I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on this thing, but I wanted some advice on a power supply, memory, and a third party CPU cooler.
CPU Cooler:
I've always stuck with Zalman coolers in the past but I'm open to anything that will help with overclocking and help keep the noise down. I'm not going water cooling because I'm trying to keep the cost down as much as possible
RAM:
I want to do 2GB of RAM and I'd like to overclock this thing at least a little bit. I'm eventually moving to Penryn after awhile, not sure if that makes a difference.
Power Supply:
I'll need a power supply that will be able to run this thing with enough overhead to handle SLI and Penryn in the future and not sound like a jet engine. I've always done Antec in the past, but I'm open to any reliable, name brand power supply with good efficiency.
Here is what I've decided on so far, I was going to go quad core but I figured I'd do dual and then switch to quad with Penryn. If you have any advice on this stuff, objections, upgrades, changes, let me know:
Cooler Master Cosmos
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16811119138
EVGA A1 (EVGA says the A1 will be Penryn compatible, if anyone has heard otherwise, I'd like to know)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16813188013
8800GTX (looking for lifetime warranty and factory overclock so it doesn't void the warranty)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16814143080
Intel Core Duo E6750 (sticking with this and moving to Penryn later)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16819115029
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Other Notes:
-I was thinking about getting an X-Fi card as well, but I might just swap my old Audigy2 card over from my old machine, I just need to read up on Vista compatibility with Audigy2 vs X-Fi.
-I will have to get Vista at some point for DX10, not sure if I'll grab the OEM copy with this build because I've heard the OEM version will only allow limited reinstalls or hardware upgrades. In the end I'll be dual booting with XP
-I'm mainly looking to be able to run all the great new games coming out in the next few months. I'm running a 24" Dell LCD so I'm looking to run 1920x1200 res. I know I might have to do SLI to do it reliably down the line, but for now I need to get my foot in the door to run this stuff at all 🙂
Thanks for any help...
CPU Cooler:
I've always stuck with Zalman coolers in the past but I'm open to anything that will help with overclocking and help keep the noise down. I'm not going water cooling because I'm trying to keep the cost down as much as possible
RAM:
I want to do 2GB of RAM and I'd like to overclock this thing at least a little bit. I'm eventually moving to Penryn after awhile, not sure if that makes a difference.
Power Supply:
I'll need a power supply that will be able to run this thing with enough overhead to handle SLI and Penryn in the future and not sound like a jet engine. I've always done Antec in the past, but I'm open to any reliable, name brand power supply with good efficiency.
Here is what I've decided on so far, I was going to go quad core but I figured I'd do dual and then switch to quad with Penryn. If you have any advice on this stuff, objections, upgrades, changes, let me know:
Cooler Master Cosmos
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16811119138
EVGA A1 (EVGA says the A1 will be Penryn compatible, if anyone has heard otherwise, I'd like to know)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16813188013
8800GTX (looking for lifetime warranty and factory overclock so it doesn't void the warranty)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16814143080
Intel Core Duo E6750 (sticking with this and moving to Penryn later)
http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16819115029
--------
Other Notes:
-I was thinking about getting an X-Fi card as well, but I might just swap my old Audigy2 card over from my old machine, I just need to read up on Vista compatibility with Audigy2 vs X-Fi.
-I will have to get Vista at some point for DX10, not sure if I'll grab the OEM copy with this build because I've heard the OEM version will only allow limited reinstalls or hardware upgrades. In the end I'll be dual booting with XP
-I'm mainly looking to be able to run all the great new games coming out in the next few months. I'm running a 24" Dell LCD so I'm looking to run 1920x1200 res. I know I might have to do SLI to do it reliably down the line, but for now I need to get my foot in the door to run this stuff at all 🙂
Thanks for any help...
