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deus257   09-28-2009 at 03:53:37 AM

Hi, i've posted before but that was to get started on my very first budget build, but now I have managed to increase my budget to $1800 which I split into 2 the $1300 main budget for the case and components, and $500 side budget for the monitor, keyboard, operating system etc. I tried my hand at putting a list of parts together to build a LAN gaming rig and was wondering if you could give me some tips

here is main budget of $1300:
Thermaltake Lan box $84.99 ($74.99 AMB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

SAMSUNG SPINPOINT $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185

OCZ gold $129.99 ($109.99 AMB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227365

Motherboard $209.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188051

Cpu $279.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 275 $249.99 ($229.99 AMB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

PSU $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153106

Fan $29.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=4314

Disk Drive $31.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106333

Memory fan $25.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 12&Tpk=ocz

Total- 1260.88
After Mail in Rebate- 1210.88

There are some things im iffy on and that has to do with size and compatibility. im reffering to the harddrive, power supply and graphics card those components im not so sure about and im kinda iffy if the ram cooler is neccessary, can you make any suggestions that could help i want to keep it below budget could you help? thanks.

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omgitzfatal   09-28-2009 at 02:06:37 PM

I'd go with that corsair PSU, 750W is plenty, far more than you'll need and has a good warranty and high quality components. I'd also consider a beefy CPU cooler, that masscool looks no better than the stock intel cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029

That Xigmatek will do a much better job and if you plan on overclocking your i7, you wont have a problem.

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deus257   09-28-2009 at 05:08:11 PM

omgitzfatal wrote :

I'd go with that corsair PSU, 750W is plenty, far more than you'll need and has a good warranty and high quality components. I'd also consider a beefy CPU cooler, that masscool looks no better than the stock intel cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029

That Xigmatek will do a much better job and if you plan on overclocking your i7, you wont have a problem.



That fan is alot better, and I probably will change my psu to something lower.

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