Hi, I'm looking to build a new gaming pc in the very near future somewhere in the 1500-1900 price range. If there are any good computer boutiques that can offer me almost on par specs and good service I would be interested in that as well.
Here's what I'm looking at
MOBO: Asus Striker II Formula (Open Box From newegg 230) or Asus P5N-T Deluxe (Open Box from newegg 185)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 800 (120 at newegg)
Processor: Core 2 Quad Q6700 (270) or Q6600 (210)
Video Card: Not quite sure what will get me best performance? 2 x 9800 GTX maybe ???
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB (120) would also consider a VelociRaptor if it really would be that amazing of a performance gain
Case: Antec Nine Hundred (120)??? Any Suggestions?
Power: COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-850 (200) or PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W (125) depending on what you guys think is necessary
Optical: SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R (27)
Cooling: COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP 92mm Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler (25)
Well, that's what I'm considering as of now. Is all of that stuff compatible? What combination and upgrades will get me the best all around performance? How much should I overclock? Anything I really need to wait for? Anything that will really get me better performance? Also, I haven't gamed in a while because my current PC sucks so I've been using a Samsung 32in HDTV as my monitor, which I absolutely love. I would really like to keep using that. Is that an absolute no no for gaming? I will be dual booting ubuntu 8.04 and I'm guessing vista 64 bit for the 4gb recognition? I'm a very experienced software guy but haven't done much in the hardware realm. I'm guessing I should be just fine building all of this on my own since no water cooling is involved, am I right? Well, I welcome your hopeful onslaught of suggestions
Here's what I'm looking at
MOBO: Asus Striker II Formula (Open Box From newegg 230) or Asus P5N-T Deluxe (Open Box from newegg 185)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 800 (120 at newegg)
Processor: Core 2 Quad Q6700 (270) or Q6600 (210)
Video Card: Not quite sure what will get me best performance? 2 x 9800 GTX maybe ???
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB (120) would also consider a VelociRaptor if it really would be that amazing of a performance gain
Case: Antec Nine Hundred (120)??? Any Suggestions?
Power: COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-850 (200) or PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W (125) depending on what you guys think is necessary
Optical: SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R (27)
Cooling: COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP 92mm Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler (25)
Well, that's what I'm considering as of now. Is all of that stuff compatible? What combination and upgrades will get me the best all around performance? How much should I overclock? Anything I really need to wait for? Anything that will really get me better performance? Also, I haven't gamed in a while because my current PC sucks so I've been using a Samsung 32in HDTV as my monitor, which I absolutely love. I would really like to keep using that. Is that an absolute no no for gaming? I will be dual booting ubuntu 8.04 and I'm guessing vista 64 bit for the 4gb recognition? I'm a very experienced software guy but haven't done much in the hardware realm. I'm guessing I should be just fine building all of this on my own since no water cooling is involved, am I right? Well, I welcome your hopeful onslaught of suggestions