So this is a fresh build with the intention of high performance without wasting any money. Please let me know if you see anywhere where I can save money or spend a little more for some real performance gains. Also let me know if I'm forgetting anything, besides the obvious fans and thermal paste.
PC is for gaming and some hardcore internet usage.
Budget is around a grand
Buying parts from US
No brand preference, just high performance.
No Current parts, fresh build
Def open to overclocking to save money and gain cheap performance.
Here are the links and parts.
$280 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115017
$37 - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186134
$170 - EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188015
$100 - For two sets (4gigs) G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231098
$310 - XFX PVT88PYDD4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150254
$175 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136131
$40 - COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply 90-132V/180-260V Nemko, TUV, cUL, CE, BSMI, FCC, CCC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817171018
$40 - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119115
$26 - PHILIPS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827248009
So all of that ads up to $1,178
How can I save money or gain performance for cheap? Am I correct in assuming that this would run games like Crysis on very high settings? (except of course for AA)
I've been out of the building world for about two years now so all of these choices were made from reading around on the forum, hoping I put them all together well.
If it's appropriate I plan on waiting for prices on the 8800 to go down a little then buying another to run sli. That will be nice.
I'm also aware that I'll be running Vista 64 to utilize all 4gigs of memory, not really looking forward to that, I just uninstalled Vista Ultimate 32 from my laptop I'm using now and installed Windows XP Dark edition, Vista was just taking away to much performance, but then again I only have 1gig of ram on my laptop.
PC is for gaming and some hardcore internet usage.
Budget is around a grand
Buying parts from US
No brand preference, just high performance.
No Current parts, fresh build
Def open to overclocking to save money and gain cheap performance.
Here are the links and parts.
$280 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115017
$37 - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186134
$170 - EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188015
$100 - For two sets (4gigs) G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231098
$310 - XFX PVT88PYDD4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150254
$175 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136131
$40 - COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply 90-132V/180-260V Nemko, TUV, cUL, CE, BSMI, FCC, CCC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817171018
$40 - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119115
$26 - PHILIPS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827248009
So all of that ads up to $1,178
How can I save money or gain performance for cheap? Am I correct in assuming that this would run games like Crysis on very high settings? (except of course for AA)
I've been out of the building world for about two years now so all of these choices were made from reading around on the forum, hoping I put them all together well.
If it's appropriate I plan on waiting for prices on the 8800 to go down a little then buying another to run sli. That will be nice.
I'm also aware that I'll be running Vista 64 to utilize all 4gigs of memory, not really looking forward to that, I just uninstalled Vista Ultimate 32 from my laptop I'm using now and installed Windows XP Dark edition, Vista was just taking away to much performance, but then again I only have 1gig of ram on my laptop.
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