Building a new computer for gaming...
I've researched substantially and arrived on this list.
Case:
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer
Power Supply:
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Video Card:
XFX PVT88GYDD4 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported
Memory
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
Motherboard:
XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400
Fan
ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Some of my concerns are:
1) Whether or not to get the Q6600 for it's better multitasking use?
2) Whether I should go with an XFX motherboard or go for a more well established company?
3) And branching from that whether I should get a computer that supports DDR3 for future proofing... despite what I have heard that DDR3 may not be worth the money and not that great of an improvement
4) I plan on upgrading to SLI with the 8800 GTS cards at some point.
What I plan to use it for is playing some WOW and some of the newer games that come along.
I want to create a high performance, fairly future proof Computer that I can upgrade to SLI with the cards in the next year
Spend less than 2grand
I've researched substantially and arrived on this list.
Case:
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer
Power Supply:
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Video Card:
XFX PVT88GYDD4 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported
Memory
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
Motherboard:
XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400
Fan
ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Some of my concerns are:
1) Whether or not to get the Q6600 for it's better multitasking use?
2) Whether I should go with an XFX motherboard or go for a more well established company?
3) And branching from that whether I should get a computer that supports DDR3 for future proofing... despite what I have heard that DDR3 may not be worth the money and not that great of an improvement
4) I plan on upgrading to SLI with the 8800 GTS cards at some point.
What I plan to use it for is playing some WOW and some of the newer games that come along.
I want to create a high performance, fairly future proof Computer that I can upgrade to SLI with the cards in the next year
Spend less than 2grand