New System

[Myk3l]

So put my order in last week for the new system, just waiting for Mr. Mailman to bring it. What do you guys think?

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R ATX LGA775 Conroe P35 DDR2 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard

600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 Kentsfield 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GT 540MHZ 256MB 1.4GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video

Mushkin HP PC2-6400 HP2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Coolermaster CAC-T05 Centurion 5 Aluminum ATX Tower Case 5X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT SILVER-BLACK

Coolermaster Extreme Power 550W ATX 12V V2.01 Silent Power Supply 20/24PIN 120MM Fan

Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 18X/12X INT DVD Writer

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM

Microsoft Remote Control /W USB Receiver

 

[RoBo]

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8600GT 540MHZ 256MB 1.4GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video

Mushkin HP PC2-6400 HP2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Coolermaster Extreme Power 550W ATX 12V V2.01 Silent Power Supply 20/24PIN 120MM Fan

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM

1. For a small amount more the 8800GT is miles better.

2. That RAM's expensive, right?

3. Bullshits.

4. Only slightly better than stock.

 

[engiNURD]

Lets translate RoBo...

1) If you're expecting to play any games at high resolutions, you should have gotten an 8800GT instead. If you just watch HD video with your system, then you should have gotten an HD 2600XT instead.

2) If you paid more than $90 - $40MIR, you paid too much for that RAM. You could have gotten Ballistix instead.

3) That CoolerMaster is ok. You would have been better off with the Corsair VX550.

4) Unless you got that HSF for Free after rebate, it was a waste of money since you plan on using it on a quadcore. You would have been better served by a Ninja, Tuniq, Ultima90, or Ultra120x.

Also, I would've suggested the Centurion 532 or 534 over the 5, since they use 120mm fans instead of an 80mm intake. Also, the RC-690 is only $40AR from zzf -- a much better case than the C5.

However, since you bought everything already... not bad. Next time, ask BEFORE buying.

 

[alexlyc]

Do not get any cooler master power supply that's below 850W, their lower watt models are extremely noisy... the fan sux on the them.

And look around this forum, plenty of ram sugguestion thats better and cheaper than muskin.

 

[Myk3l]

Lets translate RoBo...

1) If you're expecting to play any games at high resolutions, you should have gotten an 8800GT instead. If you just watch HD video with your system, then you should have gotten an HD 2600XT instead.

2) If you paid more than $90 - $40MIR, you paid too much for that RAM. You could have gotten Ballistix instead.

3) That CoolerMaster is ok. You would have been better off with the Corsair VX550.

4) Unless you got that HSF for Free after rebate, it was a waste of money since you plan on using it on a quadcore. You would have been better served by a Ninja, Tuniq, Ultima90, or Ultra120x.

Also, I would've suggested the Centurion 532 or 534 over the 5, since they use 120mm fans instead of an 80mm intake. Also, the RC-690 is only $40AR from zzf -- a much better case than the C5.

However, since you bought everything already... not bad. Next time, ask BEFORE buying.

The vid card I got for rather cheap, the 8800 would have been out of my price range for the time being so I figured I would get that until I can afford a better card and then just hock that one to someone for like $60.

The RAM I got for around $70 with a $20 MIR so I couldnt go wrong with it

I actually saw the C5 and loved it, not sure what it is about it, just caught my eye and it had the Cooler Master PSU in it already.

I read a couple reviews on the heatsink and read that as long as I wasn't trying to OC to the max then I should be fine with it.

Thanks for the reply, I realize that I shouldve asked first but had completely forgoton about HF until a couple days ago after I had put my order in. lol.