Building a Budget gaming computer - What do you think of my setup?

[Yukoncrw]

COOLER MASTER CAVALIER 3 CAV-T03-UK Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

ASUS P5NSLI Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT KO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1066MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - Retail

CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory Model VS1G667D2 - Retail

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

Subtotal: $829.45

 

[Howard]

Save some money on the motherboard since you won't (or at least, shouldn't) use the SLI function.

What'll you do for power supply?

 

[Yukoncrw]

I dont know about the power supply...and what motherboard should I buy?

 

[Howard]

Do you want to overclock?

Enhance ENP-5140GH

 

[Yukoncrw]

I've overclocked my graphic before so if its somewhat simple to do yes. If its complex no.

 

[Baked]

Looking at the Enhance ENP-5150GH, I'm thinking about buying the 5150GH as my main PSU. Sure the S12 500W is nice, but I can't see myself buying a PSU that's over $100.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Baked
Looking at the Enhance ENP-5150GH, I'm thinking about buying the 5150GH as my main PSU. Sure the S12 500W is nice, but I can't see myself buying a PSU that's over $100.

Also look at this one. Great unit. It puts just a bit less than the ENP-5150GH.

 

[shadykidd]

I am looking at that same motherboard right now. After tons of searching, here is what I found out.

Pros:
-Fairly inexpensive compared to the other Core2Duo boards
-SLI
-nForce5 has lots of nice features compared to the older boards
-Since this is brand new, it should support quad cores for later upgrades
-nForce5 boards have been very successful for AMD, so hopefully it will carry over to Intel

Cons:
-SLI is only 8x, not 16x. However, this should not really effect performance
-The board is new, and may have some initial problems
-It looks to be a poor choice for OCing

I really like this board, and I am really close to purchasing it myself. But I think I have convinced myself to wait another week or two to hear if people are having any problems with certain memory, and if C2D is working out of the box with no BIOS tweaking.

 

[Yukoncrw]

Anymore thoughts on my setup. Nervous to push the button and make the buy

 

[Skott]

I havent read alot about this mobo but I have read some things. If you arent interested in OCing then its a decent choice for the budget minded. If you are interested in OCing then the Gigabyte DS3 is a better choice for about $40 more. I kinda get the impression you arent really into OCing. It can be complex for the first timer. If you feel nervous, which is quite understandable, then maybe read more into the P5NSLI. Pay particular attention to what RAM people are having the most luck with. All these Conroe mobos have some limitations and problems. One main area is in RAM choice. Alot of people been getting incompaitble RAM with their mobos and its causing them all kinds of problems. Also remember prices are coming down almost daily on alot of components now that supply is catching up to demand so you have time on your side as a benefit.