, but it moves almost 4x more air.

If you want a silent hsf get a Thermalright Ultra 120 fromo Xoxide, only $10 more then the Ninja. It can be used a passively cooled hsf, so it's completely silent.

I'd like to put a vote in for the Abit AB9 Pro motherboard (Single PCI-e & silent heatpipes on chipsets!)