Advice/Critique of New Game Build

[pigskin76]

Hi All,

I'm about to purchase the following but need some advice and recommendations are welcomed.
Of course one of the goals of this PC is to play Crysis

COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

BFG Tech BFGR88768GTXOCE GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3

COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1 ATX12V / EPS12V 750W Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6700

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

RCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

Thanks

 

[nukchebi0]

Get one or two 8800GT's, not the now vastly overpriced 8800GTX. (I recommend Evga)
Cooler master PSU's are bad. Try a Corsair, Seasonic, or Power PC and C ( I recommend Seasonic out of these). Get a Q6600 and overclock with your cooler. You could spend slightly less on a case than $170. Raptors aren't worth it anymore. Raid two larger drives in striping and acheive the same affect with more capacity.

 

[SuperiorRobot]

agreed with above. that motherboard is only going to give you performance if you SLI, so if you get 2 8800gts its worth it, otherwise go for the much cheaper and equal performer p35 chipset

 

[Sigadigah]

I would also suggest getting one or two 8800gts. A single 8800gt performs very close to the gtx but for a lot less money. Also, I would suggest 4 gigs of ram, especially if you are going to run a 64 bit operating system, its very cheap right now, you can get two 2 gig dimms for relatively cheap.

 

[nukchebi0]

To clarify, GT, not GTS.

 

[pigskin76]

thanks for the replies.

Just saw the reviews for the 8800gt and will get 2.


thanks again

 

[pigskin76]

question:
how about this PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151028
SeaSonic S12 Energy Plus SS-650HT ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply 100
with 2 8800GT's added to the mix