System Build Suggestions

[segejames]

Antec Performance One P180B $129.99

EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard - $159.99

EVGA 256-P2-N636-AR GeForce 7950GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP $199.99

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - $149.99 -

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model $186.00

Update mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual -$89

Total cost is $1,005.00 shipped,taxed to my door.


I'm looking for any suggestions on parts that might work better but keeping it to a close price. I will not be doing SLI, atm, nor O/C'ing. It will be for casual gaming, nothing that requires a GF8 card.

I have the sata and optical drives so that is not a problem. Plus a legit XP cd.

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Vogel515]

Welcome to the forums... but do your research before posting.

If you're not doing SLI don't get an SLI board. It's not worth the extra money. Get a p965 board. The gigabyte ds3 one is popular.

Your power supply is over kill, get something between 400-520 watts from a reputable company like seasonic, corsair, PC&C, or FSP.

You can get cheaper ram, you will not need anything faster than DDR2 667... 533 would even suffice - you're not overclock so 800 is overkill.

The case is nice, the graphics card is nice, but you can get a 7900 GS for $106 now, that would probably do for casual gaming. If you're going to go for a 7950GT, might as well take the money I saved you on other components and get a 8800.

To save more you could even step back on the Intel Core 2 Duo, but I plan on getting the same one so I won't push much there.

 

[Boyo]

YOur PSU is way overkill. A 500W Corsair or Seasonic would do better. Keep the RAM, it's only $89.00 and since you are only doing casual gaming, I might just go ahead and keep the 7950GT. Otherwise it looks good.