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FennecTheFox

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So i'm getting a new PC and I have been asking around about the spec to see if I can improve in any area. Basically $1500 to blow, and with my current rig including taxes I shoot just a little bit over that. $1529.76 CAD

Here's my spec below:

-Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.33GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

-Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive 5YR MFR Warranty

-Pioneer DVR-212D Black DVD-RW 18X6X18 DVD+RW 18X8X18 DL 10X SATA 2MB OEM DVD Burner No Software X2

-Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual

-Silverstone Element ST50EF-PLUS 500W ATX12V 24PIN Power Supply W/120MM Fan Active PFC 80PLUS RoHS

-Silverstone Temjin TJ04-BW Black ATX Case 4X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5INT No PS W/ Window

-EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS Superclocked 576MHZ 320MB 1.7GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP V *IR-$22*

-Cooler Master Neon Blue LED 120MM Case Fan 3PIN 22DBA 1220RPM 42.734CFM 3PINS X2

-Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition 32BIT DVD OEM (Downgrading to XP 'till they fix that Vista BS)

So what i'm going to ask is: Does anyone know if the current high end EVGA cards are good to go with? I think i've had an EVGA card before, but I was asking around at my IT department and they said they don't really like 'em because they said the EVGA's that they got were a bit screwy. Something about screen savers and other programs causing video card issues. They prefer Austek.

Has anyone heard of or know of any problems with the EVGA's?

Also they suggested 700 W power supply instead of a 500 - which was recommended to me. I don't plan on doing any OCing so is 500 fine?

Thanks
 
the're after ur money (or they just shouldnt be vendors) :)
silversone is aces, dont worry you wont have problems with the things listed, and evga is fine aswell with the step-up progam its even better than the others imo (just check with the shop if they support it)
 
FennecTheFox said:
So i'm getting a new PC and I have been asking around about the spec to see if I can improve in any area. Basically $1500 to blow, and with my current rig including taxes I shoot just a little bit over that. $1529.76 CAD

Here's my spec below:

-Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.33GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail

-Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive 5YR MFR Warranty

-Pioneer DVR-212D Black DVD-RW 18X6X18 DVD+RW 18X8X18 DL 10X SATA 2MB OEM DVD Burner No Software X2

-Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual

-Silverstone Element ST50EF-PLUS 500W ATX12V 24PIN Power Supply W/120MM Fan Active PFC 80PLUS RoHS

-Silverstone Temjin TJ04-BW Black ATX Case 4X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5INT No PS W/ Window

-EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS Superclocked 576MHZ 320MB 1.7GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP V *IR-$22*

-Cooler Master Neon Blue LED 120MM Case Fan 3PIN 22DBA 1220RPM 42.734CFM 3PINS X2

-Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition 32BIT DVD OEM (Downgrading to XP 'till they fix that Vista BS)

So what i'm going to ask is: Does anyone know if the current high end EVGA cards are good to go with? I think i've had an EVGA card before, but I was asking around at my IT department and they said they don't really like 'em because they said the EVGA's that they got were a bit screwy. Something about screen savers and other programs causing video card issues. They prefer Austek.

Has anyone heard of or know of any problems with the EVGA's?

Also they suggested 700 W power supply instead of a 500 - which was recommended to me. I don't plan on doing any OCing so is 500 fine?

Thanks
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EVGA is the most common brand on these forums, could have just read a few posts and foung out they're pretty damn good.
 
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