Rate My New (Hopefully) Great Gaming Rig

hopfrog

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Have posted a few times, and just want to say thanks for all the advice I've received. Playing on a 1280x1024 monitor.

This is my build, basically done. I've bought everything except for a case and a cooler. I really want an Antec 900, but Don't know if they will come back into stock soon. I have also been looking at a Coolermaster 690. What would be the best cooler for this set-up?

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $136.99. Caught one when they went back into stock. Still think it is a good deal.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 - Retail $174.99. All the advice and the price point became too much to pass up. Overclock the hell out of it.

Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail $39.99

PSU: PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail $79.99 after all the rebates.

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $84.99

GPU: EVGA 896-P3-1267-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $259.99. Again, got one when they re-stocked, luckily.

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM $79.99

I already have drives. Might pick up a new one anyway though. How did I do?



 

hopfrog

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Yeah, figured it was overkill. Will probably upgrade the monitor in the next year or so. Plan on keeping the system for a while and only doing minor modifications, hopefully.
 

grieve

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I have the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 , ill vouch for it, It is a good Heatsink. Apparently the sunbeam core contact is better, but it is very large.

Go with mx-2 thermal compound over Arctic Silver 5 … It is better, same price.
 

slomo4sho

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The UD3R also provides no option for crossfire in case the OP wants to install a second GPU later on. And if that is the case, he might want to consider a 4870 instead of the GTX 260.