My budget is at $2,500 at most, and I want to be able to upgrade for a second video card, another pair of ram, a quad core cpu, all later on. Tell me what you guys think about it. Im sorta concerned about the mobo bios issues, etc. I also picked a more expensive E6700 so it can be overclocked to 3.8 GHz from what I saw from a review site with that mobo, such as a X6800 with a EVGA to 3960 Mhz which seems more expensive and a waste of money to use a X6800. Motherboard: ABIT USA ABIT IN9 32X-MAX LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $329.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813127020 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 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817256006 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail $318.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115002 RAM: OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1150 (PC2 9200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $223.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227196 Videocard: EVGA 768-P2-N837-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO HDCP Video Card - Retail $649.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130078 Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $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 $38.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106045 Case: SILVERSTONE SST-TJ07-BW Black 4.0mm ~ 8.0mm uni-body aluminum outer frame, 2.0mm aluminum body ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $329.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811163073 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2b - OEM $109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116171 Cooling: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler - Retail $61.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835109140 Fan: Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan - Retail $19.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835185005 Grand Total $2,472.90
If you could, wait till july 22nd and then get a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz for $266 because intel has price cuts that day, so you can save the 300 bucks that you were ganna use to buy the core 2 duo and buy another video card... also if you do want to save some money go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133194 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813130080
That video card doesnt come with anything since its OEM and looked at it before. I really dont want to bother overclocking the videocard since i have no idea how to do that. Second I looked at the motherboard a while ago, it looked nice but with a E6600 it got only a 2.9 GHz overclock from what I saw from a review. BTW I really want to get the best for the money I have now, so no cheap OEM parts for video cards, etc (the raptor x im fine with). Also I am going to wait for the Intel price cuts and probebly build this pc such as in August when I have all the money needed. By the time I actually buy the parts and everything, im hoping to get a QX6700, hoping that all the prices will go down such as the motherboard, ram (DDR3 comming out I think), and things like that.
same drive, 10$ cheap plus additional technologies embedded fi you decide to go into RAID. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136012 few more things to note intel price cuts on the 22nd, quadcore q6600 for $266 P35 and P38 chipsets are out from intel as well, new and better baords withina short period of time. don't pay so damned much for the video card, $500 is the going rate for the 8800GTXes RAM, that's good stuff. but you can have twice as much of comparable RAM for less http://www.buy.com/prod/Crucial_Ballistix_...7662&adid=17662
if your ganna buy it in august,then i suggest making a whole new list about a week before you buy, since im pretty sure intel isnt the only company that will have price cuts, and plus, new stuff will be out so better to wait and see rather than making your decision now
ohh if 3.8Ghz is your goal accept a few things, the CPu won't last quite so long, voltage icnreases will need to be done. also a e6600 will be about to reach that speed with only 420FSB which si quite atainable with a 680i/650i board or a p35 or p38 board.
from what i saw on a review specificlly Overclock3D with a voltage of 1.65v with a E6700 (Source: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?typ...75_motherboard), and i will be changing parts by the time Fall comes. Also is there any problems with the motherboard with ram or the bios? Also about the FSB, the review said that "Poor FSB overclocking on this board - possibly linked to hot NorthBridge temperatures", there is no fan included for the northbridge. The reason why I picked the 650$ card that is becasue I originally picked the ASUS 8800GTX, but its out of stock at the moment.
you do realize that the 3.8Ghz they noted wasn't intended as 24/7 also note that each CPu varies, the golden age of CPus was week 26-35 most newer CPus had their manufacturing process tweaked for higher yields(but the CPUs don't OC as well) penryn might be able to do 3.8GHz 24/7 on air, but not conroe 3.5-3.7 is probably a bit more doable though.
ohh, sorry about that, i have looked at reviews on newegg about the motherboard and a lot of them say there is bios issues and stuff like that, and from the abit forums tons of issues too.
With Intel boards you want those board drivers on first no matter what. Otherwise it won't be as fast as it could be. Great build so far, good luck.
One thing; Not every CPU is the same. That guy's x6800 may clock to 4Ghz on Air, but that does NOT say yours will do the same. Some processors can clock very high on low voltage and some don't. On Conroe, only early steppings do good atm, just as xelink said.
There still isnt a new bios update from the orignal one for the motherboard I picked, from looking on many forums there is tons of problems with it posting, etc What do you guys think of this motherboard GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128046 or ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131074 Or can someone suggest another motherboard, the price of it really isnt a problem, im really looking for the best one so far out.
some theories are that intels hiegher yields process resulted in about the same number of good CPus per wafer and an increased number of OK CPUs and a lowered number of rejects. the good CPUs then went into quads since quad core procs by intels standards need the ability to run at lower voltages.
