Building New PC. Need advice on configuration I have in mind!

[harireghu28]

I'm building a new PC.

Here's what I have in mind :

Core 2 Quad Q6600
Asus P5K/Asus P5K-E/Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3/Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev 2.0
Kingston 2GB HyperX DDR2-800 KHX6400D2LLK2/2G
eVGA 8600GTS 256MB
320 GB SATAII Seagate HDD
Asus DRW-1814BLT DVD Writer

I already have the RAM and Graphics Card.

I will be using this for general use and gaming.
I will not be overclocking.
I will not be replacing the PC for quite some time. My last PC lasted 3.5 years.
So I want something that will not need replacing for some time.


I have 2 questions :
1. Which of the 4 motherboards would be a good option ?
2. What should be the wattage of SMPS ?
( I don't anticipate adding anything other than one more SATA Hard Disk)

I'm a newbie in thie forum.. This seemed like the best place to post this question.
Kindly move the message to the appropriate forum if this is not the proper place for this question.

Thanks!

 

[NoelS]

harireghu28,

Since I just bought an ASUS P5K-E, Guess what I would recommend? I've heard some good things about the DS4 rev 2, also. Have you searched the forum for those two Gigabyte boards and the comments on them here?

Not sure about the ASUS P5K, looks similar to P5K-E, but less expensive, so I would compare the 2 boards closely, make sure you don't give up something you want by going cheaper.

I think any of the boards would work well with your other components. For power, I'd say you want something in the 500-600 watt range. I plan to use my Corsair HX620 with mine: E6850, 2GB Corsair RAM, evga 8800GTS, WD 74GB Raptor and 2 160 SATA HDDs, and 2 DVD-RWs.

Noel

 

[NoelS]

Oh yes, and BTW, welcome to the forom. Lots of good stuff on here.

Noel

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Motherboard models don't really matter if you aren't overclocking. As long as everything is compatible (which appears to be the case), everything will be fine. The difference between a good and a bad motherboard is how far you can push it.

 

[NoelS]

harireghu28

I just this afternoon finished building my new ASUS P5K-E rig using 2GB OCZ DDR2 1066 and it booted and ran without a hiccup... I used my 74GB Raptor from one of my past builds (see sig) and didn't have to even re-install XP, but I'm currently running my HDDs as IDE instead of SATA. I'll have to do a repair install of XP to load the ICH9R drivers for using my SATA drives as SATA... Also installed 2 Samsung SATA DVD-RWs and so far no problems. I was able to read and install drivers from my mobo CD without any trouble.

Noel