Final Critique?

[jimbofoxman]

Any final thoughts? Only thing I am unsure of is the CPU. E6600 or E6400? Will I see a difference? I do not plan on OC'ing at all.

I know I am missing the PSU, any final recommendations?


LIAN LI PC-7A plus II Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

eVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Silver E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0S - OEM


Subtotal: $1,288.93

 

[jimbofoxman]

Just noticed this on NewEgg............wonder if it's worth the switch from the BenQ? With the Mail In Rebate, it will be $40 less.
Sceptre X20WG 20.1

 

[Operandi]

Go with this Gigabyte 7900GS for the stock Zalman VF-700 HS/F.

Personally I would change the RAM to Crucial, Corsair, Geil, Kingston, or Crucial.

For the PSU I would go with a Seasonic S12.

 

[trOver]

go crucial ram

 

[jimbofoxman]

Well, I pulled the trigger..........thank god for 6 months no payments.

LIAN LI PC-7A plus II Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

GIGABYTE GV-NX79G256DP-RH GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Scythe Kamariki-2 KMRK-450A-2 ATX12V 450W Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400 - Retail

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Silver E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0S - OEM

Subtotal: $1,367.93

I will be running XP Pro on it. Figure once I get it up and running for a while, I will delve into the OC.

 

[Operandi]

All looks good but the PSU....

Scythe isn't exactly known for their power supplies.

 

[secretanchitman]

everything is good. i agree with operandi, i have no idea about the psu. if it doesnt work, just return it for another one.

 

[jimbofoxman]

Yeah, it faired well on NewEgg, so what the heck. We'll see what happens. Wish me luck! LOL

 

[Blain]

 

[trOver]

get a real psu