my final decision

[UMfanatic]

Intel E6400 Conroe
Tt Tuniq Tower
PC Power & C Silencer 750 Quad
2GB XMS2 DDR2 800
2xEVGA 8800GTS
EVGA 122-CK-NF68 Nvidia 680
Tt Armor Case
Samsung Syncmaster 940BF
320GB SG Barracuda
160GB SG Barracuda

 

[ShellGuy]

taht will be one hell of a rig bro



Will G.

 

[UMfanatic]

yeah eventually I will upgrade to 4GB of ram and a bigger monitor, plus I will get a sound card when the drivers for them exist for vista

 

[MobiusPizza]

Why the two HDD?

 

[UMfanatic]

I keep videos and music on my second HDD, it is a cut down from my 4 HDD

 

[Roguestar]

Make sure you're getting RAM that's worth what you're paying for it. Read this thead:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1966035&enterthread=y

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
yeah eventually I will upgrade to 4GB of ram and a bigger monitor, plus I will get a sound card when the drivers for them exist for vista

there`s no need to upgrade to 4mgs of ram. ....later maybe
The XMS ram is good ram!!
You miust remember alot of people here go for whats the absolute best of the cheapest that will get me by...
You cannot go wrong using the XMS ram!

 

[mc866]

Looks good, one suggestion though, why don't you go with one GTX now instead of the GTS's in SLI and use the money towards an E6600. You really shouldn't come across many games that need more than one GTX for the resolutions that monitor supports. Then when you do purchase the larger monitor add another GTX. Nice rig either way, just a suggestion.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
You cannot go wrong using the XMS ram!

Except when you can get RAM that performs better, overclocks better, for cheaper.

 

[UMfanatic]

well what ram would be better than XMS, I want to get buffalo firestiks but currently the 2GB package is out of stock at newegg

 

[Roguestar]

This Patriot set uses D9GMH and is a lot cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220144

 

[UMfanatic]

if I went with DDR 1066 would I notice a huge difference between as opposed to DDR 800

 

[PorscheMaD911]

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
if I went with DDR 1066 would I notice a huge difference between as opposed to DDR 800

No, you'll barely notice a difference over DDR-333 according to a test I saw a couple of days ago.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: PorscheMaD911

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
if I went with DDR 1066 would I notice a huge difference between as opposed to DDR 800

No, you'll barely notice a difference over DDR-333 according to a test I saw a couple of days ago.

DDR-333 compaired to DDR2-1066... Got a link to those benchmarks?

 

[Boyo]

Originally posted by: mc866
Looks good, one suggestion though, why don't you go with one GTX now instead of the GTS's in SLI and use the money towards an E6600. You really shouldn't come across many games that need more than one GTX for the resolutions that monitor supports. Then when you do purchase the larger monitor add another GTX. Nice rig either way, just a suggestion.

I agree with this set up. One GTX is plenty of power and you could then upgrade to an E6600 with the extra moeny. Not many people really need SLI. The XMS series of Corsair RAM is excellent and I would also keep the two HD's......Nice rig.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: PorscheMaD911

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
if I went with DDR 1066 would I notice a huge difference between as opposed to DDR 800

No, you'll barely notice a difference over DDR-333 according to a test I saw a couple of days ago.

You wouldn't see a huge difference in real world usage, to be honest. The patriot I linked to you is great stuff and not nearly as overpriced as the Corsair.

 

[PorscheMaD911]

Sorry, I've had a search, but can't find them again. I swear I saw them though!

 

[crucibelle]

PorscheMaD,

I saw something similar to what you are speaking about on that 'Mad Shrimps" site... is that the article you are talking about, maybe?