Is this a good setup?

[robert514]

Ok. I am going to be building my own system. I already have a HDD and CD Drive. This is the list of components I plan on buying:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2549294&sku=TC3J-4040%20P

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3255392&sku=ULT-LS500

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3402807&sku=C19-9500

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3244223&sku=E145-8506

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3478779&sku=ULT40135

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2882724&sku=M333-3003

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3896468&sku=MBM-680-Q6600B

I plan to overclock the Q6600 to 3.0ghz.

Is this a good system for gaming/photo editing? (CS4)

 

[robert514]

lol. What is so bad about the other stuff?

 

[Silverion77]

Give us a budget....
we can make one based on ur needs

That computer will have major issues if u try to OC.
The ram is cheap, mobo isnt a good OCer. 8500 isnt even worth it

 

[chookman]

Power Up Black Gamer ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Audio Ports and 450-Watt ATX Power Supply
Ultra LS500 Lifetime Series 500W Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-Express
Crucial Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB)
EVGA GeForce 8500 GT / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / HDTV / Video Card
Ultra Performance 120mm Case Fan - Dual Ball Bearing
ZEROtherm / CF900 / Socket 775 / Copper Base / Heatpipes / CPU Cooler
XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle - OEM, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM

Now after that i can see what your getting.

It depends on what you want out of the machine. If you want this for a general purpose non-gaming machine you havent done too bad... so thats what ill go off.

Q6600 is a tick

The SLI motherboard is a no for non gaming box. This one would be plenty enough ASUS P5QL-E
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4117137&CatId=1572

RAM is ok (although not available) any standard DDR2 ram at 533mhz or over will be fine for not overclocking.

The case you are paying for a PSU your not going to use. Antec Sonata III is a nice case with a good quality PSU, so get rid of the ultra.

You wont need the extra fan or even the CPU cooler if your not overclocking.

And the GPU is fine.


Now for a Gaming system do the same as above except swap the GPU for something like a 9800gt