I've been shopping around for parts to make my new system. This system will be pretty much your all around desktop with a good deal of gaming in mind. Here it is tell me what you think and how to make this better by not inflating the price too much.


LIAN LI PC-A05B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support

EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Turtle Beach TBS-3300-01 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Montego DDL Sound Card

Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX Power Supply

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK

GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S




The total for this PC is $1603.00 I won't mind to save some money on it if you guys see something to improve on. Or possibly to chop this price down a bit.

I honestly think that the E8500 is a bit of a waste. The E8400 will give you VERY near the same performance, and it is ~70 bucks cheaper. With that cooler, you should be able to get 4 GHz out of an E8400 - easily.

I don't like the 9800 GTX for the price either. I would get an EVGA 8800 GTS 512 (the performance difference is negligible), then use their step-up program to grab a GT2xx when they come out.

The TR2 is a bit of a weak PSU. Try for a Corsair 550 VX/650 TX for your setup.

I agree with all points above and would add that I just bought this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146785
Great RAM and a great price after MIR

Your power supply may be a little weak for your setup... I have a 550W with a lesser setup and it is starved for juice at times... maybe upgrade to 650 - 700W.

Cpt Deadboots makes some excellent suggestions. I'd also ditch the sound card and see how well the onboard sound is. You can always add one later if it's not good enough.

That power supply has only 18 amps on the 12v rails. Enough for a socket 478. You need something with 24 amps on the 12v rails at least. Corsair 550 VX is good.

Top Tier PSU:
http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiere [...] ngs?t=anon

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1460

Silent PSUs
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article699-page1.html

AMD Certified PSUs (Single+Crossfire):
http://ati.amd.com/online/certifiedpsu/index.html

Certified SLI-Ready Power Supplies
http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html

Ok I've made some changes as per your input everything remains largely the same.

No Sound Card

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400

mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996599

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card



After these adjustments the price dropped down to 1491.08 after shipping. Good to go?

Here's what I have coming in the mail - appears to be more than your setup for considerably less cost :

Ship Date: 05/23/2008

QTY ITEM NO DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE EXT. PRICE

Ship Level: 0101

1 ULT40099 Ultra nForce 680i LT SLI Socket 775 Barebone Kit - Pre-Assembled, Ultra Grid ATX Mid-Tower Case, Clear Side, Ultra XVS-Series 700-Watt Power Supply
MPN: ULT40099 $199.99 $199.99

Net Product: $199.99
Sales Tax: $.00
P & H: $20.23
Invoice Total: $220.22



Invoice No: W32840790102 Ship Date: 05/22/2008

QTY ITEM NO DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE EXT. PRICE

Ship Level: 0102

1 CP1-DUO-E8400 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor BX80570E8400 - 3.0GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Wolfdale, Dual-Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan
MPN: BX80570E8400 $199.99 $199.99
1 E145-9800 EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card - 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDMI
MPN: 01G-P3-N891-AR $499.99 $499.99
1 L12-1134 OEM Lite-On LH-20A1L-06 SuperAllwrite OEM Lightscribe DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x24x CD-R/RW, Black, SATA, No Software
MPN: LH-20A1L $29.99 $29.99
1 O261-8038 OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2x2048MB)
MPN: OCZ2N800SR4GK $104.99 $104.99
1 T156-2180 TRENDnet TEW-424UB USB Wireless Network Adapter - 54Mbps, 802.11g, USB 2.0
MPN: TEW-424UB $19.99 $19.99
1 TSD-250AS7 SY Seagate 250GB Serial ATA w/NCQ 7200/16MB/SATA-3G
MPN: ST3250410AS SY $64.99 $64.99
1 ULT31346 Ultra 107 Piece Premium Tool Kit
MPN: ULT31346 $14.99 $14.99
1 ULT31418 Ultra Antistatic Wrist Strap
MPN: ULT31418 $6.99 $6.99

Net Product: $941.92
Sales Tax: $.00
P & H: $.00
Invoice Total: $941.92


INVOICED TOTAL

Net Product: $1,141.91
Sales Tax: $.00
Shipping & Handling: $20.23
Total Shipment: $1,162.14

This looks good to me.

You don't have an OS or a monitor listed. That alone is 400 dollars on my system build.

Which system are you referring to? My updated one or Castagnolac's?

Yours is less because of the combo deal you got on the case/motherboard/psu and the fact that you didn't get a monitor or OS.

Sorry, yours F1seb.

UGUV is right - I didn't see you had a monitor in there! That's a good deal!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127325
This has the same clock and memory speed as the Evga you chose and is $53 cheaper