Hi All,
I'm in the process of gathering parts to replace my current system. It's been a while since I built one from scratch and things have sure changed. Background: I've got a Barton 2500+ OC'd to 3200 (2.2ghz) with a 6800nu (unlocked to 6800GT). I'd like something a little more quiet than was available when I got the base system 4 years ago and video card 3 years ago. I have 1GB Kingston HyperX DDR-400/PC3200 that was my original 2x256 in one bank and a newer 512 in the other.
I do mostly office stuff, so I'm thinking I won't OC right away, but might upgrade a few components in a couple of years. The games I play are RTS, Role Playing, and other, but not FPS. So, I have a challenge evaluating since all of the benchmarks are done for synthetic or FPS. My current system doesn't run the Medieval2 demo because I don't have the right SSE available in hardware.
I'm going to reuse my keyboard, mouse, 2.1 speakers/subwoofer, and 19" 1280x1024 LCD. I already bought a new Antec P150 case. I'm not convinced that this wasn't my first mistake of the build. It comes with the Neo 430W PSU, which now seems underpowered.
Plans: (budget around $1000)
CPU: Intel E6600 (after the 22nd when the price drops)
Memory: Patriot Extreme 2x1GB DDR2-800
HDD: Seagate 7200.10 Perpendicular 320GB
DVD burner: generic $30 options
OS: Vista Home Premium OEM ($120)
Video: eVga 8800GTS 320MB (base)
Motherboard: I like the sounds of the 650i Ultra like the eVga one, but maybe the ever popular Gigabyte DS3 or Asus 965P E thing. I really don't know about this one.
Cooling: Not sure I need to change, but I thought the Scythe Ninja for quiet operation over the stock cooler with the CPU.
I'm not sure the RAM isn't overkill without overclocking. Not sure that I can overclock without replacing the PSU anyway. I'm not sure about getting 2 of the HDD to try RAID 0 for some speed, I have 120GB now and plenty of free space. if the general plan looks OK, I'd probably get some of it ordered this weekend as that memory has a rebate for $50 that expires soon. It seems good with the timings in the 4, but again, not sure I understand what I need or where my bottlenecks are.
Any help, ideas, issues, critiques would be very welcome.
Thanks, Scott
I'm in the process of gathering parts to replace my current system. It's been a while since I built one from scratch and things have sure changed. Background: I've got a Barton 2500+ OC'd to 3200 (2.2ghz) with a 6800nu (unlocked to 6800GT). I'd like something a little more quiet than was available when I got the base system 4 years ago and video card 3 years ago. I have 1GB Kingston HyperX DDR-400/PC3200 that was my original 2x256 in one bank and a newer 512 in the other.
I do mostly office stuff, so I'm thinking I won't OC right away, but might upgrade a few components in a couple of years. The games I play are RTS, Role Playing, and other, but not FPS. So, I have a challenge evaluating since all of the benchmarks are done for synthetic or FPS. My current system doesn't run the Medieval2 demo because I don't have the right SSE available in hardware.
I'm going to reuse my keyboard, mouse, 2.1 speakers/subwoofer, and 19" 1280x1024 LCD. I already bought a new Antec P150 case. I'm not convinced that this wasn't my first mistake of the build. It comes with the Neo 430W PSU, which now seems underpowered.
Plans: (budget around $1000)
CPU: Intel E6600 (after the 22nd when the price drops)
Memory: Patriot Extreme 2x1GB DDR2-800
HDD: Seagate 7200.10 Perpendicular 320GB
DVD burner: generic $30 options
OS: Vista Home Premium OEM ($120)
Video: eVga 8800GTS 320MB (base)
Motherboard: I like the sounds of the 650i Ultra like the eVga one, but maybe the ever popular Gigabyte DS3 or Asus 965P E thing. I really don't know about this one.
Cooling: Not sure I need to change, but I thought the Scythe Ninja for quiet operation over the stock cooler with the CPU.
I'm not sure the RAM isn't overkill without overclocking. Not sure that I can overclock without replacing the PSU anyway. I'm not sure about getting 2 of the HDD to try RAID 0 for some speed, I have 120GB now and plenty of free space. if the general plan looks OK, I'd probably get some of it ordered this weekend as that memory has a rebate for $50 that expires soon. It seems good with the timings in the 4, but again, not sure I understand what I need or where my bottlenecks are.
Any help, ideas, issues, critiques would be very welcome.
Thanks, Scott
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