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Currently play old games like Planetside and UT2k4, but fixing on playing games of the now and future, so decided to build a future proof PC on a budget of about $1600. Wondering if i'm headed in the right direction!

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=2758

XFX nForce 780i 3-way SLI mobo
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=3495

EVGA GeForce 8800 GT (primary card)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=3670

Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] dy=REVIEWS

Ultra X3 800-watt PSU
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] u=ULT40071

Seagate Barracuda 250gb 7200rpm internal drive
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] u=D-250AS7

Random cd/dvd drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135143

Vista Ultimate retail, for both 32 and 64 bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116473

Random Fans: 120mm box fans, harddrive fan, PCI fan card, CPU cooling fan
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] &CatId=802
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] &CatId=495
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] u=V13-4200
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] =S457-1035

Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=1842

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I'm a fan of Logan from the TigerDirect and CompUSA youtube vids, so I constructed my set based on his reviews and the reviews of others. I plan to overclock and take advantage of SLI by buying more 8800GT's in the future. I plan on getting 2 of those RAM sticks for a total of 4GB of RAM, and might get 2 more if I use Vista 64bit.

Is this intel / nvidia build okay?


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What size monitor do you have? And also what resolution?

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What size monitor do you have? And also what resolution?



http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel [...] 06317.html
Also my TV, currently run it at 1024x768 with my current PC

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the q6600 is good, but for some reason the new batch of chips dont overclock very well. the cpu cooler is junk though. i'd recommend this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233003

ditch the hard drive cooler...the dont work very well...i have a couple laying around cuz they didnt help my temps at all. and the pci fan card is really up to you...i'd ditch it though.

the hard drive is good, but i'd personally just pay the extra 40 bucks and get the western digital 640gb drive. its pretty damn fast and you can find if for less than 100 dollars.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218


also, see if you can get a cheaper sli mobo and just get a q9450.


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Q6600 @ 3.6GHz|2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer|DFI P965-S Dark|8800GT 512MB|Raptor Main Drive|Audigy X-Fi (Modded)|Rocketfish Case with H2O|

AMD Athlon X2 4800+ @ 2.7GHz|OCZ Golden Gamer @ 450MHz 2.5-3-2-5, 1T|250GB Main Drive|2900XT|NZXT Zero w/ h2o

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