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J_Paullus   02-05-2008 at 06:46:54 PM

Hi,
I am interested in building a PC in the 1500 price range. One that will could be upgraded without major a overhaul.
I have been doing my research on different components and I think I have a good selection put together but before I purchase them I want to run them by you guys. I am open for suggestion's. Thank you for your time.

Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case with Ultra X2 750-Watt Power Supply
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] =TC3J-2335

All of these are from newegg.com
-GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
-EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
-Patriot Viper 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PVS24G6400LLK - Retail
-Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
- Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (for the OS)
-ViewSonic X Series VX2240W Black-Silver 22" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
-Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
-ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler - Retail

Main purpose will be for games. I plan on overclocking it also.
Edit the HD. Thank you jtt283.


Message edited by J_Paullus on 02-05-2008 at 07:36:05 PM
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nforce256   02-05-2008 at 06:57:01 PM
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This has been brought up again and again. The quad core processor you selected will be better for more multitasking, but the new Wolfdales beat that Quadcore in terms of gaming. I would recommend the E8400. That's the processor I just purchased after much research. This thing is very overclockable. I had it at 3.6GHz with the stock HSF and without messing any voltage.

As for everything else, it looks good. Good luck!

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jtt283   02-05-2008 at 07:23:46 PM
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Why use an IDE hard drive for the OS? Get another SATA drive. With no thick IDE cable, airflow will be better in your case.

------------------------------ There is ALWAYS a drone. Exactly where, or how many drones you will encounter may vary, but that there will be at least one will not.
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grieve   02-05-2008 at 08:09:07 PM
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
with
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler - Retail

Can you get a Q6600 OEM? save a couple bucks there since you arnt going to use the Heatsink

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