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asoccerplayer99   08-13-2007 at 10:18:40 PM

Hey everyone.

About to built a new rig, let me know what you think.

Don't need to worry about the keyboard, mouse, monitor, sound, speakers, case (TT Armor w/25cm fan), or PSU (OCZ GameXtreme 700w). Will be running games like Company of Heroes, Civ IV, and Oblivion at 12x10 and running progs like IE, MS Office and Photoshop.

Also, planning on overclocking proc to at least 3.2 and overclocking video (probably with ATItool).

Might get into RAID a little later, had a bad experience with my current 0 setup.

Here is what I'm looking at..

Mobo - Gigabyte P35-DS3R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] k=p35-ds3r $137

CPU - Q6600 G0 $300 from ClubIT (already ordered)

Video Card - either x1950XT, 8800GTS 320 or 8800GTS 640

Memory - Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) CL4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146565 $75

Hard Drive - Seagate 7200.10 320gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] TT=22-148- 14 0&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Hard+Drives-_-Seagate-_ -22148140 $75

OS - worth making the jump to Vista Premium? If so, 32 or 64-bit?


Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

Edit - some links might not work, but the items are self-explanatory.


Message edited by asoccerplayer99 on 08-14-2007 at 01:02:25 AM
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tdank   08-13-2007 at 10:43:41 PM
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The 8800GTS 320mb would work fine for the resolution you play at with max settings. However. If you plan on upgrading your monitor and playing at larger resolutions I would highly recommend getting the 640mb version.

Specs look good though.

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aevm   08-13-2007 at 10:59:30 PM
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Very nice. Agreed with tdank. Maybe even a GTX, if your next monitor will have 1920x1200 or more pixels.

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asoccerplayer99   08-14-2007 at 04:07:28 PM
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Bump

Any other suggestions? About to go ahead and order these..

Thanks in advance.

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aevm   08-14-2007 at 04:11:38 PM
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You're only getting 2 GB of RAM. Vista 32-bit would be fine for 2 GB, and it probably has better drivers.

You need a CPU cooler for overclocking. Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme is the best these days.

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andybird123   08-14-2007 at 04:35:01 PM
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I wouldn't advise getting a 320 regardless of resolution, some games already out require more than 320mb for the highest texture setting, it seems a shame to buy a high end GPU and then cripple it with low memory

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