Advice on System Build

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CalvinNHobbes

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Haven't put a system together in a couple years but I keep up somewhat on the tech... A friend recently asked me to put together a system sans monitor and peripherals for around $2600. He prefers AMD and Nvidia and wants the system to be both decent for as long a period of time as possible (we all know thats shorter than hell) as well as upgradable in the future is the need arises. Here is the preliminary build in a newegg wishlist:
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Comments and suggestions are welcome! I am mostly concerned about compatability and not about XX brand is better/worse than YY.

Thanks
 
Wow, cool stuff. My only thought on that is, given such an expensive build, that I would probably go for RAID in some form. Be it for performance gains or data backup.
 
I mentioned that to him... but he said he really didn't want RAID. SHRUG. Thats why I went with just a big old SATA3.0 drive.
 
Is it imperative that the rig use an AMD processor? If not, how long can he wait until the parts ship?

OCZ Value 2x1GB DDR2-667 - $149 + $5 shipping, $15 MIR
Powercolor Radeon X1900XT - $370 + $5 shipping, $20 MIR
or
Connect3D Radeon X1900XT - $390 + $7 shipping, $100 MIR
Western Digital WD740ADFD - $170 + $5 shipping
Samsung T133 HD400LJ 400GB - $140 + $5 shipping
Pioneer DVR-111D - $33 + $5 shipping

Seasonic S12-500 - $106 + ~$7 shipping
or
Sytrin Nextherm PSU460 - $70 + $? shipping
or
Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT - $96 + $? shipping

Antec P180B - $116 + ~$25 shipping
or
Antec P180 - $109 + $16 shipping - P180 may be of the old revision (all P180B are new revision)
or
Lian-Li PC-7B - $90 + $21 shipping
or
Lian-Li PC-V1000+ - $130 + $15 shipping
 
Can you recommend a good Conroe/Mobo and memory combo? I would assume you are going to recommend an E6600... He might be swayed.
 
For minor OCing, any DDR2-533 memory will work. I'd venture that all DDR2-533 memory can now hit DDR2-667 speeds, at which point an E6600 would be clocked at 3.0GHz (stock 2.4GHz). For peace of mind, you could certainly go with a premium DDR2-667/DDR2-800 2x1GB kit, although it isn't necessary. Anandtech tested a variety of DDR2-667 memory and found that all of them hit DDR2-800 speeds (the one DDR2-533 specimen they tested did the same).

The Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 looks good right now. Over at xtremesystems, they've hit 450+ FSB (pertinent only if he wants a massive OC). It's also got aluminum polymer capacitors for a supposedly longer lifetime. The only drawback is that it doesn't support SLI/CF, but that doesn't mean he can't upgrade the video card when the next gen comes out. Some G.SKILL memory may not work with this board.
 
Great info... thanks! He came back and said he isn't even buying until Sept so it looks like Conroe is the way to go.

Thanks a ton 454Casull.
 
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