kchinger

You don't need 1066 RAM. Not sure why anyone would tell you otherwise. If you're going to overclock (which I would recommend) get Crucial Ballastix DDR2 800. It's on sale right now, and there are many people who have no trouble clocking it to around 1100. It generally clocks as well or in many cases better than the 1066. I also wouldn't recommend that motherboard if you want to overclock. If you don't, it's fine. But the northbridge runs very hot on it. It's working fine for me because I have good air movement and an 80 mm fan funneled onto the cheap heatsink it has, but if you don't have good air management and don't want to work on a fix for it, I'd get a board with little better cooling.

You said your CPU was more expensive than a dual-core, but then you linked to an E4500? A much better processor for the money would be an E6400, or if you have a little to spare and what to get something really nice, E8400.

Good luck.

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Mobo: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
RAM: Crucial 4 GB (2x2x1) DDR2 800
Video: EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 675/1175
HDD: Barracuda 250 GB 16 mb cache 7200 RPM
DVD: Black ASUS SATA read only
Case: modified Cooler Master Centurion 5 Mid Tower
Cooling: 120mm rear exhaust, 90mm top exhaust, 80mm front intake, 92mm side intake ducted to NB, Rosewill 92mm Ball CPU ducted from front, Hurricane 8800 Cu VGA cooler, heatsinks used on Mobo MOSFETs

FutureProof

I heard that it's possible to get free shipping from Newegg, does anyone know if this is true and if it is how to do it?

Nick_Escalantes

you have to pay, it cost me 45 bucks for basic 3 day UPS. Unless maybe you are related to the Newegg.com owners..

dougland

order the parts?

Joe2005

For a graphics card that nice I think you should spend some more on a cpu. Just my openion though.

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Soccrmastr

First of all the Core2Duo you're buying IS a dual core. Core2Duo line consist of dual and quad core processors.

Why are you getting an 8800 if you're not gonna get Vista? XP has no DX10 support (aside from some hacked 3rd party stuff). You would be better off getting an equivalent DX9 card. But none of this will be future proof as you seem to want.

You're getting a graphics card that will be better than the other parts in your machine. Your processor, amount of RAM, etc. is all not up to par performance-wise that your 8800 is. I would recommend going with an 8600 with 512MB. This should be enough for any gaming as long as you don't do dual screen.

You can use the lower frequency RAM just fine. And as you seem to be a noob, dont order it expecting to overclock. Especially if you're planning on having the computer for a few years more, without spending more on it. Inexperienced overclocking can mess things up and shorten the life of your parts.

I'd recommend a power supply at least 500watt, but go more if you want to be safe.

You will have to also order your disc drives.

And stop asking noob questions about free shipping for newegg etc. We're here to give you computer help not "LOL how does I ORDER newEgg plz?"

I reccomend you look at your situation, figure out exactly what you want, and rebuild a new machine, then post back here.

El DJ

I saw 4 gigs of ram for just slightly more than that on newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104001

Joe2005

I agree with this, just I would of said it in a nicer way. He dosen't know EVERYTHING don't flame him for learning!

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GIGABYTE G61P-S3<>Samsung 500GB SATA HDD
Asus DVD/CD burner + Stock CD burner + Stock DVD player<>Some what defective 22" Samsung Monitor (back-light bleed through on the left side, BAD SAMSNUNG!!!)

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FutureProof

Mario, first off your a jerk who cant take a joke. I'm obviously getting Vista and the PC isn't going to be like that for forever, I bought a 775 mobo for a reason. The comp I currently have has an old socket which isn't even being made anymore, or else I would have just upgraded this one.I know over clocking decreases component life and thats why I'll be reading up on it BEFORE I choose to do it. Is there anything else I missed? Oh yea, I HAVE the disk drives already and thats why I NEVER posted anything about them. I know about PSU's so theres no reason to restate. I showed you this forum so I don't see why your associating yourself with your superiors by using coupling words like "we". Also, ram frequency is obviously compatible, but I don't see the point of mixing ram with different frequencies since its just a waste of money (like you did with your premade computer). Dual-core is Core2Duo? Really... I didn't know that. I've looked around and it seems Core2Duo has an L2 cache of 2m unlike Pentium dual-core which only has 1mb. I was talking about PERFORMANCE differences not the number of CPU's... I really dont like being a jerk but I don't like you, someone I "call" a friend to flame me on a forum that was designed to help people. I hope I didn't miss anything. Thanks for everyone else's help tho
Google + pasting doesn't mean everyone is inferior to you.

Soccrmastr

is that bolded statement sarcastic?
core 2 duo is dual core... didnt say it was pentium dual core though.... 0.o

Everything I said in that post was right. You should have listened to me before hand. Everyone on this forum will tell you that. And since you keep accusing me of googling my information like its a sin, some googling would have done you a lot of good.