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PeteWalker74

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I just bought the following pieces of gear for a new system I'm putting together. I thought it was a sign that it failed authorization on my CC, so I thought I'd run it by you guys, see what you thought before I resubmitted the order. Just looking for anything from minor to major wrong here, that I may have overlooked (it was late when I put this stuff together). Thanks SO much all!

Motherboard - eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail

Video Card - eVGA 512-P2-N635-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

RAM - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155
 
I'd wait a bit before ordering. The price on the nF board is too high right now, especially because its the only one out and it just came out. I'd wait for the other brands' and more flavors (nf650 ultra/sli), at least til the end of the month (black friday). But hey, if you need it now, go for it. Looks fine. The only thing I'd change is the PSU that comes with the sonata. Though it can handle your system, it sounds like you'll be going SLI, and therefore should get a more capable PSU... I'd suggest a 600W (OCZ GameXstream or something) and when you do add the 2nd card, get the 300W GPU PSU boosterX. If you're not going SLI, go for a different mobo. Also, why no 8800GTS? Its price should go down a bit soon, too.
 
Well, I want to order something this week, and sure I know the mobo is a bit pricey right now, but I mean how much is it going to come down this month? $20? $30 maybe? It's a combination my birthday (11/20) and Christmas, so a few bucks here and there doesn't matter.

As far as the video card, the cheapest 8800 GTS I found was $489 which is over $200 more than the 7950gt.

PSU-wise I'll eventually go SLI, but I didn't really see a PSU/Case that blew my skirt up. I wouldn't mind spending the money if I found something amazing, but like $160+ for a PSU by itself seems like a shitload of $.

Hey thanks for responding, I'm hoping I can get some more feedback on this before I order it (probably sometime before Monday morning).
 
That works. The only thing I hate about that case is the HDD vibration. If you want an 8800GTS or any DX10 card soon, you could always get a single 7600GT for now. Though, it will be a while until people would actually need a dx10 card for gaming.
 
Yeah totally... I'm thinking maybe this time next year DX10 will really come into play. I'm a WoW-head, and I don't play anything else right now, other than the occasional demo, or some game I putz around on for a week or so, then uninstall. Probably by then nVidia will have the 9xxx series out, and I'll grab an 8xxx series for cheap, or two :)

Anyway, thanks a lot! Everything comes in tomorrow, so suffice it to say I'm fucking psyched! :eek:
 
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