Building my first PC.....

2008-04-16 13:03:06

#1

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

I'm hoping to buy a new system soon, and I wanted to get some more opinions on the parts before buying. I don't want to spend much more than $1000-$1200. Suggestions / comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
EVGA 512-P3-N845-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) KO 512MB
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz
Vista 64 Home

Thanks,
Unstop

Edit: Changed mobo to 680i SLI

Last edited by Unstoppable_Power (2008-04-17 14:27:44)

2008-04-16 13:29:40

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

Change the processor to E8400 otherwise it looks fine. And get 1066mhz or faster memory.

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2008-04-16 13:34:12

#3

02fxnmaurer: Member; +75|6752|Birmingham UK

get a better hardrive ...one with 32mb cache ...there just as cheap and for an extra tenner get one of the new 45nm dual cores.....there much better (if u can find them)

2008-04-16 13:34:34

#4

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6845|London

No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?

2008-04-16 13:38:50

#5

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

Get this HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822136213

2008-04-16 13:48:15

#6

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6903

Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?

He May SLI them later... Just a guess.

2008-04-16 13:50:04

#7

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,054|7042|PNW

Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?

I believe eVGA's video step-up program only applies to their factory default cards.

2008-04-16 14:01:05

#8

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6734|cuntshitlake

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822152100 For HD

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2008-04-16 14:17:44

#9

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6845|London

Gooners wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?
He May SLI them later... Just a guess.

Dunno if his mobo supports it though

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?
I believe eVGA's video step-up program only applies to their factory default cards.

Is there a difference between KO and non-KO other than clock speeds? If there isn't surely he can rivatuner a cheaper card up to KO speeds

2008-04-16 15:02:11

#10

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Thanks for the replies....
I was thinking of swapping the mobo with one that can support SLI, thus the 700W PSU. I chose the KO because the normal GTS actually costs more on newegg, and it'll save me (technically my friend) the hassle of OCing it. I'll consider the E8400, and if you can suggest memory in the same price range / amount that's faster that would be great.

I'm not exaclty a computer wiz, so my friend picked the parts out for me. He's going to put it together, OC the CPU, and so on......

Also if you can suggest an SLI mobo in the same price range, I'd appreciate it.

Unstop

2008-04-16 15:05:00

#11

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

btw, the E8400 isn't available on Newegg right now

2008-04-16 15:27:05

#12

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6820|UK

Aries_37 wrote:
Gooners wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?
He May SLI them later... Just a guess.
Dunno if his mobo supports it though

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
No real need to get the KO edition of the gfx card, you can just OC it yourself

Also samsung spinpoints are a slightly better drive if you can get them for the same price, and isn't 700w a lot of power for one GTS?
I believe eVGA's video step-up program only applies to their factory default cards.
Is there a difference between KO and non-KO other than clock speeds? If there isn't surely he can rivatuner a cheaper card up to KO speeds

They would have you believe that factory overclocked parts are better because they stood up to the higher frequencies while the others didnt (hence standard clock), but, chances are if you buy a stock you wont ever have a failure due to the OC. That isnt to say it wont fail, but, it's not that likely to be down purely to the overclock (less u go friggen nuts).

If the OC is cheaper then, yea sure get it.

Have a look at 750i motherboards, for me, 780i are to expensive for what they are, and 790 is just out of the question. Think evga are calling theres the FTW, sooooo, have a look for that, should be a good part and will give your your SLI support.

Martyn

2008-04-16 15:27:13

#13

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6903

Unstoppable_Power wrote:
btw, the E8400 isn't available on Newegg right now

I would wait, or go for a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

2008-04-16 15:37:26

#14

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

750i FTW board it is, $50 more but for the SLI capability that's fine. I might not even SLI it for some time though, I don't exactly have a huge amount of money to spend.

I'll consider the Q6600 instead of the 6750. I'll just have to talk to my friend who's building it and see what he thinks (no offense but i trust his opinions more than yours )

2008-04-16 15:50:11

#15

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6845|London

What are you using the PC for? If it's gaming you'll get more performance from an e8xxx cpu. Low end quads are for video encoding and the like. Heck even the e6xxx cpus gives better gaming performance than a lowend quad and it'll cost you less too.

2008-04-16 15:51:29

#16

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Just talked to my friend.........

He told me to get a 680i board because apparently the 80 boards (680, 780, etc) are the only good ones. His words not mine.

He also said that the Q6600 wasn't necassary for what I do, and that he was planning on the E8400 but found out that newegg didn't have them in stock.

Unstop

2008-04-16 15:53:35

#17

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Aries- I use my PC for gaming. That's pretty much it

2008-04-17 00:12:38

#18

']['error: Banned; +630|6914|The Netherlands

Unstoppable_Power wrote:
Just talked to my friend.........

He told me to get a 680i board because apparently the 80 boards (680, 780, etc) are the only good ones. His words not mine.

He also said that the Q6600 wasn't necassary for what I do, and that he was planning on the E8400 but found out that newegg didn't have them in stock.

Unstop

An 750i board is also good

2008-04-17 00:50:41

#19

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6838|NYC / Hamburg

the evga 750i FTW is a nice board

guru3d review wrote:
What's the difference with the nForce 780 you aks ? Well, the third SLI PCIe connecter, one Ethernet connector. EPP BIOS and a four SATA port castration. But really ... that's roughly it man. Oh and it's roughly 100 bucks cheaper, which never sucks.

I agree that a quad is overkill for just gaming. The e8400 is a terrific CPU, but if you can't get one the e6x50's are also nice (make sure to get one with a 50 on the end, it's a new stepping, i.e. version and will run cooler and overclock better)

apart from that

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2008-04-17 09:21:36

#20

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6734|cuntshitlake

Besides 650i has been proved to be able to utilize 2x8800GTX without any performance loss compared to 680i.

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2008-04-17 14:26:51

#21

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Well I'd go with the 650i, but I don't know what brands are dependable / have good service in case I need help with something. If you can suggest a brand for the 650i, then I'll look into that instead of the 680.

Max- Newegg unfortunately doesn't have any E8400 in stock, so I'll go with the 6750.

Also, no one said anything about the case. Is the case I chose good? Are there any known problems with it? Does anyone on here have it?

Thanks again,
Unstop

2008-04-17 14:29:11

#22

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6838|NYC / Hamburg

Unstoppable_Power wrote:
Well I'd go with the 650i, but I don't know what brands are dependable / have good service in case I need help with something. If you can suggest a brand for the 650i, then I'll look into that instead of the 680.

XFX, EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte. Don't know if they all have 750i based boards thought

Max- Newegg unfortunately doesn't have any E8400 in stock, so I'll go with the 6750.

. Thats why I said get a e6x50 series CPU.

Also, no one said anything about the case. Is the case I chose good? Are there any known problems with it? Does anyone on here have it?

Thanks again,
Unstop

I have it, I love it. It's a great case.

Last edited by max (2008-04-17 14:34:09)

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2008-04-17 14:38:26

#23

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Will look and see which of them have the board. Any of them better than the rest? Or do they all have around the same quality?

2008-04-17 14:42:05

#24

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6838|NYC / Hamburg

Unstoppable_Power wrote:
Will look and see which of them have the board. Any of them better than the rest? Or do they all have around the same quality?

I've had bad experiences with MSI. Quality is great on the rest of them, although the feature set may be slightly different on the boards. Asus tends to add some fancy cooling and diagnostic leds. XFX & EVGA use the reference design by nvidia.

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2008-04-17 14:42:46

#25

Unstoppable_Power: Member; +1|6615

Also should i assume that an SLI mobo for $50 isn't as good as it seems to be?

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