New gaming rig

[Porkysnail]

Hello, I'm working on building a new computer for gaming, anybody mind giving me some tips/comments on it?

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=7697191&WishListTitle=Gaming

Thanks!

 

[modode]

Don't get 2 X the old raptor on your list - instead, get the VelociRaptor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

Don't get the 8800 GTS 640mb. The 8800GTS 512mb is a better performer, or the 8800GT 512mb for even less money.

For your review:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252001-31-attention-system-builders-ideal-build

 

[sanjiwatsuki]

Hm. Do you intend to SLI after prices drop for video cards? If so, I'd discourage that. If you're going to SLI, try and do it right away. By the time the prices drop, it'll be better just to have gone with a new single card solution.

Also, do you have a reason for using that G-Skill RAM? You might be able to shave off a few bucks and get a module just as good.

I also second the notions made by modode.

 

[Porkysnail]

No, I do not intend to SLI

"nless you intend to play games on a very large monitor (24 inches and up) at very high settings and resolutions (1920X1200 and up), SLI does not offer enough improvement in gaming performance to justify the cost in the opinion of most."

My monitor is only 19", and I dont intend to go any bigger.

Thanks for the tips, modode.

And I'm not sure with the ram thing Sanji, it was recommended by a friend of mine.

 

[sanjiwatsuki]

The RAM is a rather minute issue, anyway. The most you'd shave off would be $10.

Are there any particular features in that motherboard that you like? It seems like you're paying for a SLI board and then not using SLI.

Do you intend to overclock this computer or not?

 

[Porkysnail]

the PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot.

I might, I've never gotten into overclocking, so it would be a new thing to me.

 

[sanjiwatsuki]

Hm. There probably is a motherboard that is cheaper that'll satisfy your requirements, but that one is currently the highest rated at Newegg.

Do you need 2 Raptor drives? Just wondering. You might be able to get one Raptor and grab a normal secondary hard drive.

If you're going to SLI, that wish list right now looks very powerful.

 

[modode]

Reportedly, PCIE 2.0 offers no performance boost over the current PCI E standard for any current GPU or for the next generation of GPU (maybe the one after, who knows?).

So, if that's what you're going on, I wouldn't pay a lot more just to get that feature.

I'd shy away from Nvidia chipsets altogether unless you're going to SLI, which you're not. In that price range, consider something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336

or you'd probably be just as happy with a less expensive board from the list in my link above in my previous post.

 

[sanjiwatsuki]

PCI-E 2.0 does offer a wider bandwidth, but no video card currently uses that much bandwidth to make use of it yet.

A decent future-proofing measure but, like modode said, we probably won't see the standard be reached until the next generation or the generation after that.

I do believe we've breached the 8x PCI-E standard, though, have we not?

 

[Porkysnail]

Should I SLI?

Should I go with PCI-E 2.0?

Bleh.