Thoughts on my build idea

Heavenuse · 02-19-2008, 02:52 AM

Well I am relatively new to this forum, originally I came here to do some research on the computer I would like to build. Recently my old system died, mother board went out taking the CPU, hard drive, and video cards with it. So right now I am on a little Acer Aspire L100, just enough to get on-line basically. The system will mostly be used for gaming and the like so I would like to hear your thoughts on what I picked out and hopefully give some feed back on what might be a good idea to change. Thanks for the help

ThatGuy16 · 02-19-2008, 03:00 AM

You mean E8400, right

Also, i wouldn't get the 680i. They're not as good with the new 45nm cpu's (E8400), and are poor overclockers.

I would suggest for $250, the 780i
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...l+Motherboards

If you get windows vista, or even XP. Get no less than 2gb of ram, i would suggest getting vista 64bit paired with 4gb. 4Gb of ram will really shine in games such as crysis.

Heavenuse · 02-19-2008, 03:18 AM

You're right I meant E3400 for some reason I do that all the time. I am more then likely be running XP since I have that laying around. Though I don't mind Vista and the whole 64bit doesn't sound to bad either.

02-19-2008, 02:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Heavenuse New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 2	Thoughts on my build idea Well I am relatively new to this forum, originally I came here to do some research on the computer I would like to build. Recently my old system died, mother board went out taking the CPU, hard drive, and video cards with it. So right now I am on a little Acer Aspire L100, just enough to get on-line basically. The system will mostly be used for gaming and the like so I would like to hear your thoughts on what I picked out and hopefully give some feed back on what might be a good idea to change. Thanks for the help Case - Logisys Clear Acrylic mid tower http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811148001 Mother Board - Asus P5N32-E SLI http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131073 CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115037 Hard Drive - WD Rapto X 10k RPM 150 GB http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822136011 Ram - Crucial Ballistix 1GB DDR2 x 2 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820148090 Video Card - Nvidia GeForce 8800GT x 2 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814121224 Power Supply - Corsair Cmpsu-750TX ATX12V http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817139006 DVD - LG 20x DVD burner http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827136134

02-19-2008, 03:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,047	You mean E8400, right Also, i wouldn't get the 680i. They're not as good with the new 45nm cpu's (E8400), and are poor overclockers. I would suggest for $250, the 780i http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...l+Motherboards If you get windows vista, or even XP. Get no less than 2gb of ram, i would suggest getting vista 64bit paired with 4gb. 4Gb of ram will really shine in games such as crysis. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

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02-19-2008, 03:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Heavenuse New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. USA Posts: 2	You're right I meant E3400 for some reason I do that all the time. I am more then likely be running XP since I have that laying around. Though I don't mind Vista and the whole 64bit doesn't sound to bad either.