Comment on new gaming rig please

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grayprint

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I will be playing WOW and the newer FPS (Crysis, CoD4)

Reusing the following components: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, speakers

I will be moving 1 sata HD, 1 pata hd, 1 pata dvd burner

Both HD will be used as storage

I will OC but I am not going to spend 5 hrs trying to get the last MHz.

Ok, noise is an sort of an issue and I'd like the case to be as quiet as possible but also be able to OC hopefully to 3.8 - 4ghz

Budget - $800-1000

CPU: E8400

Video card: eVGA 8800GT 512mb

DVD burner: Samsung 20x 203b

Case: Antec P182

RAM: GSkill 4gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

PSU: Corsair 520HX. Do I really need the modular cabling since im using the antec case which hides all the cables in the back anyway? I could save about 20 bucks getting the corsair 550 without the modular cabling.

Motherboard: Gigabyte DS3L

Cooler: No idea. Tuniq Tower, Artic Freezer??

Hard drive: Samsung t166 500GB
 
Budget issue and it would actually be $50 more because the eVGA card is $229. Also I can use eVGA's stepup program so I prefer them.

And yes I will be using Vista 64 as I've been reading it's a lot better than XP 64 :)
 
Like you i was going to buy a card and do the step up through EVGA but after reading some of the fine print and details i think im not going to "step up"

Here is why: You have to keep all the original packing, disks cables, etc. Your card has to be in good working and visual condition, your card has to be registered, you have to send your card to them so you are going to be without a video card for atleast 1 week probably more like 2 to 3 and then they can choose on what you have to pay for the new card you are going to get from what they feel your card is worth. And to top it all off you can only step up once so once you do it you are then stuck buying another new card.

Seems like a good deal at first glance, but id think long and hard about it.
 
grayprint said:
Budget issue and it would actually be $50 more because the eVGA card is $229. Also I can use eVGA's stepup program so I prefer them.

And yes I will be using Vista 64 as I've been reading it's a lot better than XP 64 :)
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Its your rig but I would maybe free up the $50 by buying a smaller HDD. Spending an extra $50 on your video card will probably serve you better than spending that $50 anywhere else for games.
 
I'd either drop down to the E2xxx or push it up to the Q6600. I know everyone likes that the E8xxx chips OC so well, but the Q6600 does nearly as well and it has another 2 cores there. It's going to last substantially longer, if that's part of your goal.
 
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