Tomorrow's Purchase

[bigheadmikelove]

I am going to be buying my first machine tomorrow and I was going to list my part selections here, please slap me down if any of you all have had bad experiences with any of these parts...also please be advised that I will be attempting to OC the q6600 to 3ghz as I will be playing games and doing music and a little bit of TV recording...

Gigabyte GA -P35 - DS3L
Intel Q6600
SeaSonic 700w modular PS (If I could get by with the 600w model please let me know)
Geil Evo1 2x2gb ddr2800
Evga 8800gtx (The -AR one)
WD Caviar SE16 640Gb HD
Samsung 20x SATA DVD Burner
M-Audio 5 1 soundcard (I linked that cause it's probably not so common round here and wanted to know what you all think about it. (and it makes me look like I do more with my pc than just surf the internets for porn and play games
Artic Cooling Freezer 7
Artic Silver 5
Hanns G 19" Widescreen 1440x900
and a Roseweil 10pc toolkit and a ESD Wrist strap
please lemme know what you all think and reccomend 2 more fans to me I have an Antec full tower (I think) with 2 fans at the rear and it has a spot for 2 more in the front...all totaled up 1487 before shipping on newegg

thanks in advance

 

[antas]

Hell yeah Pretty godly system ...

But why do you need 5.1? Knowing most porn only on stereo, hahahaha (kiddin )

Now seriously, why do you need 5.1 card? Well, look again at your P35-DS3L spec, if I'm not mistaken it has already builtin 7.1 audio .... 7.1 >> 5.1 IMO.

I'm using onboard audio with my Altec 5100 (5.1 speaker), and I'm satisfied with it .. I'm playing games with surround enabled (as far as the game support) watching movies with surround setting etc .. So far so good, so that I'm not considering (yet) to spend extra money for separate audio card . .

 

[bigheadmikelove]

but MAudio>on board sound (for what I plan on mostly traktor, possibly ableton) BHML=DJ Bighead Bedroom DJ extrordinare (and porn addict lol) I was really wondering if anyone has used it and ran into any problems with it running games, I will be running XP pro

 

[bigheadmikelove]

and also does anyone think that one of those "gaming grade" mice (like a logitech g5) are worth it...when I play FPS' I already get whored, is it really any better? otherwise I'm just going with the OEM microsoft keyboard and mouse package

 

[antas]

Well, I don't know for sure, maybe true MAudio > onboard ... My bad ear then, could not differentiate those differences .. Heheh

Dunno about mouse things, I'm not playing FPS for clanwar anymore since CS 1.6 Ohh, what an old day ... Currently only play on single player mode, so standard mouse and keyboard is enough. ..

 

[mweidler]

I dont think a mouse is going to make any difference. a gaming keyboard might though. I like the ideazon merc stealth. a big keyboard but a great layout.
the videocard is overkill for that monitor. even up to a 22" the max you will need is a evga gts512. runs crysis on high at 1680x1050 and will save you 150 minimum.
How much are the harddrives? the Seagate 500gb 7200.11 is $111 at newegg. Its a very fast drive, keeps up with a raptor, and has 32mb cache. Just my opinion

 

[Zorg]

600watts will do easily.

 

[mtyermom]

700w PSU is overkill, you could get away with a 600w or even a high efficiency 500w PSU.

My opinion on the sound card issue: don't bother buying a soundcard at first. Evaluate the onboard audio quality, and if it is unacceptable to you then purchase a standalone card.

8800gtx is not a smart purchase, IMO. 8800GT or GTS is a much better bang for your buck. The price premium you will pay for the GTX is not worth the negligible performance increase over the GT(S).

You would be better off buying the GT or GTS and using the money saved to get a bigger/better monitor. (The money you save on the PSU would also help here.) I recommend a 22" widescreen. (I own a Samsung 220WM and am very pleased with it.)

 

[mGuyA]

A good mouse can make a difference. You don't need to go overboard on it though. There is a mouse benchmark - ESReality MouseScore 2007. The short of it is LED is better than laser and you want a cord - laser is still good. I'm partial to Logitech. The older MX518 the newer G3, G5 or G7 are all good. Don't forget the mouse pad, XTrac makes inexpensive mouse surfaces, I prefer hard surfaces for optical mice.

 

[Serj]

The Seasonic M12-700w PSU is the best Powersupply I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Don't worry about the Overkill factor, as this PSU is 80Plus certified, which makes it DEAD QUIET, the modular cords are very nicely packaged, and it produces the Cleanest sinewave of any PSU i've researched. PERIOD. Seasonic support is fantastic. I emailed them about getting an extra 4-pin FDD adaptor so i could run my Soundblaster LiveDrive, and Not only did they ship it out the same day I emailed them, but they also emailed me a tracking number and not just the one adaptor i asked for, but TWO of them! I think after this, I will never desire to buy another brand of PSU.

graphics card, I'm going to have to agree with these guys. the 8800GTS 512(G92) is a fantastic card, and for a single-card solution, is probably the best bang for buck. period. Pretty sure it beats it in most setups over the GTX, anyway, and the only 2 cards that can 'beat it' are the HD3870X2 at higher resolutions, or in some tests, the Ultra, but kiss your wallet goodbye on that purchase.

WTF is a Western Digital Caviar 640GB drive? You'd probably be better off getting the RE2 version of their 500GB, or the 750GB RE2.

I LOVE my Razer Boomslang CE 2007