Ok here's my soon-to-be build

[jalpaugh1978]

Well, I thought About getting an E8400, and then thought that I really don't want to be in the situation of wanting to upgrade again this time next year so here's what I've come up with. let meknow what ya'll think



Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
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XFX GX260NADBF GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
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CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
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ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail
Item #: N82E16835186020
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XIGMATEK dark knight - s1283 120mm CPU Cooler - Retail
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
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GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550 - Retail
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CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5D - Retail
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Grand Total: $1,129.93 -$90MIR=$1039.93

 

[Proximon]

Do you have some low voltage DDR2 to boot with in case the Corsair RAM doesn't boot right off? 2.1V can be a problem some times.

Looks fine otherwise.

 

[jalpaugh1978]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

I have this...I f have to use it do I just go into bios and turn up the voltage to get the corsair to work...still learning, sorry

 

[Proximon]

That should do the trick then, I would say you have a good build. If you can swing a WD "ALS" type drive, it will be a bit faster than the older AAKS.

 

[jalpaugh1978]

That should do the trick then, I would say you have a good build. If you can swing a WD "ALS" type drive, it will be a bit faster than the older AAKS.

I sure will look into that. Thanks for the advice Proximon