I need help with new build..

[ace22]

This is going to be my first build and with the very small amount of experiance i have with computer hardware, I came here looking for help. Comments are much welcomed. This is what I found for a price I'm ok with but if there are major problems with any of this gear I don't know about, I would love to know.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail- $194.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail- $269.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188027

(1 or 2 to start, add more later) EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail- $155.99 each
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130319

(2 of these) Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail- $119.99 each
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220315

(2 of these) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM- $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161

CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 Power Supply UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Retail- $269.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139007

I also have some major cooling in line for this that all will fit and should keep this list nice and cool

Comments WANTED!

 

[Phrexianghoul]

first question is: do you have a case in mind or do you have one on hand?

Anyway. The majority of your build looks great. I do have a few suggestions.

For the same price you have get this 4850 card which yields better performance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121253

8 gigs of memory is nice, but it's overkill. Start off with 4 and see if you need more later. Good choice BTW.

Your current build will, i think, run close 600w (that is, if your going to start of in CF). However your thinking about running three of these cards, which up the power a bit. This Corsair PSU should give you all the power you need and some room to OC.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

I'm not a pro like some of the other guys around here, but this is just my Two Cents

 

[jasobnd]

wo MOBO has a high price tag lol, im an ASUS man myself and the best Xfire MOBO from them is like £150.

if you want to save some money, buy some Heatpipe memory at a lower speed and just over clock it.

then with money ya save add bit more to your GPU and get an ATI 4870. course youd have to swap your motherboard (MOBO) for an Crossfire one

 

[ace22]

I actually prefer nvidia.. i've stuck with it through two hand me downs and its never failed me.. i had a bad ati one last and it got shot right away and we replaced with nvidia... i prefer nvidia.. sorry

 

[ace22]

sry i didn't see ur response ghoul.. thanks for the input and ur right about the memory.. good idea to start and see..

 

[Phrexianghoul]

sry i didn't see ur response ghoul.. thanks for the input and ur right about the memory.. good idea to start and see..

Always glad to help but seriously take a look at those 4850's. I've been watching the reviews on that series of cards very carefully. And i can say that none of manufacturers are seeing poor returns. Yes there will be a few that don't pass, but give ATi another chance.

Personally i have been using Nvidia's stuff for the past few years and with my next build, which will be very soon, i will have an ATi card. No questions about it. I have a friend that has been running with ATi for as long as i have been running Nvidia and he will not be happy when he finds that my new system is running better than his new system. By the way hes jumping ship on ATi. sad day. He's leaving just as his favorite company is getting good. his loss i guess. And hes under the impression that SLi scales better than Xfire. IDK, is this true?

 

[PCnut]

For you memory Look at this.. Gskill it is good solid memory and i have never had a problem with it. And also i would only get 4 gb and then more later if you need.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166 at 105.00
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231184 at 109.00

 

[ace22]

the reason i also prefer the nvidia is that i havn't found any xfire 3 way motherboards for video cards. With the 3 way system on this board. I can get outdated cards too run in sync and get more power out of them without having to pay through the nose for the newest things on the market.

 

[ace22]

and from some recent reading on my part, I just found that the 8800 gt is not compatible with tri sli. Which meens getting these boards and cards are point less if i can't use 3 when I could get a better board for less that only uses two. And to ghoul... I will take ur challenge and give ati another chance. I'll post the updated list of what i hope to build with her in a minute.

 

[ace22]

sorry about the triple posts but i'm going to need recommendations of mobos and video cards and need to know if using ati meens switching to amd

 

[Phrexianghoul]

sorry about the triple posts but i'm going to need recommendations of mobos and video cards and need to know if using ati meens switching to amd

No i do not think you will need to switch to AMD to run ATi cards. But i don't know if there any compatibility issues running ATi cards on Nvidia chip sets. However i do think most people, if they run Intel and have ATi cards, run on Intels chip sets. Personally i have never used Intels chip sets so the other guys in the forum would be the ones to ask.

 

[ace22]

From doing some browsing on newegg, it seems that its nvidia to intel and amd to ati. I may be mistaken but I'm running amd right now and I'm sure going with below will be fine. P.S. I fear running one companies cards on another companies chipsets because of the possibility of a company making their chipsets not allow their rivals cards to run on them. This may just be a psychotic part of me talking but its never bad to be cautious.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131291 $189.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773 $112.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121253
$187.99

 

[ace22]

I don't know if this is compatible with the motherboard but this processor would be alot nice to have and i might have the money for it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249 $203.99

 

[jasobnd]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-259-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=808&name=Asus%20M3A32-MVP%20Deluxe/Wi-Fi%20AMD%20790FX%20(Socket%20AM2)%20PCI-Express%20DDR2%20Motherboard

My ASUS MOBO does support 3 x crossfire

"- 4 x PCIe x16 with ATI CrossFireX™ support, @ dual x16; tripple x16 / x8 / x8; or quad x8 modes"

 

[ace22]

I didn't notice that.. awesome! that meens i'm good to go with a three way ati set up.. if all checks out this will most likely be my setup.. input is still wanted though.