New gaming rig prospective

[One4yu2c]

I cut my teeth on the Commodore 64 (hence the log in my sig), and the rest has been history!

Load"*",8,1

[oldman_gamer]

UPDATE: We just ordered the following items.
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - Acer AL2016WCbd Black 20" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - OEM

Newegg.com - OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB, CE, CSA, UL, FCC - Retail

$911.46 /w ship. -$30/MIR

Will order the following as they become available and or more money gets saved.He didnt want to completely drain his savings.Finished product with build pics and temp. readings with IC7D by the end of March.

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA-300 Hard Drive - OEM

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
and,
DFI Blood Iron,CPU cooler(thanks Rich @ HL),and OM_G is going to give son 2 of his GB's of Ballistix Tracers..since 4gigs isn't playing nice with his webcam.

[oldman_gamer]

The kid wants me to order up the rest of the stuff up ^^^^ there so we can git r done.The DFI blood Iron isnt at the egg yet and I wont buy it anywhere else.I need some ideas on another mobo for this setup.No fancy Wifi or nothing outrageous.A board that will fit in good for the setup.

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

The kid wants me to order up the rest of the stuff up ^^^^ there so we can git r done.The DFI blood Iron isnt at the egg yet and I wont buy it anywhere else.I need some ideas on another mobo for this setup.No fancy Wifi or nothing outrageous.A board that will fit in good for the setup.

Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

[oldman_gamer]

Thanks Yellow dude....forgot about that board! Gonna order that one rite up now. Should have some pics up by the end of next week maybe.

[Elysium]

LOL! Yellowdude...

[polobunny]

Have you been able to test the monitor O_G?

[Parker]

Thats the board I plan on getting two
Good board!

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Parker

Thats the board I plan on getting two
Good board!

Nice! One thing I really like about it is the onboard power/reset switches.

[polobunny]

Looks like a very nice board. I like the SATA placement. On the Asus P5K-E/WiFi-AP it's horrible (even problematic for some people I can imagine). Color set wouldn't match with my black and blue setup though. :P