$1700 Gaming & Production New Build

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: November 16th BUDGET RANGE: Final Cost under $1700.00

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Video Production/Editing, Fraps Recording, and other standard operations

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor & Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg ONLY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel & Nvidia

OVERCLOCKING: Yes SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION:1920x1080

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: No i7 setup. Looking for a few people to assist with checking compatibility of this setup before purchase. I would like to be able to find quality options but save a little money where possible.



--Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9650 - Retail

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp [...] 6819115130



--ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131284



--EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130339



-- (8GB)OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227289



-- (3 individual) Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320




CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Retail


COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler - Retail

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Any recommendations or comments are greatly appreciated. I'm not interested in an i7 setup.

That would have been a good build 18 months ago.

Socket 775 is dead-end.

DDR2 RAM is becoming more expensive than DDR3.

WD Caviar Black 500 is an old dual platter drive, the new 500GB single platter drives (samsung F3) are faster.

9800 GTX+ is outdated. For the same price you can get a much more powerful 4870 or a DX11 compatible 5750.


Almost everything you list can be replaced faster or cheaper with newer components. I dont feel I can be helpful by recommending already antiquated parts. I think thats why no one else has posted yet either.


On a more positive note, the case and power supply are both excellent choices.

To End this Thread dude, I'll agree with everyone else, your build is much to expensive without any real reason for the price, I would get a 5870 or 5850 instead and only a single HDD. get a 1156 or 1366 or AM3 Board with Phenom 2 X3-4, core i5/7 with 1700 bucks you could do all this and more with ease.

Good luck dude.

The i7 is superior to the Core 2 Quad. I don't know where you found that it was better, but the i7 will outperform the Core 2 Quad in every area.

The 9800GTX+ is an old card. You can get better for the money. Cards today are just as reliable as the 9800GTX+, and much faster.

Your reasons for buying old hardware don't make any sense.

I'm gonna agree in that this is all outdated technology top to bottom. The 9600 GT won the best $80 card category here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 464-2.html

but $80 doesn't seem logical in a $1500 machine. The only remaining viable nVidia cards (see same THG article as well as anandtech one) are the 260 and 295. The rest of the spectrum, ATI takes all the top "best card for the money" however, the 4xxx series takes the crown on all but the $155 and $310 categories where it's a 3 way tie between the 4870, 5770 and 260.

See some of these:

http://www.tomshardware.com/search.php?s=%241500

PSU and case choice is good but 750 watts oversized