How does this build look?

[draco76]

Still not 100% sure on this so I am asking for help/advise....


ULTRA Ultra Black Aluminus ATX $68
Cooler Master RP-600-PCAR eXtreme Power 600W SLI Power Supply $69
Asus P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP $232
ASUS GeForce 8800GTS $306
Apida DDR2 6400 800MHZ 2GB $92 with heat spreaders
Ultra Products ULT-33186 ChillTec Thermo Electric CPU Cooler $135
Seagate 500GB SATA 300 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive $107.50
Sony AWG170S-B2 Sony AW-G170S 18x Black Dual Layer DVD-RW SATA $40

CPU will be a E6750 when they come out....

Still really not sure about the MB as I was wanting to SLI but freaken p35 chipsets don't have the 16 paths on the 2nd slot

Willing to spend more/less money Just trying to build a decent gamming computer that will last me more then a year.

 

[f61]

Here's some pointers about set-up:

The E6600 can be run on that P35 MoBo STOCK as 4x333, and therefore the FREE equivilent to the E6750 :!:

With the $$$ saved, Get the Corsair 520W SLi PSU, and NEVER worry about toasting the MoBo.

Toss the thermo-electric cooler, you WILL NOT need it, and toss the ULTRA case. The NZXT ZERO case covers both items with cash to spare.

Spend $20-40 on a NAME BRAND PC6400 memory, like Kingston, Corsair, Mushkin, or G.Skill... 2x1Gb at 1.8-1.9V rated ONLY.

Toss the SONY 18x burner and go with the Lite-On 20x.

Supposedly the x38 cards will support 2x 8X SLi but you pay beau-coup for them. You could use the Asus P5K WITHOUT built-in WiFi and save $80.

Since you are presumed to be buying the P35 board, you get free choice for the Graphx card... Right Now the HD 2900 cards have fewer problems with Vista, and are performing better than 4 weeks ago. IMHO choose this. Don't worry about 2 of these for at least 9 months, but get one now.

With all the money saved invest in an OPTI-UPS 1000Watt Uninterruptable Power Supply, to keep your parts safer from spikes, and droops in the power-line. About $120. Yes, you connect your Broadband through here before the modem! Protect all the wires going into the 'puter.

f61

 

[draco76]

took a little of your advice changed some do to deals online, rebates ect

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Open Box: ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - OEM
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MSI NX8800GTS-T2D640E-HD OC GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
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$399.99
$369.99
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COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-650-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 650W Power Supply - Retail
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$109.99
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
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$222.90
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CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail
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SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
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$109.99
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ASUS 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 14X DVD-RAM Write and LightScribe Black PATA Model DRW-1814BL - OEM
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$28.99
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UPS 3 Days $12.39
Order Total $1,090.24

have like $100 in rebates

$75 for my case and $136 for the chilltec cooler ( I wanted it )