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lyk503

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Hey, I'm planning on a new build, in the next couple of months. Here is what I am planning on getting... but you guys need to help me finish this build/critique what I screwed up.

I'm going to have a 24" monitor, and I heard you get major gains from SLi for 1900x1200

also, I'm going to be gaming (cod4, ut3, world in conflict)

specs im going to have:

CPU: E8400, or Q6600. Im leaning towards the e8400 though
GPU: 9600GT in SLi, or 8800gtx. Im leaning towards SLi
Mobo: not really sure about mobos
RAM: Looking for 3-4 gbs. any suggestions?
HDD: western digital raptor 73gb. Worth it for the 10,000 RPM? and i dont need thhat much space. looking at the 160gb's too.
PSU: not sure about this one either
Case: Antec 900. I heard some good things about these

Hey, can you guys help me fill the gaps, etc. And any price drops in a couple of months? planning on getting this when I get out of highschool (around june)

thanks
 
If you can get the E8400 for $200, its not a bad deal. Since the Q6600 dropped in price, its a much better value right now, while the E8400 is overpriced and hard to find.

What features do you need in a motherboard? If you want SLI, the MSI P7N Diamond is probably your best choice. If you can avoid SLI, a P35 board would be much easier to setup, run cooler, and would OC better.

If you're going with the Q6600, go with this kit:
$70 - A-DATA 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-800 ADQVE1B16K ($2 MIR)

If you're going with the E8400 and plan to OC higher than 3.2Ghz, go with this kit:
$95 - G.Skill 4GB(2x2GB) DDR2-1000 F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ

No, Raptors aren't worth it, IMO. Check out the benchmarks between raptors and newer 7200RPM drives, mainly the WD6400AAKS, at this thread:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1284410

If you're going SLI, get the Corsair TX 750W at buy.com. If you're not going SLI, get the Corsair HX 520W or VX 550W, also from buy.com.

Revisit this thread 2 weeks before you plan on buying.
 
Around June? I'm with enginurd -- revisit this thread around two weeks before buying everything, and do a lot of research during that time.
 
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