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It's meant to allow for future sli, a healthy amount of OCing, and I'd prefer to stay Nvidia

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129021

EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i FTW SLI ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188026

Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115018

EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130376
(My understanding is Ati's card runs with it and is cheaper, but this is a much better OCer)

Corsair 750w power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731

XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233003

ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186020

Optical and HDs are carried over from an older computer

Thoughts?

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Message edited by kumquatq3 on 08-04-2008 at 09:12:26 PM

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Hard Drive? For the hard drive get the 640 unless you alreay have it.
I still think that ATI's graphic card is better the 4850 or 4870 in your case, but you want nvidia.
All looks fine to me.

For the Motherboard if your looking for the 750i i would chip in a little bit more moeny for these..

ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Go Green w/ EPU, plus PCIe2.0 Dual x16 SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131232

EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i FTW SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Enthusiast design for great overclocking performance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188026

I recommened the EVGA one, which is great for overclocking as in your case its the best.

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Get the Corsair 750w power supply, save $20 and it's fine for your system
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006
get this bracket for the Xigmatek it's $7 and allows better contact for better cooling...push pin mounting sucks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233020
That's a great deal on the Antec 900.
Good build, good luck.

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Thanks, I am going to look into the EVGA board more, but it looks like what I was hoping for!

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dirtmountain wrote :

The 750w corsair was my 2nd choice, and someone else told me to go with it, I think I will swap it in and dump the OCZ. Help off set the cost of the more expensive EVGA board too.

I actually have the bracket in my cart, just didn't add it here

Message edited by kumquatq3 on 08-04-2008 at 09:08:54 PM

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If you cant afford sli from day one buy a better/cheaper mobo and the best dual gpu like the 4870x2.

Reply to roadrunner197069

^Why? The assumption being I won't eventually upgrade to sli?

and what mobo would you recommend?

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Why? The assumption being I won't eventually upgrade to sli?

Generally speaking, you'll buy more performance buy buying a single "big" card than by pairing up two cards. Also, there's hassle getting the drivers and profiles to work well. That hasn't been as true lately, but I don't generally recommend it unless you have firm plans in the near future (within a year) to upgrade.

Beyond 1-2 years, you will probably get better performance for your dollar by selling your old card and buying a newer card to replace it than by buying a second old card. SLI/CF scaling is only around 60% for the second card.

Reply to einstein4pres

The thing is, I'm more or less around my budget with this build. Even if I get a non-sli Mobo and a more expensive card, It's still likely to be a more expensive set-up ($50+), no?

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is this a gaming pc because if it is there is no need for quad core unless your a multimedia pc and going to be doing a lot of multitasking

if it is go with the E8400 wolfdale sorry no link

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You want the HD4850

And isnt there a sticky for the forever ending list of:
"OMG!!! Z MY 1st BLD, NVR SEEN PUTER B4 PLs HLP ME!!!!"

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hopkiller wrote :

is this a gaming pc because if it is there is no need for quad core unless your a multimedia pc and going to be doing a lot of multitasking

if it is go with the E8400 wolfdale sorry no link

90% gaming, but it will handle some encoding duties

I picked the q6600 over the E8400 because it can easily OC to 3.2 and I've heard people get it stable closer to 3.5. While I know the E8400 can get close to 4.0, I'm essentially betting that future games will take better advantage if the Quad core. Plus it's only a $15 difference.

If I'm missing something, I loved to hear where I'm wrong! That's the point of this topic!

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