[gratefullydead]

Hey everyone I was gonna post in the introduce yourself part but I figured ill just introduce myself here and i gotta be brief cause seinfelds on but Im thinking about building a computer for myself so i can play the new generation games and so I have a good oen I can take with me when I move out of my parents house in the summer and I was suggested this build on another forum

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
MSI P35 Platinum
EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB
CORSAIR XMS2 2x1GB DDR2 800 TWIN2X2048-6400CL4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium OEM
ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT

what do you guys think? yay? nay? any feedback is appreciated I was kind of thinking of getting an AMD processor but after checking out reviews for this intel one it doesnt look too bad

[Spencer2004]

ive herd some bad reviews about the 8800gt, i think it would be better to get a superclocked 8800gts 640mb or if you want your computer to be future proof for a few years an 8800 gtx ultra or somethink.

since its going to be a gaming computer i think that you should get some ddr2 1066 ram unstead of the ddr2 800 as there is quite a big speed difference. also a 10000 rpm raptor drive would decrease loading times of your os and games by alot but if you do decide to get a raptor keep the 500gb aswell for storage.

finally for a quad core i dont think the 550 watt psu will be enough to power it, i suggest getting a 700w psu as it will easily power your system and leave room for upgrades. renember dont get a cheap, low quality psu as it will destroy your system.

hope that helps!!

[mbonwick]

If you hvae money to spare, it may be worth waiting till the end of the month for the nvidia 9800 series to be released.

[gratefullydead]

thanks for the suggestions Spencer Ill definately check out what you suggested as for the 9800 series Im not sure if Im willing to drop that much money for a brand new graphics card Im kinda trying to keep my budget as low as possible while still getting hardy components but Ill give it a look for sure

[gratefullydead]

Alright so I'm pretty sure this is gonna be my "final" build ill probably end up altering it later on depending how long it takes me to get all the components together

CPU- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
MOBO- GIGABYTE GA-P31-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P31 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM- CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Video Card- XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
PSU- OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V
Case- SIGMA La Vie LBNWBP Leather Brown SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Any compatability issues?? i sort of combined 2 suggested rigs will that be a pretty solid computer?

[gratefullydead]

One quick edit to my last post instead of a GIGABYTE GA-P31-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P31 ATX Intel Motherboard I'm thinking ill get a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard