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November 2nd, 2007
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| Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 43
|  Re: First time builder looking for input Sorry, thought it was in a previous post. Here it is: Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Mobo: Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 GPU: EVGA 768-P2-N831 GeForce 8800 GTX PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX (might swap into higher wattage - researching now). CPU: Q6600 Mem: G.Skill 4GB (2X2GB) 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM HD: 1 X Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB CD/DVD: Samsung 20X DVD+-R SH-S203B OS: 64-bit Vista Home Premium for System Builders. Total cost now is $1711, leaving me a bit of room for a monitor to be added later. |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 43
| Re: First time builder looking for input fstroupe suggested going to 750W or so if I'm even thinking about SLI or overclocking. Mobo won't support SLI, but from my reading it "seems" fairly easy to overclock the Q6600 up to around 3.2GHZ. any suggestions on a PSU? |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Colonel Calamity  | Re: First time builder looking for input I would say you are set as is... there should be no need to go any higher on the PSU unless you do go SLI... Corsair is a quality PSU (I have one thanks to HL) and it will be able to handle what you have there around 200-300W   Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  |
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November 2nd, 2007
| #94 |
 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BFE, Missouri
Posts: 103
| Re: First time builder looking for input Welcome to the forum. I have to agree with everyone, if your not gonna be doing a boat load of video/audio editing the quad is not for you. As my sig indicates I'm a XP x64 user, and I use 4gb of RAM, XP X86 can only adress about 3.5 gb of RAM. Raidmax case (don't know what it's called) MSI NEO4 Platinum AMD x2 3800+ Manchester 2450mHz Apacer DDR400 2x1gb WD 3200KS 320 gb Seagate 7200.10 160gb NEC 3550A DVD RW/DL Thermaltake Big Typhoon Xp Pro x64  |
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November 2nd, 2007
| #95 |
| Overclocker and Gamer  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York, USA
Posts: 122
| Re: First time builder looking for input Looks like a solid system. I say go for it. As far as the PSU is concerned. I think what you have will work nicely. I love my Corsair HX520 and from what I've read, the 620 is almost identical. Solid choices. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+@3.16Ghz 1.4v Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 @904Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.2v XFX 7900GS@550Mhz core 870Mhz memory Corsair HX520 PSU X-Fi Xtreme Gamer sound card Cooler Master RC-690 Stock HSF Accelero S1+Turbo Module |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Fields  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,462
| Re: First time builder looking for input Quote:
 Last edited by Elysium; November 2nd, 2007 at 18:43. | |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Colonel Calamity | Re: First time builder looking for input wow first time I have seen a general consensus in under 20 pages in a long time...  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members. |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Infinite Improbability  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause?
Posts: 197
| Re: First time builder looking for input Quote:
looks good, One thing, the Seagate drives have a better warranty than the WDs(5 years vs 3 for retail and 1 for OEM) and are about the same price. They also have the 1TB drives out now for about $400. "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein | |
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,462
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November 2nd, 2007
| #100 |
| Infinite Improbability Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause?
Posts: 197
| Re: First time builder looking for input Oh I was not knocking WD, I have some 74GB raptors that are still running and a host of other 80 and 200GB drives, just saying that Seagate has the better warranty right now. If memory serves they have a slightly better MTBF also. Plus the 1TB drives have 32MB of cache.. "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein |
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