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EDIT: Post modified after doing more research
Ok, after plowing through website after website, and forum after forum, I think i've determined my light SFF game build and I just wanna go over it with everyone so I can see what you think and if I could do anything different, part wise. Currently and into the future, my uses going to be doing web surfing / multitasking with some light gaming. I hardly do any Photoshop and rarely do any encoding of videos. I'll be pretty much be running WoW and a few other games at 1680x1050 native rez of my monitor. I"m not the hardcore PC gamer like I used to be, i'll be recyling my 7800GTX OC from my Athlon 64 setup for the time being.
From that, even though this setup needs to last me awhile, I can't justify the price increase for a Quad core CPU so I decided to go dual. This setup WILL NOT be overclocked so I decided to save some more money and go with a less intensive mobo. I upped the RAM to 4gigs so im ready for Vista whenever I decide to make the switch, plus this board won't allow 4 chips of the same memory type due to DDR3 support.
I want this to play future games well, but I decided I don't feel like forking over a huge amount of cash for PC upgrades anymore, I play most of my games on my 360 downstairs. Mostly I'll be playing StarCraft 2, WOTLK, maybe Crysis and whatever strikes my fancy. Thanks for any suggestions or incite before I order this and get it built.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Motherboard: ASRock G43Twins-FullHD
Video Card: Reused BFG 7800GTX OC *Upgrading to GTX 260 or Ati 4870 in few months*
HDD's:1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gig SATA drive
PSU: Antec NeoHE 500w
DVD Drives: 1x ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Addon cards: 1x Audigy 2 PCI soundcard
Misc: 3x 80mm Antec tricool fans + Intel stock HSF
Case:Silverstone Sugo SG01-F
Ok, after plowing through website after website, and forum after forum, I think i've determined my light SFF game build and I just wanna go over it with everyone so I can see what you think and if I could do anything different, part wise. Currently and into the future, my uses going to be doing web surfing / multitasking with some light gaming. I hardly do any Photoshop and rarely do any encoding of videos. I'll be pretty much be running WoW and a few other games at 1680x1050 native rez of my monitor. I"m not the hardcore PC gamer like I used to be, i'll be recyling my 7800GTX OC from my Athlon 64 setup for the time being.
From that, even though this setup needs to last me awhile, I can't justify the price increase for a Quad core CPU so I decided to go dual. This setup WILL NOT be overclocked so I decided to save some more money and go with a less intensive mobo. I upped the RAM to 4gigs so im ready for Vista whenever I decide to make the switch, plus this board won't allow 4 chips of the same memory type due to DDR3 support.
I want this to play future games well, but I decided I don't feel like forking over a huge amount of cash for PC upgrades anymore, I play most of my games on my 360 downstairs. Mostly I'll be playing StarCraft 2, WOTLK, maybe Crysis and whatever strikes my fancy. Thanks for any suggestions or incite before I order this and get it built.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Motherboard: ASRock G43Twins-FullHD
Video Card: Reused BFG 7800GTX OC *Upgrading to GTX 260 or Ati 4870 in few months*
HDD's:1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gig SATA drive
PSU: Antec NeoHE 500w
DVD Drives: 1x ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Addon cards: 1x Audigy 2 PCI soundcard
Misc: 3x 80mm Antec tricool fans + Intel stock HSF
Case:Silverstone Sugo SG01-F