Hey I'm building my first rig and I'm still very new to all of the different components.
I'm finding motherboards and memory to be the hardest to really get a firm understanding of everything soooo....
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for what memory I should by for my new rig...
Here are my specs so far...
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OS: Windows XP Professional 64Bit – $140
Tower Case: Antec 900 Midtower ATX Case – $70
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 610W - $120
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L - $90
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz - $280
RAM: ???
Graphics/video card: GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB - $290
Internal Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200RPM - $85
Sound System: Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 Black Speaker System - $39
Keyboard: Das Keyboard II - $80
Mouse: Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse - $73
Monitor: SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $270
CD/DVD Drives: LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner with Lightscribe - $31 X 2
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Total Price So Far - $1599
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If you didn't catch on, I'm aiming for a $1500ish system. Primarily for Gaming, Programming, and Low Poly 3D Modeling.
I do plan to do some OC'ing, so they need to handle that. And I want em to be up to par with the rest of my system, I don't want any particular part to bottleneck whats going on.
I feel 1GB might be a bit low, providing many times I find myself running any combination of 3DSM, Photoshop, Visual Studio, and a Videogame at the same time, and even on some rare occasions ALL of them at once :lol:
So I'm thinking 2GB should be safe? Right?
So any suggestions?
I'm finding motherboards and memory to be the hardest to really get a firm understanding of everything soooo....
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for what memory I should by for my new rig...
Here are my specs so far...
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OS: Windows XP Professional 64Bit – $140
Tower Case: Antec 900 Midtower ATX Case – $70
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 610W - $120
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L - $90
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz - $280
RAM: ???
Graphics/video card: GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB - $290
Internal Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200RPM - $85
Sound System: Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 Black Speaker System - $39
Keyboard: Das Keyboard II - $80
Mouse: Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse - $73
Monitor: SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $270
CD/DVD Drives: LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner with Lightscribe - $31 X 2
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Total Price So Far - $1599
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If you didn't catch on, I'm aiming for a $1500ish system. Primarily for Gaming, Programming, and Low Poly 3D Modeling.
I do plan to do some OC'ing, so they need to handle that. And I want em to be up to par with the rest of my system, I don't want any particular part to bottleneck whats going on.
I feel 1GB might be a bit low, providing many times I find myself running any combination of 3DSM, Photoshop, Visual Studio, and a Videogame at the same time, and even on some rare occasions ALL of them at once :lol:
So I'm thinking 2GB should be safe? Right?
So any suggestions?