I'm upgrading my computer. I already have a case, hard drives and a power supply. I will be running XP, this will mostly be used for gaming. Playing TF2, hopefully crysis, cod4, starcraft 2. I don't necessarily need high settings on all of these, i have a CRT monitor anyways
this is my psu : a OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18185&vpn=OCZ700GXSSLI&manufacture=OCZ%20Technology
I was thinking of getting this mobo:
ASUS P5Q Pro ATX LGA775 P45 DDR2 2PCI-E16 Crossfire 3PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN eSATA Motherboard
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=30418&vpn=P5Q%20Pro&manufacture=ASUS
this cpu:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27784&vpn=BX80570E8400&manufacture=Intel
this video card
XFX GeForce 8800GT COD4 512MB 600MHZ 1.8GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26780&vpn=PVT88PYDF4&manufacture=XFX
and ram....would this work? i know very little about ram. and i know that XP wont recognize 4GB of ram but should i go for 4GB or just go with 2GB?
this is the ram
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18580&vpn=TWIN2X2048-6400C4&manufacture=CORSAIR
if anyone has any suggestions at all please feel free to post. I'm pretty amateur here I built my last system but my mobo just went and I want to overhaul the rest. I used to have:
p4c800-e deluxe mobo, 3.2ghz p4 cpu, 1gb ocz dual channel ram, 5900 ultra card.
Thanks!
this is my psu : a OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18185&vpn=OCZ700GXSSLI&manufacture=OCZ%20Technology
I was thinking of getting this mobo:
ASUS P5Q Pro ATX LGA775 P45 DDR2 2PCI-E16 Crossfire 3PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN eSATA Motherboard
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=30418&vpn=P5Q%20Pro&manufacture=ASUS
this cpu:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27784&vpn=BX80570E8400&manufacture=Intel
this video card
XFX GeForce 8800GT COD4 512MB 600MHZ 1.8GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=26780&vpn=PVT88PYDF4&manufacture=XFX
and ram....would this work? i know very little about ram. and i know that XP wont recognize 4GB of ram but should i go for 4GB or just go with 2GB?
this is the ram
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18580&vpn=TWIN2X2048-6400C4&manufacture=CORSAIR
if anyone has any suggestions at all please feel free to post. I'm pretty amateur here I built my last system but my mobo just went and I want to overhaul the rest. I used to have:
p4c800-e deluxe mobo, 3.2ghz p4 cpu, 1gb ocz dual channel ram, 5900 ultra card.
Thanks!