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I regularly do business with friends and family building computers, and i just got a commission to build a 1300$ gaming computer for a friend's brother. I'm pretty sure about these specs, but just wanted to get a second opinion on them here, lemme know what you think. I know the thermaltake PSU is sketchy, but i need to keep this under 1300, and it has to have enough juice for the 8800GTS.


COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW 49.99

ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 570 94.99

eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 399.99

Thermaltake W0093RU ATX 12V 2.0 Version 500W 79.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 223.00

Patriot Signature 2GB DDR2 667 206.99

Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 74.99

LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM 30.99
 
looks good for the limitations you have to work with, I agree the PSU is iffy, but thats what you get for the price. Good system for a great price. I would approve it for build :)
 
It only comes to $1161 so you can afford to throw a better power supply in there. Get this $120 Corsair HX520W. Anyways for the motherboard since you want to save money get him this $100 Open Box Gigabyte DS3 or the $110 Gigabyte S3. Get a $69 250gb Samsung Hard drive instead as its cheaper.

I honestly wouldn't worry about having the SLI motherboard as SLI is pointless especially when you'd need a more powerful power supply for it to even be possible.
 
I would stay away from ECS motherboards, high failure rate.
Go with a name brand
Asus
MSI
Gygabyte
Tyan
Abit

It would be the best decision. remember its the motherboard that makes it all happen.
 
I agree, stay away from ECS.

$222 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz
$109 - Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express
$210 - G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
$370 - eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB ($400 - $30MIR)
$80 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250620AS 250GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
$31 - Lite-On 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-16A7S-05
$90 - Corsair CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W ($100 - $10MIR)
$40 - Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP ($50 - $10MIR)
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$1202 + tax and shipping - $50 MIR's = ~$1300

Theres ~30A on the +12V rails with 416W on that Corsair 520W (80% efficiency). Thermaltake's PSUs arent that great until the Toughpower line, and even at that level, there are better alternatives for the money. The corsair is hard to beat at only $90AR. The next best things would be the Antec SP2.0 500W, then the XClio Goodpower 500W (though both of those only have around 25A on the +12V rail(s), which, I'm guessing, is the same for that W0093RU Thermaltake). Despite those calculations, all of those PSUs should be able to handle the system you've configured just fine. Though, I'd strongly suggest goin with the Corsair that Bbq recommended instead of any Tt.

If you don't need SLI, then go for that S3 board that b0b suggested (listed in the above build). If you do need SLI, drop to the E6300 and get an nForce 650i SLI board instead of the 500 series. These Core2Duo chips have so much potential in them, it would be a waste to not OC them when needed. Hence the choice for DDR2-800 ram. With an E6300, you could easily reach 2.8Ghz with the stock cooler and a tiny bump in vCore. With an E6400, you'll reach 3.2Ghz, but you may want to run it at 2.8 if you're using the stock cooler (HSF), hehe.

The seagate drive is faster, has a longer warranty, and is only $5 more. The Lite-On is SATA, but OOS :( The CM 534 has better airflow than the Centurion 5, and has a $10 MIR!
 
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