Well after about 2 1/2 years with my current PC (AMD 3500+, BFG 6800 Ultra) its time for an upgrade. I've been doing some research over the past few weeks and due in no small part to the information I've gathered from this site as well as quite a few others I believe its almost time to put the order in.
This PC is going to be used mainly for surfing the web and for gaming. For me personally 150GB of storage is plenty, no interest in SLI and most likely will be OCing the CPU but nothing extreme. I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, network card as well as optical drives. Still on the fence as far as making the switch to Vista so for now I'll stick to XP.
Had a budget in mind of around $2k and I think, prior to shipping, I'm right in that general area. Any and all advice on some last minute changes to what you see below is much appreciated.
Case: $239.99
COOLER MASTER Stacker 832
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119121
CPU: $277.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
CPU Cooler: $55.99
Thermaltake CL-P0401 110mm Full-Range Fan CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106102
MotherBoard: $109.99
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
(Anyone know how the onboard sound is with this Mobo?)
PSU: $169.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002&Tpk=CMPSU-620HX
GPU: $529.99
EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
Memory: $159.49
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148070
Hard Drive: $239.99
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136034
Thermal Paste: $5.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
Speakers: $129.99
Klipsch Promedia GMX A-2.1 78 watts 2.1 Speaker
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836119105&Tpk=Klipsch+ProMedia+2.1
(I'm in the market for a good set of 2.1 speakers)
Case Fan(s) 5x = $64.95
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185006
This PC is going to be used mainly for surfing the web and for gaming. For me personally 150GB of storage is plenty, no interest in SLI and most likely will be OCing the CPU but nothing extreme. I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, network card as well as optical drives. Still on the fence as far as making the switch to Vista so for now I'll stick to XP.
Had a budget in mind of around $2k and I think, prior to shipping, I'm right in that general area. Any and all advice on some last minute changes to what you see below is much appreciated.
Case: $239.99
COOLER MASTER Stacker 832
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119121
CPU: $277.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
CPU Cooler: $55.99
Thermaltake CL-P0401 110mm Full-Range Fan CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106102
MotherBoard: $109.99
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
(Anyone know how the onboard sound is with this Mobo?)
PSU: $169.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002&Tpk=CMPSU-620HX
GPU: $529.99
EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
Memory: $159.49
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148070
Hard Drive: $239.99
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136034
Thermal Paste: $5.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
Speakers: $129.99
Klipsch Promedia GMX A-2.1 78 watts 2.1 Speaker
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836119105&Tpk=Klipsch+ProMedia+2.1
(I'm in the market for a good set of 2.1 speakers)
Case Fan(s) 5x = $64.95
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185006