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Old 05-02-2007, 06:12 AM   #11 (permalink)
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i would go for around 600w and get a silverstone they appear to be somewhat cheaper then ocz.
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very good build but ppl already put in the good sugggestions b4 i came here... but when u assemble it put pics, i would love to meet a stacker in action!! also consider this guy here : Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
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Hey so i finally saved up enough money for my first build i got 2 grand Canadian too spend on the build(excluding the monitor ,mouse,keyboard,fans,lights etc....)
heres what i plan on buying this weekend.

Cpu- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

Motherboard- Newegg.com - ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Ram- Crucial Ballistix Tracer Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz EPP Memory BL2KIT12864AL804 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Videocard- Newegg.com - EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Hard-drive- Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Optical Drive X2- Newegg.com - 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 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology - OEM

Power Supply- Newegg.com - OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V - Retail

Case- Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 RC-830-SSN2-GP Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

Fan/Heatsink- Newegg.com - Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail

im not tottaly bought on the mother board so if anyone has a better recommondation on m/b that can overclock good,looks good,good overall please tell me it but keep it around 350 american and please dont recommand the evga 680i i dont want that motherboard cause everyone like has it ,personal reason and i heard the heatsink i chose has problems fittin on the evga 680i. i'll be buying all my parts from a canada retailer called "pc village" (pcvonline.com) except the heatsink will be from bigfootcomputers(.com) since i live in toronto and the memory will be from tigerdirect.ca and my mind is set on the parts so dont try recommanding any other parts besides the motherboard unless it wont work , please let me know if everything will fit together and work good.if u have a better recommadation on the motherboard please tell me!! (not the evga 680i) thanks for inputs will put up pics when built! thanks again
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It would....but by the time you would want SLI selling your current 8800GTS ands then using the money to buy a better card will be better for you..it almost always is.
i agree. unless you go SLI right away, it usually is just a waste of money.
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These are the parts I just bought & received and will be building this weekend. It should be a nice PC.
It's fairly similar to yours, May-be we could put up some benchies once they are built.


Intel E6600 - Cpu
Zalman 9700 LED
ASUS P5B - Deluxe
G.SKILL 2(1Gb) DDR2 (800)
2 X SEAGATE 7200.10 320G Sata HDD
LITE-ON 20x Burner w/lightscribe
FPS Blue Storm 2 500w ATX 2.2 - PSU
WINDOWS OEM - XP Pro
Thermaltake black/ Soprano DX mid tower case.
XFX PVT80GGHE4 GeForce 8800GTS XXX 320MB

Total $1477.50
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These are the parts I just bought & received and will be building this weekend. It should be a nice PC.
It's fairly similar to yours, May-be we could put up some benchies once they are built.


Intel E6600 - Cpu
Zalman 9700 LED
ASUS P5B - Deluxe
G.SKILL 2(1Gb) DDR2 (800)
2 X SEAGATE 7200.10 320G Sata HDD
LITE-ON 20x Burner w/lightscribe
FPS Blue Storm 2 500w ATX 2.2 - PSU
WINDOWS OEM - XP Pro
Thermaltake black/ Soprano DX mid tower case.
XFX PVT80GGHE4 GeForce 8800GTS XXX 320MB

Total $1477.50
that will be a sweet comptuer.
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