Building A New Computer. Need Some Advice.

[LasombraB]

Well, I order one of the Dell XPS 700's the first of July and it hasn't moved yet. So I'm just going to cancel my order and build a new one. I already have a very nice case and a DVD-RW. I want to build a new Intel Duo Core system, but I want to make sure everything is compatible. Below is what I'm looking at getting.


CPU - Intel Conroe E6600 Core 2 Duo Processor 2.4GHz

Motherboard - ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe

Memory - 2GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 (2x1GB)

Hard Drive - Western Digital SE16 400GB SATA (got it)

Video Card - BFG GeForce 7950GX 1GB PCI-Express

Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Case - SilverStone TJ03

PowerSupply - SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF 650W

 

[Bobthelost]

Yep that's a good build, but i'm unsure about the motherboard (thought they weren't compatible), think about the Gigabyte P965 DS3, it seems to be the defacto Core 2 OCing board of choice.

 

[LasombraB]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Yep that's a good build, but i'm unsure about the motherboard (thought they weren't compatible), think about the Gigabyte P965 DS3, it seems to be the defacto Core 2 OCing board of choice.

ASUS listed the board on their site as compatible. I'm not going to overclock any.

 

[Bobthelost]

In which case don't get it, you're spending $250 on a motherboard that will do nothing more for you than a $140 board will.

 

[Tsuwamono]

looks fine

 

[LasombraB]

What about the Power Supply? Would an Enermax Liberty 620W be better?

 

[LasombraB]

Does anyone know when the new Nvidia 590 motherboards are going to be avaliable?

 

[westihockey09]

A 620W seems a little bit of an overkill with your system. You could drop down to a 450-500W system and still be okay, while saving some money.

 

[westihockey09]

As for the motherboard, it looks to have been out for a little while. Semms a little pricey for a motherboard at $200. But anyway you can look for yourself. Here it is on Newegg.

590 Motherboard

 

[LasombraB]

Originally posted by: westihockey09
As for the motherboard, it looks to have been out for a little while. Semms a little pricey for a motherboard at $200. But anyway you can look for yourself. Here it is on Newegg.

590 Motherboard

That's the AMD verison of the board, I'm looking for the Intel verison.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The Nforce 590 based Intel boards aren't in retail channels yet that I've found. Shouldn't be long. Maybe end of the month.

I'd wait for a review on them vs the Intel board before deciding.