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Anchen

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Hi All,
I haven't upgraded since a P4 2.8c, I've done some research so I'm about ready to take the plunge, but just in case I'm gonna run this by you guys. I have about a 2000 dollar budget. I have two WD 500GB 7200 RPM HDD's, a 20" Widescreen Dell Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse that I plan to carry over and not upgrade. I also have a copy of retail Vista (so I'll go 64 bit) ready to go for an OS, although I may dual boot with XP. I plan to get back into gaming fairly heavily with the new games coming out like Crysis.

Case: (1) Silverstone TJ09BW 269.99 (Newegg) - 30 dollar Rebate = 239.99
Motherboard: (1) ASUS P5K-E WIFI/AP (Newegg) = 154.99
CPU: (1) Intel Q6600 G0 Stepping (ClubIT) = 279.99
Heatsink: (1) Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme (Jab tech) = 56.95
PSU: (1) Corsair 620HX (ClubIT) 139.99 - 20.00 MIR /w Corsair & 9.00 MIR /w ClubIT = 110.99
Video Card: (1) eVGA 8800GTX (Newegg) 549.99 - 20.00 MIR = 529.99
Memory: (1) G.Skill 2x2GB DDR800 CL5 Kit (Newegg) = 169.99
Optical Drive: (1) Lite-On 20x DVD-Burner /w Lightscribe (Newegg) = 36.99
Fans: (5) YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12 (Jab Tech) 5x3.50 = 17.50
(1) Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F (Jab Tech) = 13.95 (For Heatsink)

Total: 1611.33

I probably have to pick up 5.95 Arctic MX-2 from JabTech as well. There's some shipping that I haven't included which probably takes the price close to 1700. Let me know if you see anything horridly wrong.
 
CASE: The Silverstone is good, but I would suggest you take a look at the Antec P182/180. The case has very good organization, lots of drive bays, plenty of room, watercooling setup capabilities, and costs about $100 less than the Silverstone.

Motherboard: P5K is good, but you can save money by going with the ABIT IP35 Pro. It's price just dropped on Newegg.

CPU: Good choice.

Heatsink: Good choice. Scythe for heatsink is also very good.

PSU: Good choice

Video Card: Good choice

Memory: Good choice

Optical: Good choice

Fans: Good choice. Those YLs are very quiet and push a good amount of air. If you want even more air, you can mix it up and get some medium speed fans. They aren't much louder but push almost twice as much air.

Overall a great build. A bit of $ can be saved by going with a different case and motherboard. Overall, this looks like a future-proof build. Good job and good luck! ;)
 
PC_User said:
CASE: The Silverstone is good, but I would suggest you take a look at the Antec P182/180. The case has very good organization, lots of drive bays, plenty of room, watercooling setup capabilities, and costs about $100 less than the Silverstone.

Motherboard: P5K is good, but you can save money by going with the ABIT IP35 Pro. It's price just dropped on Newegg.
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Hey, thanks for the suggestions, appreciate it heh. I just have a thing for this case, I know it's kinda a waste but yeah, I liked the p180 too. For the motherboard, I thought about the IP35 Pro also, but I kind of wanted the integrated wifi. I know a dedicated wifi card would be better, but my place isn't *that* big so as long as its performance doesn't just completely suck it should be ok, and I'd like to not have to mess with an extra pci card. I am gonna switch to the P5K-E though at least, a good deal cheaper, since I actually don't need that 2nd gigabit port, and as far as I can tell that's the only difference.

Anyone else with suggestions before I pull the trigger? Gonna head home, will probably be ordering the parts tonight!
 
Heh, thats the only change I was going to suggest...

Anchen said:
Case: (1) Silverstone TJ09BW 269.99 (Newegg) - 30 dollar Rebate = 239.99
Motherboard: (1) ASUS P5K-E WIFI/AP (Newegg) = 154.99
CPU: (1) Intel Q6600 G0 Stepping (ClubIT) = 279.99
Heatsink: (1) Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme (Jab tech) = 56.95
PSU: (1) Corsair 620HX (ClubIT) 139.99 - 20.00 MIR /w Corsair & 9.00 MIR /w ClubIT = 110.99
Video Card: (1) eVGA 8800GTX (Newegg) 549.99 - 20.00 MIR = 529.99
Memory: (1) G.Skill 2x2GB DDR800 CL5 Kit (Newegg) = 169.99
Optical Drive: (1) Lite-On 20x DVD-Burner /w Lightscribe (Newegg) = 36.99
Fans: (5) YATE LOON 120mm Case Fan - D12SL-12 (Jab Tech) 5x3.50 = 17.50
(1) Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F (Jab Tech) = 13.95 (For Heatsink)

Total: 1611.33
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Now that you've decided... don't change a thing. That case is damn sexy.
 
coojw said:
depending on if you go SLI or run water cooling at some point, your 620 watt PSU might give you problems. I'd go for 800 watt+ so you have the ability to expand your system
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Hey coojw, thanks for stopping by with the suggestion =) I mainly chose the P35 board (P5K-E WIFI-AP) because I didn't intend to go SLI, I'll probably update in about a half a year or year to just the next gen nvidia or ati card depending on who is best next generation. I also went with an aftermarket heatsink + fan cause I didn't really intend to go watercooling. I don't build too many computers, my last real build was in 2003 (ugh), so I was just intending to keep it simple this time around with air cooling. Also, from what I heard the Corsair HX620W is essentially a 750 watt power supply but is underrated to meet Corsair's quiet specifications, and from what it read it should power a single GPU/OC-ed Q6600 fine.

