Building a new Gaming PC, spending around 2k, need help!

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#1 -Guitarplayer-

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Well here is what i was looking at, I want to spend around $2000 and anyways i was just wondering what you guys thought, is there anything i should upgrade or change? This will be my first attempt at building a computer btw lol so I don't know very much about it... I appreciate the help

XION Stacker XON-791B Black with Blue LED Light Steel Case Material, Aluminum Front Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

SAMSUNG 18X DVD�R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology Black IDE Model SH-S182M/BEBN - OEM

SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM

SUPER TALENT 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model T800UX2GC4 - Retail

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

Thermaltake toughpower W0104RU ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply - Retail

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

Grand Total:$1,696.42

17 years ago

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#2 MercenaryKnight

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I will say, what most people will say. 10,000 rpm drives aren't really worth it. They cost a lot more and the speed isn't going to justify the cost when you could have a 320gb western digital hd for 80 bucks.

17 years ago

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#3 Generalkill8888

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[QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"]Well here is what i was looking at, I want to spend around $2000 and anyways i was just wondering what you guys thought, is there anything i should upgrade or change? This will be my first attempt at building a computer btw lol so I don't know very much about it... I appreciate the help

XION Stacker XON-791B Black with Blue LED Light Steel Case Material, Aluminum Front Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

SAMSUNG 18X DVD�R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology Black IDE Model SH-S182M/BEBN - OEM

SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM

SUPER TALENT 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model T800UX2GC4 - Retail

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

Thermaltake toughpower W0104RU ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply - Retail

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

Grand Total:$1,696.42

I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

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#4 TheLiberal

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[QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

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#5 -Guitarplayer-

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[QUOTE="TheLiberal"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

hey thanks for the review on that, =) and i'm thinking of getting the gtx instead of the gts, this is the one i was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 is it really worth almost double the price?

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#6 Generalkill8888

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[QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"][QUOTE="TheLiberal"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

hey thanks for the review on that, =) and i'm thinking of getting the gtx instead of the gts, this is the one i was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 is it really worth almost double the price?

Good choice! Evga is the best! They have a 90 day Step-up Program, also if you register your product you get a lifetime warranty.

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#7 -Guitarplayer-

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[QUOTE="Generalkill8888"][QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"][QUOTE="TheLiberal"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

hey thanks for the review on that, =) and i'm thinking of getting the gtx instead of the gts, this is the one i was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 is it really worth almost double the price?

Good choice! Evga is the best! They have a 90 day Step-up Program, also if you register your product you get a lifetime warranty.

lol yeah the benchmark differences between the two cards are pretty significant, on top of that the gts has 32 less shaders and a few other minor things. The gts = $350 with the rebate, and the gtx = over $600 (w/ tax) for the over clocked one but it comes with a 20 dollar rebate..lmao

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#8 TheLiberal

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[QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"][QUOTE="TheLiberal"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

hey thanks for the review on that, =) and i'm thinking of getting the gtx instead of the gts, this is the one i was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 is it really worth almost double the price?

Hey, no prob.

As for the GTX being worth it...ehh, depends on what you consider worth it.
The GTX is very fast (see here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/391/17/), but it's very expensive.
It's worth it if you want to game at the native resolution of a 24"+ LCD, but if you don't have a super high resolution monitor, it's not worth it.

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#9 Generalkill8888

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[QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"][QUOTE="-Guitarplayer-"][QUOTE="TheLiberal"][QUOTE="Generalkill8888"]I would aviod the ram called "Super Talent" and go for the Cosair Dominator ram DDR 800. Also pick up a GTX instead of a GTS. Everything else looks to be nice.

No, Super Talent is just fine. See here: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2878

hey thanks for the review on that, =) and i'm thinking of getting the gtx instead of the gts, this is the one i was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 is it really worth almost double the price?

Good choice! Evga is the best! They have a 90 day Step-up Program, also if you register your product you get a lifetime warranty.

lol yeah the benchmark differences between the two cards are pretty significant, on top of that the gts has 32 less shaders and a few other minor things. The gts = $350 with the rebate, and the gtx = over $600 (w/ tax) for the over clocked one but it comes with a 20 dollar rebate..lmao

You will love the GTX, one of my friends has a GTS and you can noticeably see the performance differences in games. In RSV for example he gets choppy FPS, with the GTX I get a good 15-20 more FPS than him. His specs are close to mine.

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#10 Baselerd

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Looks good, except pick up some corsair xms ram instead, u never wanna cut costs on RAM. Also, I would reccomend getting a basic sound card at least, even if you aren't an audiophile.
X-fi Audio $45
Also, as someone else mentioned above, don't waste money on a 10,000 RPM hdd. The price/performance gain isn't worth it. If anything, get another hdd and set up raid 0 (although your data is less secure that way.) I would also wait a couple weeks, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is supposed to drop in price to the low $400's I believe.. that would be worth an extra $80 if I were you. And also, an 8800gtx would be a better choice.

I am assuming you allready have a monitor and speakers. If you don't have nice speakers/monitor, it would be a higher priority for me to get some entertainment quality peripherals before blowing my cash on a 10,000 rpm hdd.

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#11 chipface-z

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Don't you mean the Quad 6700? I know a place where you can get the 6600 for $380 Canadian already.

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#12 TheLiberal

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Don't you mean the Quad 6700? I know a place where you can get the 6600 for $380 Canadian already.chipface-z

Nope. There is a quad core processor coming out that will be clocked at 2.4GHz, the same as the Core 2 Duo E6600, and it will be called the Core 2 Quad Q6600.

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#13 nohabs

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Looks like some good advice...above... I've read many times, don't go cheap with the ram. I'll add one more idea, consider going with sata for your optical drives. IDE is on the way out

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#14 Baselerd

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Its perfectly fine to get IDE optical drives, it's still the standard.

17 years ago

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#15 -Guitarplayer-

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Looks like some good advice...above... I've read many times, don't go cheap with the ram. I'll add one more idea, consider going with sata for your optical drives. IDE is on the way outnohabs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106039
so something like this?

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