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redfin   04-30-2008 at 06:17:55 AM

Please I need your help. Advice is VERY appreciated!!

Total System Cost: $882 with tax and free shipping - $92 in rebates = $790!

CPU: $199 E8400 3.0ghz OC it to around 3.6GHZ

MB: $90 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=29705

Fan: $18.38 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM
[url] http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] %20Cooling[/url]

Vid: $213.99 - $50 = $163.99 Galaxy GeForce 8800GT Overclocked 600MHZ 512MB 2.0GHZ DDR3 PCI-E DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out OEM Video Card
http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] Technology

HD: $64 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive 5YR Mfr Warranty
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148262

PSU: $79.99 - $25 = $54.99 AR OCZ StealthXStream 600W ATX12V 20/24PIN Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] Technology

Case: $70.20 Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA
http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] &sku=26048

Mem: $105 - $30 = $75 OCZ Platinum XTC PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-4-4-15 DDR2 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit
http://www.canadacomputers.com/ind [...] AM.346.307

DVDR: $24.88 Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 18X/12X INT DVD Writer OEM W/ Vista SW
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] re=Samsung

Keyboard, Mouse, 24" LCD, 2.1 Speakers Already owned


Changed Hard Drive due to bad Reviews
Changed Fan due to suggestion and good reviews
Added DVDR
Upped to 4gb ram


Message edited by redfin on 05-02-2008 at 12:43:37 AM
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oushi   04-30-2008 at 06:36:46 AM
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Looks fine to me... I would say to go for it.

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nukchebi0   04-30-2008 at 06:37:11 AM
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I think it looks fine, but others might have a different outlook.

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Chimera6586   04-30-2008 at 07:04:54 AM
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Ummm, I'm sure your aware of this but you don't have any RAM listed...

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nukchebi0   04-30-2008 at 08:04:24 AM
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I would highly recommend you get the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro over the current one you have selected.

 

If you do, the thermal paste is not needed.

 

Here.


Message edited by nukchebi0 on 04-30-2008 at 08:06:46 AM
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redfin   04-30-2008 at 08:43:28 AM
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Changed to the artic freezer pro 7. Thanks for suggestion!

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redfin   04-30-2008 at 07:24:17 PM
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Placed the order and just waiting for them to verify my credit card and call me back!

Pretty pumped!

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dobby   04-30-2008 at 07:31:29 PM
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good luck with the build.

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kad   04-30-2008 at 08:41:36 PM
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Very well balanced system
Just worried about 500W PSU
I hope it is enough
If it was me I'll go for 750W PSU at least
Let others confirm

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oushi   04-30-2008 at 08:49:21 PM
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A good 400W one would work for his system. His 500W one will be fine and leave room for future upgrades.

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Andrius   04-30-2008 at 09:33:49 PM
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500W is plenty for a system like this : C2D + P35 + 8800GT + 1x HDD + 1x ODD. For a C2Q + 9800GTX Gigabyte recomends 450W (or more).


Message edited by Andrius on 04-30-2008 at 09:34:42 PM
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redfin   05-02-2008 at 12:55:46 AM
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I switched to the OCZ StealthXStream 600W because the 500W version lacked 2 PCI-E connectors which my Galaxy video card rather unusually requires (says its for stability). Also decided to stay with OCZ because its a tier 2 PSU and has good reviews but I Would have rather not wasted power.

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Cpt Deadboots   05-02-2008 at 05:40:08 PM
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Corsair also makes excellent PSUs in your price range. Have better internals than OCZ.

Check out the 550 VX on Buy.com (assuming you have not ordered the OCZ yet).

Sweet 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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