By the way all, I pulled the trigger on the parts last night, although I suppose I still have a little bit of time to cancel stuff before I get billed, hope it all works out though.
 
That's one of the best help me build a PC threads I've ever seen you had a very good choice of parts and brands right out the gate. Good luck on your build and I hope that it exceeds your expectations.
 
PC_User said:
CASE: The Silverstone is good, but I would suggest you take a look at the Antec P182/180. The case has very good organization, lots of drive bays, plenty of room, watercooling setup capabilities, and costs about $100 less than the Silverstone.
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EDIT: I see from an above post that you've already made the decision to stick with the TJ-09. Good choice :) you won't be sorry.

I'm sorry, but that's like saying a BWM, Mercedez, Lexus, etc. is good, but consider a Camry instead. The Silverstone and the P182 are in completely different classes. A P182 is a good utilitarian design -- many people have it because of this, but a Silverstone is a great work of industrial design. It's a beautiful case that will be the pride of your system. The Silverstone also offers much more space to work with than the P-182 (it's a significantly larger case.) It also provides arguably better airflow, especially around the graphic cards. The only downside to the TJ09 is that it can't easily accommodate an internal radiator for a water cooling setup (although it does provide pre-cut holes for an external one.) If you want an internal rad, consider the bigger TJ-07 instead.

If you have the money for a Silverstone and want a great case, by all means get the Silverstone, not a P182. It's a class above and you will absolutely recognize and appreciate the difference.

As for everything else, it looks like you've put together an excellent build, although there are better P35 boards for less. If you don't need the WiFi, consider the ASUS P5K-E. If you don't need ASUS (some people swear by them despite that there might be better options at the moment) consider the Abit IP-35 Pro or E.

Good luck with the build

Mark.
 
brahim said:
holy shit ur gonna spend 269 on a computer case????/ thats just dumb!
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No not really. He's not exactly on a strict budget so that $269 isn't that major of a hindrance.

Also, cases are personal choice items. Some people do care about what features their case have or going to have. Some people like the look of a certain case and are willing to pay the premium for it. Some people are also willing to pay the premium for a solidly constructed case. Some people need an ample of room in their case while others don't. Some people believe that cases are a representation of the whole PC itself, so a bad looking case would reflect that there is a worthless PC inside. Some people want a case that offers silence or better air cooling. Some people want a case that makes some sort of statement. And then there are others who just see their case as something that just holds their PC and some don't even consider the case to be even part of a PC.

So yeah, it's not dumb considering his situation. If he was on a $1000 budget that needed everything, then yeah it would've been dumb but not in his case.

He has a thing for that case. I understand that. I had a thing for the P180 and was willing to pay the $130 for it at the time. Got a deal on it though from Best Buy for $86 shipped though. But still I was willing to pay that $130. So if you have a thing for something not criminal, then one should go for it.
 
brahim said:
holy shit ur gonna spend 269 on a computer case????/ thats just dumb!
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You gotta live life... if you can afford something you want, go for it. Theres no point in making money unless you get to spend it on yourself once in a while.
 
Yeah i here you guys....lol its just that i just built a budget system and got coolmaster 532 and feel bad that i spent 55 for it lol im 17 no job so 20 dollars means the world to me lol, Yeah if i had the money id prob. spend alot on a case too
 
Finally got around to taking some pics of my rig. The wiring could use some definite improvement, anyone have suggestions on wiring in the tj09? Overall though I love the case, it's just what I expected and wanted, even if it did cost a bunch heh. Have some buyer's remorse for buying the 8800GTX now that the 8800GT has come out so soon after I bought, but I guess that's life. I just hope nvidia somehow gets a new high end part out soon I guess so I can use my evga step up to good effect. Still, I am liking how my rig is performing, got it overclocked comfortably to 3.4ghz at a pretty low VCore, I'll probably try to push it more a bit later as it gets cooler around here..

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Very nice setup!

Mind if I ask if that rebate expired, and where you got it? I think Newegg had this rebate for the TJ09 until a day or so ago. If I missed it, I sure hope they bring it back. I don't mind as much paying what you did for the case, but without that rebate...eek.

Thanks.
 
DarkenReaper57 said:
Very nice setup!

Mind if I ask if that rebate expired, and where you got it? I think Newegg had this rebate for the TJ09 until a day or so ago. If I missed it, I sure hope they bring it back. I don't mind as much paying what you did for the case, but without that rebate...eek.

Thanks.
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I did get mine through newegg, the particular one I had expired on october 10th, and I didn't really follow it after I got the case. So unfortunately I can't help you much I think in that regard. Thanks for the compliment though, my new computer is certainly way ahead of the old p4 2.8c I had from over 4 years ago. Although if anyone has tips on routing wires in the tj09 I'd love to hear them heh.
 
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