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I am building a new rig, and need a little help picking a few parts.

I recently picked up 2 radeon 2600 pro xt 512mb cards for 30 bucks a pop, and an 80 dollar BFG 800watt PSU. I was wondering what would be the most STABLE motherboard I could buy without spending too much? This board would have to allow crossfire.

I also was curious about processors, I saw the deal for the Q9300 with 2gigs ram for 250 so would that be my best bet? I do a lot of multitasking (listening to music, watching movies, 10 firefox windows, everquest 2 all at once) and do dual monitors.

As for HD, I was thinking a 10k 150gb raptor and then using my external 500gb for storage. Would that be the best idea?

Lastly, I have my old case which is a lian li pc60b midtower, should/can I reuse that case? It seems like the lian li wouldnt hold dual cards, would it?

Appreciate any help you guys/gals can give :)

thanks in advance!
 
$190 for a Q6600 at Frys and ~$60-80 for 4GB of RAM would be /far/ more beneficial than a Q9300 and 2GB.

Just reuse the case.

The 2600s are... weak. Really, really weak. Even in Crossfire. I'd Ebay them or sell them here on the forums to someone who wants to run a HTPC type setup. If you're gaming, they won't be sufficient. If you aren't gaming, a single card will do fine.

Why a Raptor? Modern 7200RPM drives (Seagate 7200.11s/Samsung F1s/Western Digital AKKS) are pretty much just as fast as the Raptors, save seek delay, and even then they're close.

Pretty sure Everquest 2 will bring 2600 XT crossfire to its knees on dual monitors. What size / resolution are these monitors?
 
silent-circuit said:
$190 for a Q6600 at Frys and ~$60-80 for 4GB of RAM would be /far/ more beneficial than a Q9300 and 2GB.

Just reuse the case.

The 2600s are... weak. Really, really weak. Even in Crossfire. I'd Ebay them or sell them here on the forums to someone who wants to run a HTPC type setup. If you're gaming, they won't be sufficient. If you aren't gaming, a single card will do fine.

Why a Raptor? Modern 7200RPM drives (Seagate 7200.11s/Samsung F1s/Western Digital AKKS) are pretty much just as fast as the Raptors, save seek delay, and even then they're close.

Pretty sure Everquest 2 will bring 2600 XT crossfire to its knees on dual monitors. What size / resolution are these monitors?
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I agree whole heartedly.
 
Really? A q9300 and dual 512mb cards couldn't run eq2 on moderate settings at like 1440 or 1680 resolution? Maybe 1920. I ran pretty well with a 7800gtx and 2gigs ram with amd x2 4400. I would have thought this would rock it. What cards would be better? Especially for value? 8800gt or something? Thanks so much for the help :)
 
Be sure to read my post right above, even the 9600GT(not ATI!) will smoke 2 ATI 2600's, checkout the links and prices I posted. :D
 
Oh ok. Sorry, just on my cell so only getting text :) no links ATM. 9600gt sounds nice I guess. Would that fit in my lian Li pc60b case with the proper mobo? Or do I need a bigger case?
 
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