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sechkie

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Alrighty seeing as how my dual core opty is starting to show its age a bit I've decided to blow some cash upgrading.

First components I'll be reusing.

Case; Antec 182
PSU: Corsair 620hx
GPU: EVGA 8800gt with accelero S1 rev2. attached
HDDS and DVD Burner: 2x Samsung 250gb sata, NEC DVD RW IDE (considering getting a new SATA drive since its like 20 bucks anyways)
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi extremegamer

Now for the new parts...

CPU: 8400 from Tigerdirect 199
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L from Newegg 89.99
RAM: OCZ Platinum Edition 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) 96.99 AR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227280
CPU Cooler: Either Noctua NH-U12P Universal heatsink or TRUE 120. (I know about the review here on the [H] on the Noctua but seeing as how the Noctua comes with a fan while the TRUE doesn't, I'll still consider it)

Now, I plan to stick Vista x64 on this box and its primary use will be gaming.

Some concerns I have are that the soundcard won't play nice with 4 gb of ram or was that with NF4 boards only?

Also, is there a compelling reason for me to get the more expensive 1000 ram or is getting the 800 and overclocking a more reasonable route?
 
Nope, not really. Just get DDR2 800 like what P£P§!™ just mentioned or A-DATA 2x2 DDR2 800 for $70 if you don't want to bother with rebates.


sechkie said:
Also, is there a compelling reason for me to get the more expensive 1000 ram or is getting the 800 and overclocking a more reasonable route?
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Where'd you see the E8400 for $199? All I see is the OEM for $219.99, and the retail for $239.99.
 
Why not wait till your rebates too?
 
Sold out on Buy.com, Zipzoomfly has it for $217. Mwave and Clubit has them for $210. I would just buy it for $210 already.
 
Comapre the shipping cost between Mwave and ClubIT as both vendors sell it for the same price. The shipping cost will be a determining factor though between the two.
 
I have to use the v2.15.0002 drivers, those are the only ones that work for me, but it does work. With any other drivers I get SCP. I think the 4GB/64-bit Vista issue is only on NF4 mobos, though.

I'm selling my XtremeMusic, if you're interested. ;) (Hell, I dunno the difference between the XM and the XG.)
 
sechkie said:
Where are you seeing that? I see price of 229 - 30 instant to get 199. Eh doesn't matter since I'm just going to go with MWAVE retail box...
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