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crosshares   04-30-2008 at 05:17:58 AM

Building my first rig ever, going to be mostly for gaming purposes. Here's what I have so far:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Graphics: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G92)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130337

Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster XtremeGamer (not the Fatality edition)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB

Memory: GSkill

Power Supply: Corsair
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139001

Only thing I can't decide is the motherboard, I don't really need sli

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128059

Abit IP35 Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813127030

Asus PK5 Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131182

If theres anything that would be better, I would like some recommendations. :)

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Maziar   04-30-2008 at 09:29:46 AM
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All of them are good

But i say go for ASUS P5K-E WIFI instead
It has the exact same features of P5K DELUXE (With the exception of one less gigabit lan + one less copper) and its cheaper
I am one of the proud owners of P5K-E WIFI :
Core2Duo E6600@3.2
ASUS P5KE- WIFI
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 500GB 16MB
OCZ VINDICATOR CPU COOLER
OCZ 4GB REAPER DDR2 800 4-4-4-15
OCZ 8800GTX @612/1080(=8800ULTRA)
OCZ PROXSTREAM 1000WAT
THERMALTAKE ARMOR CASE
LG M228WA MONITOR
XP 32 + SP3

Also P5K-E WIFI and P5K DELUXE support 1600FSB CPUs too
http://event.asus.com/mb/fsb1600/index.htm

------------------------------ Q6600@3.4+ TT V1 Cooler,SAPPHIRE HD 4870X2,ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA,4GB OCZ DDR2 800,LG W2452V 1920x1200
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Aaron1719   05-01-2008 at 03:56:09 AM
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May want to consider droping down to a 8800 GT. From what i've read on THG there's not much of a performance gap between the 8800 GT/GTS to justify the price. If you got the money to blow or are going to run SLI then might be worth it but up to you. Here's the article that talks about it and you can get the 8800 GT for about $150 now if you catch a sale...
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 805-3.html

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