This is the Plan for my first new System in over 3 years. Primary concern is for WAR, but being a heavy gamer any other games that come out along the way. Planning on pulling the trigger in about a month, hopefully GPU prices will plummet and I can get a 9800GTX for close to the same price as the GTS G92's.
NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB Factory OCed Alpha Dog Edition - Video Card
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W - Power Supply (Purchasing this Bundled with the E8400 drops the Price by $20, making it $20 More then the 520HX(Before Rebate). If Combo deal goes away before I pull the trigger will probably switch to the 520.)
The Mobo has been my hardest decision to make.
Right now the Rampage Formula is in my cart but I'd prefer to go with the Maximus Formula, problem is Newegg is out of stock.
Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
I've already obliterated my planned budget so...it basically comes down to how much I can save up by the time Uncle Sam's "stimulus Check" Arrives.
I'd planned on sticking with the DVD Rom and Burner in my system but the fact they are not SATA is making me rethink that.
Same can be said for my Seagate HDDs. One and the larger is a SATA/300, the smaller, OS Drive is regular sata, contemplating changing that.
I'm sittin pretty at almost $1300 with shipping...hope the new GPUs can drop that price or keep it the same for a higher gen GPU
NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
XFX GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB Factory OCed Alpha Dog Edition - Video Card
CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W - Power Supply (Purchasing this Bundled with the E8400 drops the Price by $20, making it $20 More then the 520HX(Before Rebate). If Combo deal goes away before I pull the trigger will probably switch to the 520.)
The Mobo has been my hardest decision to make.
Right now the Rampage Formula is in my cart but I'd prefer to go with the Maximus Formula, problem is Newegg is out of stock.
Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
I've already obliterated my planned budget so...it basically comes down to how much I can save up by the time Uncle Sam's "stimulus Check" Arrives.
I'd planned on sticking with the DVD Rom and Burner in my system but the fact they are not SATA is making me rethink that.
Same can be said for my Seagate HDDs. One and the larger is a SATA/300, the smaller, OS Drive is regular sata, contemplating changing that.
I'm sittin pretty at almost $1300 with shipping...hope the new GPUs can drop that price or keep it the same for a higher gen GPU