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Answer» Hi all E6600, nothing above that. CNPS 9500 on top of that.I was just wondering where you were lol I was hoping you'd come along I was thinking of the E6600 to save money, just wasn't sure whether the performance increase above it would be worth the price Would it be better to get 1 8800GTX and then buy another to RUN in SLI later? Kingston's a good brand for memory, I was thinking of either Kingston or Corsair I was thinking of an 800W PSU anyway, the 8800 is quite power hungry Don't need a HDD Thanks for the advice, Track Anything else I need to consider? Any opinions from anyone else?Does it HAVE to be intel? Wouldn't a Athlon 64/64FX/64X2 be cheaper?It doesn't have to be Intel, but the Core 2 Duo chips are a lot faster than the AMD equivalents, or so I believe Every benchmark I've seen shows the Athlons getting PULPED by the Core 2s Quote I was thinking of the E6600 to save money, just wasn't sure whether the performance increase above it would be worth the price E6600 is the best, there is absolutely NO reason to buy anything above that. If fact, u would notice no difference if u lowered to an E6400. Quote Would it be better to get 1 8800GTX and then buy another to run in SLI later? Yes. That is what most ppl with SLi motherboards (including me) plan on doing. The 8800 GTX will do everything u want right now so there is no reason to buy 2, unless u have a 30" monitor. [highlight]Also, make sure u buy the eVGA 8800 GTX, so that u can upgrade to an 8900 GTX when it comes out.[/highlight] Quote I was thinking of an 800W PSU anyway, the 8800 is quite power hungry Your PC (without the graphics cards) needs 20A on the +12v rail, thats abt a 300w PSU. EACH 8800 GTX needs another 18A, so what u can do, is either buy a 700w PSU with 55A on the +12v rail, or buy the 300w PSU and another 2 PSUs JUST for the graphics cards. Thermaltake makes 250w PSUs just for graphics cards. This is good, because the 8800 GTX needs an entire PSU all to itself. So my advice is this - buy a 300-500w PSU for the PC, and one of the Thermaltake W0099 250w graphics card PSUs for the 8800 GTX. Then in a year, buy another one of these PSUs, along with the seond 8900 GTX. This is what i plan to do, and even though the small PSU works fine, and copies the big PSU, some ppl still prefer to have just one big one, so it's to ur discretion. My POINT is that if u buy a 700w PSU right now, ud be wasting ur money because u will only be using half of it's power.. http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/PurePower/w0099/w0099.asp Quote It doesn't have to be Intel, but the Core 2 Duo chips are a lot faster than the AMD equivalents, or so I believe OK, thanks a lot for your help Quote Also, make sure u buy the eVGA 8800 GTX, so that u can upgrade to an 8900 GTX when it comes out.Good advice, I was thinking of eVGA because of this step up program, it seems like a good idea So it looks like the following E6600 with CNPS 9500 eVGA 8800GTX (upgrade to 8900GTX later and SLI) with VF900 nForce 680i SLI motherboard (any recommendations on this? Models etc) 2Gb Kingston DDR2 800MHz 800w PSU with 50-60A on the +12v or 300-500W PSU and 250W PSU for graphics cards 2xLG H10L DVD-Burner w/LightScribe Is there anything else I need to consider here?Your pocketbook ? ? :-? Sorry if I'm being dumb, but...what?You asked if there was anything else to consider... If i had that bread i'd build that system tomorrow...I see, you meant money...sorry for being dumb I need to just confirm the budget with my friend, and then we'll order the components Should be good Quote nForce 680i SLI motherboard (any recommendations on this? Models etc? That Is the model. The motherboard model is the nForce 680i SLi. Quote Is there anything else I need to consider here? Speakers, sound card, monitor, keyboard and mouse, case, etc. ENJOY your MAXIMUM-end PC! Quote That Is the model. The motherboard model is the nForce 680i SLi.I see, sorry, I thought that was the chipset or something, I'm not very "up" on motherboards.... I can find some speakers easily Sound card - meant to put it earlier, I'm getting the X-Fi Fatal1ty He already has a monitor, keyboard and mouse, and I can find a case easily too Thanks for all your help Quote ENJOY your MAXIMUM-end PC! CheesyI will! Thanks again |
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