Hey guys. I am reposting my rig because it underwent so many changes.I am in the process of building a new rig that will perform above average on games untill dx10 comes out, then will be ready for those high powered cards to run in SLI. What do you think about this rig? any advice is appreciated! especially in areas of cooling and sound management. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 After many people told me how retarded I was for going AMD, switched to Conroe. hope its the right choice. Price: 359.99 Mobo: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131031 Worried abount Nforce4. what do you think about this board when Dx10 comes out? Price: $242 PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002 This is one area I am worried. Will Dx10 cards be able to run easily on a 700w psu? input needed here. Price: 159.99 Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119077 I have always thought this was a good budget case. decent cooling with room for fans and improvements. Price: $49.99 Hard Drive: Western Digital 250g 7200rpm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701 Just a HD. Price: $77.99 Monitor: ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms LCD Monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116375 2ms response time. Price: $264.99 Drive: LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106013 Seems like it will do the job Price: $32.99 VGA: BFG 7900GTOC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143061 Good Card to last me until dx10, then i will buy 2 new cards for SLI Price: 280.99 Operating System: Windows XP home http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837102059 Windows... Price: $89.99 Ram: 2g Corsair XMS2. 4-4-4-12 DDR2800 pc6400 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ctCode=85025-6 Very Pricey, bought this ram when i was going to go AM2. Wish i would have bought cheaper RAM for the same quality, but i am just going to stick with this ram to avoid the hastle of returning. Price: $272 Price is ROUGHLY 2k with shipping and tax Anychanges here?
It looks very good. However you simply must get a monitor with a higher resolution. Otherwise the power of those sli'd graphics card will be completely wasted. Also the 922 is reviewed fairly poorly and only seems to have a fast responce rate. This is the monitor i'd get for that system... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001226 Other than that it looks very very good. I am envious of you. I still have to wait to get my new rig. Oh yeah and you may want to consider a HD with perpendicular recording, although i'm no expert in that and it may offer little benefit over the drive you've selected. edit: Core 2 is the right choice.
very very nice , conroe is great and your chioce of parts must be commended get the arctic cooling freezer 7 pro for that conroe to keep the thing cool, and id getb a bigger monitor to , something that supports 1600 x 1200 resolution
If you want a good viewsonic monitor you have to go with their VP models not their VX, in my opinion.
Oh sorry i forgot to mention that i reckon the ocz 700W psu should cover the new gpus. I am always praising that psu and as far as i'm concerned its the best there is to offer. The only psu which comes close is the enermax, but unless each gpu consumes MEGA wattage, that ocz will cover it. I know there are rumours of each gpu consuming 300W or something ridiculous but they simply couldnt get away with that and i dont think they'll consume much more than currant gpus. edit: I also would be worried about that nforce 4 mobo. Isnt there anything else you could get? I'm not expert on conroe chipsets.
why does ur title say "Built for dx10" and your post say "I am in the process of building a new rig that will perform above average on games untill dx10 comes out"
why not a 7600GT? i mean Dx10 hardware will be out in a few months most likely, so getting a 7900GT sounds like a waste of money, with a 19" LCD a 7600GT will serve you nicely as an interim card, and save you a cool 100 bucks
