My current rig has seen better days... Originally assembled in 1999 and partially updated a few years later when the mobo offed itself, taking the CPU with it. It was a great system back in the heyday of UT99 but it has long since fallen behind. It is time to build a new system.
Below are the specs for a new build I'm working on. Nothing has been purchased yet -- though the case and mobo must be purchased soon to get the rebate. Please tell me what you think.
Case
Antec Nine Hundred ~85.00
Mobo
Abit IP35 Pro ~150.00
Solid mobo with plenty of features and great overclocking. I may yet go with a DS3R for the superior on-board sound (I'll be sans-soundcard for while.). It's a tough call with the IP35 coming in at only +$20 (after rebate).
CPU
Q6600 SLACR ~250.00
Will overclock, to be sure.
HD
320GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0GB/s ~75.00
RAM
2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400 DDR2 ~50.00
Nothing but great reviews for this set of memory. Great price point as well.
GPU
Not sure...yet. Looking at a eVGA 8600GT 512MB GDDR3 for 140.00
PSU
Undecided. Could really use your suggestions here.
Optical
Undecided. Suggestions for a DVDr would be appreciated.
Additional Cooling
I'm told the Antec case is plenty cool by itself. If you see something that really should have additional cooling, please let me know.
OS
I'll probably just recycle my copy of WinXP. If I go with Vista it will be 64-bit for the 4gb memory support.
Well, there it is. Let me know what you think.
Below are the specs for a new build I'm working on. Nothing has been purchased yet -- though the case and mobo must be purchased soon to get the rebate. Please tell me what you think.
Case
Antec Nine Hundred ~85.00
Mobo
Abit IP35 Pro ~150.00
Solid mobo with plenty of features and great overclocking. I may yet go with a DS3R for the superior on-board sound (I'll be sans-soundcard for while.). It's a tough call with the IP35 coming in at only +$20 (after rebate).
CPU
Q6600 SLACR ~250.00
Will overclock, to be sure.
HD
320GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0GB/s ~75.00
RAM
2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400 DDR2 ~50.00
Nothing but great reviews for this set of memory. Great price point as well.
GPU
Not sure...yet. Looking at a eVGA 8600GT 512MB GDDR3 for 140.00
PSU
Undecided. Could really use your suggestions here.
Optical
Undecided. Suggestions for a DVDr would be appreciated.
Additional Cooling
I'm told the Antec case is plenty cool by itself. If you see something that really should have additional cooling, please let me know.
OS
I'll probably just recycle my copy of WinXP. If I go with Vista it will be 64-bit for the 4gb memory support.
Well, there it is. Let me know what you think.