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Contin   03-28-2008 at 02:29:25 AM

1 Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450 OEM $349.99
1 ANTEC NINE HUNDRED ATX CASE $129.99
1 WD 150GB RAPTORX SATA 10K $159.99
1 500GB 7,200RPM SATA-300 HD $104.99
1 SAMSOEM SAM 20X DVDRW SATA NO SW $29.99
2 e-GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB PCIe $259.99
1 TX750W 750 Watt ATX 12V PS $179.99
1 nForce 780i 775 ATX Motherboard $259.99
2 2GB (1GB X 2) Ballistix 240-pin DIMM
DDR2 PC2-6400 Cas 4 $49.99

Total (Including Tax) $1926.63

How does everything look? I'm not to sure on the ballistix ram but it seems to have a strong backing.
Thanks for looking!

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Contin   03-28-2008 at 03:16:25 AM
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Sorry to post again but the motherboard says "DDR2-800, DDR2-667, DDR2-533 (Supports up to 1200MHz SLI Ready Memory)" under specs but I saw on a forum someone had their build with this board using Reaper HPC 2GB PC-8500 DDR2-1066. Will that work?

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akhilles   03-28-2008 at 10:24:58 AM
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Yes. By default, the ram will run at half the speed of the cpu fsb. In your case, it'll be 666mhz.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] spec=slawr

You can set up ram in bios to specs. Give it a bit more voltage.

What's the build for? Will it be SLI'ed? Any overclocking the cpu?

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systemlord   03-28-2008 at 10:47:28 AM
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What brand power supply is that?

------------------------------ Intel C2D E6600 @ 3.2GHz * Asus P5E * 2x1 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers * Raptor X * EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB 651MHz/1525MHz/2100MHz * X-FI Fatal1ty Pro * Enermax Infiniti 720W PSU * Creative THX5.1 * Tuniq Tower 120
Silverstone TJ09 * Windows XP
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oushi   03-28-2008 at 11:14:50 AM
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The PSU he picked was a Corsair 750TX. You should either get it cheaper for $114 after rebate from buy.com, or if you were willing to spend that much money to begin with just upgrade to the better quality PC Power & Cooling for $149 from newegg.

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systemlord   03-28-2008 at 11:38:02 AM
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oushi wrote :

The PSU he picked was a Corsair 750TX. You should either get it cheaper for $114 after rebate from buy.com, or if you were willing to spend that much money to begin with just upgrade to the better quality PC Power & Cooling for $149 from newegg.



Ah just what I like to hear, a high quality PSU from PC Power & Cooling! :D

------------------------------ Intel C2D E6600 @ 3.2GHz * Asus P5E * 2x1 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers * Raptor X * EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB 651MHz/1525MHz/2100MHz * X-FI Fatal1ty Pro * Enermax Infiniti 720W PSU * Creative THX5.1 * Tuniq Tower 120
Silverstone TJ09 * Windows XP
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Contin   03-28-2008 at 07:24:44 PM
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Build is for gaming, the cards will be sli'd and as of now I do not plan on oc'ing, thanks for the advice on the cooling system, I will get the PC Power and Cooling 750w.

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akhilles   03-29-2008 at 01:52:37 PM
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That's not a cooling system. That's a psu.

Looks great then. Carry on.

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