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eeyrjmr

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Going to re-build PC in 2months and am pricing atm
initial spec put the new PC at this

Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Asus P5B Deluxe (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
HD-093-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache
Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
Antec NeoHE 430W Modular ATX2.0 PSU
Swiftech H20-120 Premium Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940)
Arctic Ceramique Thermal Compound (2.7g)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 7900 GS SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)


anything glaringly wrong with this setup?
dont need wifi card,snd,mouse,keyboard,monitor (salvage from present)
 
add a circuit-writer pen to the list for voltmodding that 7900GT!

Otherwise, looks like a great system. There are better PSUs available though, and also you'll want to look for quick HDs with 16mb caches.
 
tnx
I am concidering dropping the CPU from a 2.67GHz to a 2.40GHz to free up some cash to upp PSU as well as changing the GS card for a GT card (with a GPU-RAM drop from 512 to 256)

tnx
 
eeyrjmr said:
tnx
I am concidering dropping the CPU from a 2.67GHz to a 2.40GHz to free up some cash to upp PSU as well as changing the GS card for a GT card (with a GPU-RAM drop from 512 to 256)

tnx
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You really need to upgrade your PSU, yeah, especially if you upgrade the card. I'd recommend this , which is more than you need to power that system but leaves you room for expandability and overclocking (which I assume you will do with such a high-end setup).
 
Bodonicus said:
You really need to upgrade your PSU, yeah, especially if you upgrade the card. I'd recommend this , which is more than you need to power that system but leaves you room for expandability and overclocking (which I assume you will do with such a high-end setup).
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Yeah...thats far more than overkill. He can save money from both of the PSUs he was looking at and go for this higher quality FSP. This XClio is also a good alternative. That OCZ would only make sense if he's going SLI.
 
1.) Agreed, get a better PSU. FSP is a great brand.

2.) Don't get 4gb of RAM unless you plan on using not-windows, or Windows XP x64. If you go with x64, you may need to put a bit of effort into it. It works flawlessly for some people, it's been a bit frustrating for me, but it's nice to be able use all 4gb of your RAM.

3.) I also agree on a different HD, try the Seagate 7200.10 @ 320gb. They're ~$100 currently. I have one and it is very fast.
 
Newsboys2004 said:
Vista is only in a couple months. I'd get the 4 gigs and wait for vista.
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4 gigs of RAM huh? Unless this guy is doing a SERIOUS amount of workstation/serving with this system (doesn't sound like it to me), he'll never use it all. There are much better ways to spend $200, so I say save it and stick with 2 gigs of RAM.
 
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