Basically I am building a new gaming rig, this is the primary consideration for the PC.
Budget between 3300 Euro to @3800 Euro.
As I live in Ireland, I will be buying parts primarily in Europe.
Initially not really interested in OC'ing, but would be nice to have it as an option once the PC is a bit older.
(Although some boards make it very easy these days, so you never know)
1) Power supply:
Thermaltake ToughPower 1000W Modular Power Supply
2)Case:
Thermaltake VD4000SWA LCS Aluminium Kandalf Full Tower - Silver
3Motherboard:
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
4)CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9770 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.20GHz (1600FSB) - Retail
5)Heatsink/fan for CPU: (Watercooled, see case)
6)Memory:
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-14400C8 1800MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3
(OCZ3P18002GK)
7)Primary Hard drive:
2*Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM Collection (WD1500AHFD)
8)Primary optical drive:
9)Video Card:
BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
10)Monitor:Keeping present 21" CRT
11)Mouse/Keyboard:
12)O/S: Vista(Not decided between 32 and 64 bit versions yet
Any suggestions welcome/comments welcome.
Unsure about whether to get 1600 DDR3 ram or go for the 1800.
As regards GPU's, kinda prefer nvidia.
May not go with the one above, but definitely want nvidia.
Probably going to get a gaming mouse and keyboard, not sure which ones yet though, but these are somewhat "optional" atm, I want to get the PC specs sorted first.
CPU:Intel seem to have the edge atm for gaming performance, so this is my preference(upgrading from AMD)
Also considering getting a KillerCard, opinions welcome on this
Budget between 3300 Euro to @3800 Euro.
As I live in Ireland, I will be buying parts primarily in Europe.
Initially not really interested in OC'ing, but would be nice to have it as an option once the PC is a bit older.
(Although some boards make it very easy these days, so you never know)
1) Power supply:
Thermaltake ToughPower 1000W Modular Power Supply
2)Case:
Thermaltake VD4000SWA LCS Aluminium Kandalf Full Tower - Silver
3Motherboard:
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
4)CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9770 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.20GHz (1600FSB) - Retail
5)Heatsink/fan for CPU: (Watercooled, see case)
6)Memory:
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-14400C8 1800MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3
(OCZ3P18002GK)
7)Primary Hard drive:
2*Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM Collection (WD1500AHFD)
8)Primary optical drive:
9)Video Card:
BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
10)Monitor:Keeping present 21" CRT
11)Mouse/Keyboard:
12)O/S: Vista(Not decided between 32 and 64 bit versions yet
Any suggestions welcome/comments welcome.
Unsure about whether to get 1600 DDR3 ram or go for the 1800.
As regards GPU's, kinda prefer nvidia.
May not go with the one above, but definitely want nvidia.
Probably going to get a gaming mouse and keyboard, not sure which ones yet though, but these are somewhat "optional" atm, I want to get the PC specs sorted first.
CPU:Intel seem to have the edge atm for gaming performance, so this is my preference(upgrading from AMD)
Also considering getting a KillerCard, opinions welcome on this