My old build was prevoisly posted but since things got updated, founded some better things are going to spend a bit more money heres the build, tell me if anything needs to be changed Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-N680SLI-DQ6 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $349.99 $349.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128037 Power Supply SILVERSTONE SST-ST75ZF ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V 750W SLI Certified Power Supply 90 - 264 V OCP,OVP,SCP,NLO - Retail $179.99 $179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817256006 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor $277.00 $277.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817256020 RAM: GeIL Ultra 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $331.99 $331.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820144019 Videocard: MSI NX8800GTX OC Liquid GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Liquid Cooler HDCP Video Card - Retail $639.99 $639.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127282 Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $179.99 $209.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136011 Optical Drive: LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner $37.00 $38.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106045 Case: SILVERSTONE TJ09-BW Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail $279.99 $279.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811163073 OS: Microsoft Windows XP --- SP2b 1pk - OEM $139.99 $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116059 Watercooling: Swiftech H20-220-APEX-GT CPU Liquid Cooling Kits - Retail $249.99 $249.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835108076 Moniter: 20 in Dell E207WFP Wide Flat Panel Monitor $219.00 $219.00 http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=19&oc=e207wfp Keyboard: Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard (Black) $66.94 $66.94 http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Reclusa-Ga...78539720&sr=8-1 Mouse: RAZER RZ01-00150100-R2M1 Black 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Optical DeathAdder High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail $59.99 $59.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16826153007 Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail $292.99 $292.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16836121120 Grand Total $3,304.84 $3,336.83
you cna cut 200$ on the RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231065 effectively the same stuff, same ICs... get XP media center instead of ---. same base but less bull---- and cheaper.
I think the ASUS Commando is the better board http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...rboard+-+Retail cheaper... I doubt you'd ever use all 4 nics on the gigabyte board, 2 is enough.
another consideration... http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?sc...92&RSKUA23792 100$ for DDR2-1000RAM which uses micron D9 ICs
just to double check, can i use DDR2 1066/8500 RAM on any of these motherboards? I can spend about 3500 on some stuff at the most, I really want to keep this system for a long time and not get cheap parts that are ment for a budget build, im sorta a noob to overclocking so eventually ill do it but not for a while Also I was thinking instead of getting the Gigabyte motherboard, my other choice was the ASUS Striker Extreme, but i heard a lot of stability problems and other stuff, or possibly a different board with the 680i chipset. The evga board looks ok but i rather have something better for the money im spending on it
