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Hiyruu

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I'll be spending a lot of money on this, so I need to know if everything will work together, any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want the option of adding another 7900GT for SLI in the future. I also heard that 4200 ram was good with the Conroe 6600, so is the ram I chose good?

I basically want the system to just "work" with no problems or surprises when I get it. I don't want to find out that I "should of done this", or "could of done that" when it's too late.

Again, many thanks for your help guys.


Case
Antec P180 Black ATX Mid Tower Aluminum Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 6X3.5INT No PS W/ USB & Audio Ports

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Retail

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 GBLAN Audio Motherboard

Memory
OCZ Gold PC2-4200 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-533 CL3-3-3-8 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit W/ Heatspreader

IDE Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive

Video Card
EVGA E-GEFORCE 7900 GT KO 500MHZ PCI-E 256MB 256BIT 1.5GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out RoHS Video Card



Keyboard
Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard & Optical Mouse Combo Black

Power Supply
OCZ PowerStream 520W ATX12V V2.0 BTX 20/24PIN Low Noise Power Supply W/ SLI

DVD Writer
LG GSA-H10N DVD+RW 16X8X16 DVD-RW 16X6X16 Dual Layer 10X/6X DVD-RAM 12X Writer 2MB Black OEM W/ SW

Speaker
Logitech X-230 2.1 Speaker System Black 32RMS 64W FDD2

Network Card
D-LINK DFE-530TX Fast PCI 10/100
 
For the video card, what's the difference between the KO and CO versions?

Also how do I know if I'm getting one of the new EVGA 7900GTs? I heard that the old ones had some problems. I'm considering getting an XFX instead just to feel safe.

Anyway, feel free to comment on the system as a whole.

Thanks.
 
That motherboard doesn't support SLI. The KO versions have more efficient heatsinks than the CO versions and may also be clocked higher.

All new motherboards come with built-in network cards.

Will you be overclocking?

You can get a PSU cheaper than the Powerstream but just as good. This one, for instance.
 
No, I won't be overclocking anything. The point of this system is that I won't need to, I'm just looking for stuff that will all slot together, and just work with no hassle.

I wan't to avoid any bottlenecks of course, and I really don't have a clue about what RAM to get.
 
For the 6600, do you only need higher than DDR2-533 if you're overclocking?
 
You can run any speed on it, but 533 is slightly better than 667 and negligibly slower than 800, according to madshrimps. If you want to OC a little, 533 memory should get you to at least 667.
 
Hiyruu said:
Also how do I know if I'm getting one of the new EVGA 7900GTs? I heard that the old ones had some problems. I'm considering getting an XFX instead just to feel safe.
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The issues with the 7900's were across the board regardless of manufacturer.
 
Ok, slight change of plan.

Motherboard
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe

Video Card
Sapphire Radeon X1900 XT 625MHZ 512MB

Memory
The Same.

Is this better guys?

I do feel that this motherboard is pretty expensive considering that I won't be overclocking.
 
Yes, that's why I'm now going with a single X1900 XT 512MB, instead of SLI Nvidias.
 
I guess I'll go with the P5B, most people with the DS3 seem to have 6300s and 6400s.

Will the ATI be ok in the P5B?
 
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