How's that gaming rig ?

[Shabla]

I plan to buy a new comp this week, will mainly be for gaming, I may overclock a bit. Everything is from DirectCanada.

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Asus P5Q Pro Atx LGA775 P45 DDR2 2PCI-E16 --------- $155.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 3.0GHZ 1333FSB 6MB --------- $194.88
G.SKILL PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 --------- $68.02
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870 750MHZ 512MB 3.6GHZ DDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out --------- $316.42
Antec Three Hundred --------- $57.84
OCZ GameXStream 600W ATX12V --------- $100.80
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBS 22X Black SATA DVD Writer OEM --------- $31.02
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN SATA Hard Drive OEM 5YR Mfg Warranty --------- $88.83
Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM) (I already have this one)
SB Audigy 2 Lite (I already have this one)
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For a total of $994.85 with free shiping.

Does that looks like a well balanced comp ? I'd like some feedback =).

Thanks !

edit: replaced Antec Nine Hundred for Antec Three Hundred.
edit2: replaced the HD 4850 for a 4870, thanks to the cheaper case.
edit3: replaced the Seagate 500GB hard drive for WD 640GB.

 

[antiacid]

well balanced machine. You could probably ditch the extra 500gig drive if you don't really need it. By the time you want more space, it'll be cheaper to buy then.

 

[Shabla]

Yeah I dont want to ditch it since it actually will be for the space ;p
system on the seagate and backup/datas on wd.

thanks for reply.

 

[aeiouandxyz]

For $5 more, you could get a wd 640gb. Everything else is superb.

 

[sisley_111]

+1 for the wd 640gig. Faster drive. Nics build by the way.

Maybe an aftermarket cooler will no hurt for overclock, think Xigmatek S1283 + retention bracket + thermal paste.
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=25530AC5457&vpn=HDT-S1283&manufacture=Xigmatek
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=25530AC6251
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10460AC8077&vpn=AS5-3.5&manufacture=ARCTIC SILVER

 

[lunyone]

Looks pretty good to me for the $. I'd probably get a different PSU, but that one has a $30 MIR, so it'll be hard to beat at that price range for you. I'd also go with the WD AAKS 640 gb HD too. I'm also going to ASSUME that your using a 64 bit OS to take advantage of all of your 4 gb's of RAM??

 

[Shabla]

Yeah thanks for th HDD, I'll take that instead of the seagate. For the cooling stuff, I don't plan to overclock that much (if I even overclock at all) so I'll stay with box air cooling.

thanks for all your reply!