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Buddy wants a system, and sent my this preliminary list, I have yet to price, but money isn't too much of a problem for him.
Likely I will receive shipment, assembly, wire, install, anti-virus, firewall, update, then ship to him.
"CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
RAM: Corsair TwinX2048- 3500ll Pro
Graphics Card: BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme
Hard Drive: WD Raptor X
Enclosure: Coolermaster Praetorian 730 (Black)
Power: ? (No idea...I know Antec, PC Power and Cooling, Enermax etc. all make nice high-end units...totally your call here)
Display: Have a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070 (22" CRT) right now but was looking at the Dell Ultrasharp 2450fpw (24" LCD). Maybe you can tell me if that LCD is good enough for gaming and what kinda price you could get it at.
Optical Drive: Plextor PX-716A
Heatsinks and Fans: again not really sure here (also not sure if water cooling would be the way to go either)
Other: I'd also like a window and I really like the blue lighting with the black cases"
My first impressions are that everything up to the X-Fi is great, but will the X-Fi fit that mobo with SLI later on?
I would rather he spend money on a larger pair of drives rather than the noise/heat of the raptor just for some loading time gains...thoughts?
I think he will be happier with a fast Viewsonic 20", but that 2405 by Dell is a solid panel.
I like the Plextor 716 SA version for ease of cabling and tidyness.
Heatsink: watercooling may come later for him, but I was thinking the Zalman 9500?
Others ideas? I don't wanna get into ATI vs. Nvidia or OC a 3800+ for saving money, etc.
This case will need to ship from coast to coast with a high need for it to turn on upon arrival.
Likely I will receive shipment, assembly, wire, install, anti-virus, firewall, update, then ship to him.
"CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
RAM: Corsair TwinX2048- 3500ll Pro
Graphics Card: BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme
Hard Drive: WD Raptor X
Enclosure: Coolermaster Praetorian 730 (Black)
Power: ? (No idea...I know Antec, PC Power and Cooling, Enermax etc. all make nice high-end units...totally your call here)
Display: Have a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070 (22" CRT) right now but was looking at the Dell Ultrasharp 2450fpw (24" LCD). Maybe you can tell me if that LCD is good enough for gaming and what kinda price you could get it at.
Optical Drive: Plextor PX-716A
Heatsinks and Fans: again not really sure here (also not sure if water cooling would be the way to go either)
Other: I'd also like a window and I really like the blue lighting with the black cases"
My first impressions are that everything up to the X-Fi is great, but will the X-Fi fit that mobo with SLI later on?
I would rather he spend money on a larger pair of drives rather than the noise/heat of the raptor just for some loading time gains...thoughts?
I think he will be happier with a fast Viewsonic 20", but that 2405 by Dell is a solid panel.
I like the Plextor 716 SA version for ease of cabling and tidyness.
Heatsink: watercooling may come later for him, but I was thinking the Zalman 9500?
Others ideas? I don't wanna get into ATI vs. Nvidia or OC a 3800+ for saving money, etc.
This case will need to ship from coast to coast with a high need for it to turn on upon arrival.