Ready to Build, Looking for last minute advice

captkrusty · January 15th, 2007

Hey everyone, now that the old system is back up and running, Im going to give it to the kids and build a new one for myself.

If you wouldnt mind giving me feedback on my choices, I would appreciate it. So here it is

Gigabyte 3d Aurora 570 case
EVGA 680i sli mother board
E6600 cpu
Corsair XMS2 2 Gig DDR2 800
BFG 8800 GTX
OCZ Game extreme 700w PSU
Creative X-FI extreme gamer sound card
Zalman 9500 Led CPU cooler
Seagate Baracuda 320 Gig HD
Samsung 183L Sata DVD Burner

Well, let me know what you think

And thank you in advance.

captkrusty

Panda Man · January 15th, 2007

Everything looks good except for the graphics card. The 8800GTX is a power hungry monstrosity, and without actual DX10 games being out yet, its hard to justify the purchase. I would grab an ATi X1950XT for now, and jump on the DX10 train in about a year or so

**gvblake22** · January 15th, 2007

Judging by your video card choice, is it safe to assume you will be doing a lot of gaming with this machine? What resolution is your monitor? Unless you are running at least 1920x1200, the 8800GTX is a little over the top for right now. Like Panda Man said, you might be better off saving some money by getting an X1950XT or something similar now and then upgrading it to a more efficient card later on when there is more of a need.

And you could get away with a 600W PSU instead of that 700W monster. Then take the money you saved on the video card and PSU and invest it into a nice set of 5.1 surround sound computer speakers like the Logitech X-5500 or Klipsch ProMedia and take advantage of that X-Fi sound card

Mithosphere · January 15th, 2007

Just get a cheap vid card as the R600 is coming soon and the other half of the 8000 series (8300s and 8600) are coming sometime in February. If you are really hard pressed for gpu power check out the comparison of $ to FPS in this article, granted its not comparing much, but it still proves a decent point. I think i read somewhere that the 8800GTS was a better bang for the buck compared to the GTX version, and still allowed for SLI, if one so chose to in the future when more DX10 games are available.

January 15th, 2007	#1
captkrusty Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Ready to Build, Looking for last minute advice Hey everyone, now that the old system is back up and running, Im going to give it to the kids and build a new one for myself. If you wouldnt mind giving me feedback on my choices, I would appreciate it. So here it is Gigabyte 3d Aurora 570 case EVGA 680i sli mother board E6600 cpu Corsair XMS2 2 Gig DDR2 800 BFG 8800 GTX OCZ Game extreme 700w PSU Creative X-FI extreme gamer sound card Zalman 9500 Led CPU cooler Seagate Baracuda 320 Gig HD Samsung 183L Sata DVD Burner Well, let me know what you think And thank you in advance. captkrusty

January 15th, 2007	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Ready to Build, Looking for last minute advice Everything looks good except for the graphics card. The 8800GTX is a power hungry monstrosity, and without actual DX10 games being out yet, its hard to justify the purchase. I would grab an ATi X1950XT for now, and jump on the DX10 train in about a year or so Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD Last edited by Panda Man; January 15th, 2007 at 13:27.

January 15th, 2007	#3
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,417 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Ready to Build, Looking for last minute advice Judging by your video card choice, is it safe to assume you will be doing a lot of gaming with this machine? What resolution is your monitor? Unless you are running at least 1920x1200, the 8800GTX is a little over the top for right now. Like Panda Man said, you might be better off saving some money by getting an X1950XT or something similar now and then upgrading it to a more efficient card later on when there is more of a need. And you could get away with a 600W PSU instead of that 700W monster. Then take the money you saved on the video card and PSU and invest it into a nice set of 5.1 surround sound computer speakers like the Logitech X-5500 or Klipsch ProMedia and take advantage of that X-Fi sound card Last edited by gvblake22; January 15th, 2007 at 13:34.

January 15th, 2007	#4
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: Ready to Build, Looking for last minute advice Just get a cheap vid card as the R600 is coming soon and the other half of the 8000 series (8300s and 8600) are coming sometime in February. If you are really hard pressed for gpu power check out the comparison of $ to FPS in this article, granted its not comparing much, but it still proves a decent point. I think i read somewhere that the 8800GTS was a better bang for the buck compared to the GTX version, and still allowed for SLI, if one so chose to in the future when more DX10 games are available. Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

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