Alittle help needed please,,,

[mikeee69]

Happy new year!!!
Im looking to build a new gaming system heres what I have so far please fill in the blanks and let me know if I should change anything im using it for gaming and have a budget of 1000$..

Q6600
Mother board asus P5k-e wifi
Video card asus 8800gt 512
my last 3 builds were always hot and loud I want a case with good airflow and thats quite?
Power supply unit for above? size brand?
anything else you think I would need I have all the drives from my older machine?

 

[emp]

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=Antec+Nine+Hundred

Best case ever made, case fans have a 3-speed setting, so if you find Medium or high too noisy, then try low (I use low at the moment and I find it pretty silent while still remaining very cool).

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, cUL, CE, CB, TUV - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7703005&Tpk=PC+Power+%26+Cooling+Silencer+610

Right now, I'd say this is by far the best deal for a top quality PSU in newegg, definitely worth it.

Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100009&Tpk=Arctic+Ceramique

And If you can afford this sound card, I definitely recommend you get it:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006

This is the cheapest X-Fi that does Hardware processing (Xtreme Audio does Software Processing), meaning that not only your games should sound A LOT better, but you will also offload some from the CPU.

 

[mikeee69]

Thanks emp I was reading and I think I will spend the extra few bucks and buy the EVGA 8800gt 512 people seem to like it better then the asus I think I will go with what you said I only need to get memory? any help with selecting that I know the p5k-e is pickey?

 

[emp]

I'd use this, probably some of the best DDR2 memory out there:

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148069

I tried not to mention it, but I don't fancy ASUS products one bit, if it was my build I'd do Gigabyte mobo and EVGA Card, but it's your choice.

 

[mikeee69]

memory looks good which model gigabyte mobo would you put in it?

 

[chuckm]

The Crucial memory will work fine. I just did a build for a friend with that Asus board and ram and had no problems. It's the board I'm going to get for mine. There is nothing wrong with it or a Gigabyte, both are good choices. emp suggested an excellent PSU, go with it or this will save a little $$$. Good luck with your rig.
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli-certified-modular-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/203270716.html

 

[emp]

I'd use a GA-P35-DS3L. Some people have no issues with ASUS, but it's not one thing in particular.. it's just that I don't want to ever have to deal with their useless overpriced crap ever again. Because that's what ASUS products look like to me, useless crap. But anyway this isn't the place or time to discuss my opinion.