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Johnny 5   07-01-2008 at 07:58:52 PM

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 532 RC-532-SKN1 Black Aluminum bezel, SECC chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119094
Power Supply: RAIDMAX VOLCANO RX-630A 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V Modular http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817152026
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115043
Motherboard: SUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299
Video: DIAMOND 4850PE3512 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814103060
Ram: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

Optical: SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8XDVD+RW 12X DVD+R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151161
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148288
Operating System: MS Home Premium 64 bit OEM


The price with rebates and with fans and adhesive would come to around $1050 US. I want to be able to run games well. I don't need to run Crysis at super duper high settings, but I would like to enjoy the visual graphics of the game at 1280x1024 resolution and high settings, if possible.

Most of my gaming is HL2, SupCom, Sins of a Solar Empire, BF2, CoD4 and the like. As long as this can run those super great then I would be content. I am going to need this for about 4 years so I can upgrade a get another card for Crossfire and add some more RAM later on. Opinions/feedback?

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guanyu210379   07-01-2008 at 08:37:49 PM
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Suggested to be changed :
Case : Coolermaster RC690 or Antec 900
PSU : Corsair 450-550W for 1 GPU or 650-750W for 2 GPU.
The rest is good.
If you wanna buy 8GB RAM, just make sure that you do buy the 64 bit OS, 8GB RAM can only be achieved with 4x2GB.

------------------------------ Intel Q6600 @ 3.0GHz + ASUS P5E X38 +
4GB DDR2 1000 CL5 Mushkin + Coolermaster Dominator Xcalade 690 + Corsair VX 450W + HIS HD 3850 512MB Turbo + Seagate 500GB 7200rpm 32MB + Zalman CNPS 9700 LED + Logitec EX110 + ASUS VW198S.
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guanyu210379   07-01-2008 at 08:39:13 PM
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Info : There is a combo from ASUS P5Q and ASUS HD4850.
Tips : For OC and Xfire, X38 or X48 is better than P45.

------------------------------ Intel Q6600 @ 3.0GHz + ASUS P5E X38 +
4GB DDR2 1000 CL5 Mushkin + Coolermaster Dominator Xcalade 690 + Corsair VX 450W + HIS HD 3850 512MB Turbo + Seagate 500GB 7200rpm 32MB + Zalman CNPS 9700 LED + Logitec EX110 + ASUS VW198S.
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Johnny 5   07-01-2008 at 08:59:20 PM
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Would that mean I have to change the ram from DDR2 800 to DDR2 1200?

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guanyu210379   07-01-2008 at 09:07:01 PM
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Nope! DDR800 will still be used. But if you reaally2 want it and can still afford it than you can also buy those DDR2 1200, but it is more expensive. I suggest that you stick with those DDR2 800.
The rest stays as it is.
Tips : P45 chipset can only 8x each on Xfire, while X38 and X48 can use 16x each on Xfire. X38 and X48 are also better in OCing.

Note : The combo ASUS P5Q and HD4850 is on newegg.

------------------------------ Intel Q6600 @ 3.0GHz + ASUS P5E X38 +
4GB DDR2 1000 CL5 Mushkin + Coolermaster Dominator Xcalade 690 + Corsair VX 450W + HIS HD 3850 512MB Turbo + Seagate 500GB 7200rpm 32MB + Zalman CNPS 9700 LED + Logitec EX110 + ASUS VW198S.
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