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Core 2 Duo Build Help

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lolgloin

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This will be my second build. My original budget was around $1300, maximum $1500, but I think I am choosing parts that will send me over my budget 😛 This machine will be used for pretty much everything, but I am a gamer first and foremost. I plan on overclocking.

I am kind of out of the loop on what kind of DDR2 memory I should get. Is 667 good enough? 2gb or 1gb? Also, can I cut back anywhere to save money and not lose a sigificant amount of performance?

CPU
E6600
$316

Mobo
?
?

Memory
?
?

Hard Drive
WD 7200rpm 320gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136003

Video Card
MSI 7900GTX 512mb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127097

Case (Can't decide yet)
Lian-Li PC-61
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112025
Cooler Master Ammo 533
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119098

Power Supply
Enermax Liberty 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

This puts me at approximately $1050 without a motherboard or RAM.
 
Could go with the cheaper video card for now and then later this year when the DirectX10 cards come out upgrade to that. Its an option anyway.
 
New Core2 ready boards will be coming out fairly frequently over the coming weeks, months so I wouldn't make any firm decisions yet.

As far as the case goes the PC-7 is the one you want for its use of 120mm fans and un-restricted exhaust. The Ammo is just plain stupid looking in my opinion.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
How about the X1900XT? You can get it for $290 after rebate... at least you could a few days ago.
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ya, I was about to say why a 7900GTX it's not worth it

and don't get the ammo case it's ugly 🙂 I have the PC-65B sitting in my room unused I really should use it for my conroe build but I find myself not wanting to.

 
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