First, yeah i'm buying it not building it. Yes, i know i'm wasting money, but dammit i want a warrenty where i can send it back and have *them* crack it open and fix it if something goes wrong, i've had nothing but bad luck trying to install my own hardware, and have decided to restrict my involvement with this rig to adding a new HD when i run out of space, heh.
This is what i'm looking to get, any opinions are more than welcome, but please understand i can't afford to spend much more than this, that said if you tell me "you can spend 200$ here, and your system will run twice as fast" then i'm all ears.
# Case: CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Tower 420W Case W/ Side-panel Window
# CPU: Q6600 CPU @ 2.40GHz
# Cooling: Thermaltake V1 Gaming CPU Fan
# HDD: Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (500GB (250GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM
#HDD2: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Catche
# MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
# MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)
# NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabite 10/100/1000 Network Card
# OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista%u2122 Ultimate (64-bit Edition)
# POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts Power Supplies Thermaltake ToughPower 850W
# SOUND: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+89]
# VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (XFX Extreme Edition)
I updated all my information with the changes recommended. Main differences are now i'm running 4gb of ram, on 4 sticks, i have a 850W power supply, and a q6600 CPU rather than the duel core i was going to use before. I also changed to air cooling.
My main concern now is the powersupply, the PSU calculator recommended over 1000W, so i'm not sure the 850W ThermalTake will hold up, even though it's supposed to be a really good unit at 850W
Please remember i plan to OC and eventually add another 8800GTX
This is what i'm looking to get, any opinions are more than welcome, but please understand i can't afford to spend much more than this, that said if you tell me "you can spend 200$ here, and your system will run twice as fast" then i'm all ears.
# Case: CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Tower 420W Case W/ Side-panel Window
# CPU: Q6600 CPU @ 2.40GHz
# Cooling: Thermaltake V1 Gaming CPU Fan
# HDD: Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (500GB (250GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM
#HDD2: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Catche
# MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
# MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)
# NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabite 10/100/1000 Network Card
# OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista%u2122 Ultimate (64-bit Edition)
# POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts Power Supplies Thermaltake ToughPower 850W
# SOUND: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+89]
# VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (XFX Extreme Edition)
I updated all my information with the changes recommended. Main differences are now i'm running 4gb of ram, on 4 sticks, i have a 850W power supply, and a q6600 CPU rather than the duel core i was going to use before. I also changed to air cooling.
My main concern now is the powersupply, the PSU calculator recommended over 1000W, so i'm not sure the 850W ThermalTake will hold up, even though it's supposed to be a really good unit at 850W
Please remember i plan to OC and eventually add another 8800GTX