New build... good to go?

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 10:58 PM

My friend recently asked me to pick out the parts for his new PC and build it for him. His budget is $1000~$1500 with the monitor and it's a full build (needs everything except OS).

He'll be using it for a lot of movie watching, music, and gaming. I came up with this build but feel free to make any revisions before I place the order.

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almightyobo · 03-10-2008, 11:04 PM

looks pretty good, does he plan on doing any OCing?

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 11:05 PM

Yeah, I forgot to mention that. He's looking to push it to 3.0.

almightyobo · 03-10-2008, 11:07 PM

looks good all around, you could always do minor upgrades on them if he wouldnt mind spending a little more but nothing too necessary

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 11:09 PM

I guess I should also note that he wants this to be future proof for a bit. Ideally he still wants it to play on high settings on new games two years from now with minor upgrades here and there along the way. Is that mobo a good choice for that?

thirdshiftdj · 03-10-2008, 11:17 PM

that board is fine as long as he doesn't need/want to do crossfire

Luke · 03-11-2008, 12:16 AM

i doubt he could still play games on high in two years but its a nice build.

Pdawg · 03-11-2008, 04:26 AM

^^^ That sounds close to right. Maybe 2.5 years. Hard to say. I bet a GPU switch though at 2 - 2.5 years would give him some more longevity.

Good Build. Although, I would get a Tuniq or TU120 cooler instead to go past 3.0 on the Q6600. When needed I'll do a CPU switch and/or GPU switch to delay buying a new build so expect that.

Redmo0n · 03-11-2008, 04:44 AM

Make sure he has a 64bit os to support 4gig

krazyq · 03-11-2008, 04:56 AM

if he wants...im selling the q6600, brand new with the heatsink and fan for $245 shipped.
pm if interested.
And yes, its the G0 slacr edition.

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