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Vitaminx   03-27-2008 at 02:53:12 AM

I'll be using it mostly for gaming. Budget is around $1000-$1200 give or take. I already bought the video card, motherboard, psu, optical drive and the cpu. But what suggestions would you to make to the stuff that I havent yet bought? (I found better deals then most of these if you're wondering why I overdid. For example found that power supply for $104 after rebates from buy.com)

ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6813131219

EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6814130312

CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6817139002

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6822152052

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6820231145

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6819115046

SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6827151154

Need suggestions for a CPU heatsink/fan. Would prefer they come as a packaged deal so probably won't go with a true. Would also like it to be a fairly easy install as well.

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chuckm   03-27-2008 at 03:03:23 AM
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They are all a pain to install, might do a little modification and use a bolt-thru kit, this is new cooler to have;
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA24691

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Vitaminx   03-27-2008 at 03:06:40 AM
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oh well that sucks lol. was hoping for an easy install.

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chuckm   03-27-2008 at 03:33:10 AM
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Some are easier than others, I think a lot of the reviews are complaing about doing the install with the board in the case, since this is a new build, mount the cooler before you put it in the case. As I mentioned, you can also use a bolt-thru kit and not even use the push pins, sometimes you actually have to cut the pins off, I've done this on the last 2 I've done.


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