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jake2008   04-10-2008 at 03:45:37 AM

I am a first time builder and looking to build a mainly gaming system. Here is what I am thinking about building. I will be using a 24" monitor at 1920x1200. Not sure which monitor yet. If anyone knows of a good gaming monitor I would appreciate the input. I am planning on running dual video cards. I will be using Vista 64-bit.

Let me know if this looks good or if you recommend any changes.

E8400 CPU

ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835118019

EVGA 780i Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6813188024

PCP&C S75QB 750W PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703009

4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066
http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6820145197

or

4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227289

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148152

(2) EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130337

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

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amd_fanboi   04-10-2008 at 03:46:32 AM
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fundamental question 1. what is the budget?

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iluvgillgill   04-10-2008 at 03:56:01 AM
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it looks like 2000+

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jake2008   04-10-2008 at 04:05:01 AM
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Around $2000.

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Cpt Deadboots   04-10-2008 at 05:04:33 AM
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Go for the Corsair memory.

Kudos, looks like a great build.

------------------------------ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.06 GHz/1.275v - Zalman CNPS8700LED - Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L - 4 GB A-Data DDR2 800 @ 850 MHz/5-5-5-15 - XFX Core Edition GTS 250 1GB @ 738/1836/1100 - Seagate 250 GB 7200.10 hdd - Silverstone ST400 - Vista Ult. x64
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grieve   05-10-2008 at 12:57:27 AM
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1) get Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
2) dual 9800GTX should keep you under $2k
3) get some 800mhz (pc6400) ram to get back some of the money on the Vid cards.

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