I think if I were you personally, I'd back off on some of that stuff and grab a better video card. Maybe a 4850 or even a 4830. If you are strapped for cash, I'm guessing even a 4670 would do better than the 8600.


Or if you prefer nvidia, check this card out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121255

It's a 9600 gso, formerly known as the 8800gs, basically from what I understand they were like a cut down version of the 8800gt. That particular one however is 80, but a rebate will bring the price to 50 bucks.



How about this vs the PSU you were looking at?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371015

Quality may not be quite as good, but Antec is still good stuff, 2 12v+ rails at 22 amps each sounds good to me.


Do you plan to overclock? If not, use the stock cooler off your old system and save 26 bucks. So there is about 70 in savings for you.

Consider saving 20 bucks more and grab a biostar board here...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138134

I don't know exactly why the one review the guy had problems. I've used a few biostars myself, and have always been pretty happy with them.

Save yourself some more...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138134

Gskill ram, same speed even same timings listed as the corsair ram you picked out, but lower voltages. And 20 bucks cheaper.

Or they've got this PNY memory for 59.99 with the same timings as that corsair you looked at

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820178222

Either way, a lot of other kits that look to offer similar performance to the corsair for less money.

So far we may have saved you 90 bucks. So then, if you don't move the budget at all, you've got enough left over to grab that 9600 gso, or to grab a 4670. If you put a little more cash with it, say 40 bucks, you could even be grabbing a 4830 or 9800gt which would blow your 8600gts out of the water. Personally I would go a route like that. The 8600gts is ok, but for just the money you can save here, you would be able to have a nicer card if gaming is what you are after, then ebay the 8600 and maybe buy yourself a nice new game with the profit from that.

I wanted to ask you about a different build as im thinking of not reusing my processor and i was wondering about this intel biuld.

on the power supply i decided to stick with the corsair i had in my first build i prefer to have a high quality psu as im planing on doing some upgrades in the future and i want the long life: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131219

here is the ram 24$ AFTER MAIL IN REBATE AWESOME DEAL for 1066 dominator also im getting 2 sets: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145043

Processor i want to overclock it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115037

Cpu fan do you think its good enough for a heavy overclock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134

if the artic cool isint good enough then im wiling to go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835106102

im not going to get a video card i think ill upgrade it as soon as i get the money to.

sry about the tripple post but what would you think if i changed things around and when with a ddr3 mobo.

Mother Board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131344

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145198

this build would only cost 50$ more and with the ddr3 it would be better for future expandability.

thanks ill go with that cooler but im still wondering what do you think of the mobos should i choose the ddr3 or ddr2? plus do you think i should change my case to a: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129042