new gaming rig

devil · 02-09-2006, 08:21 AM

heres what i have so far...

-XG Dragon CA-DRG Silver 1.2mm Aluminum alloy ATX Mid Tower
Computer Case 500W, Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

- LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X
DVD-RAM Write Model SHM-165H6S - OEM

- SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM

- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Hard Drive - OEM

-CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Unbuffered System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PRO - Retail

- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI
Interface Sound Card - Retail

- ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD
Motherboard - Retail

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail

- Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail

- For the video card im thinking of waiting for the 7900 to come out or i might just get a 7800gtx 512 mb havent really decided yet...

But yeah thats everything, i think everythins pretty good. But a question about the heatsink... will it fit in the case properly when everything else is in there also? the case is a atx mid sized case. Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks alot.

bigsaucybob · 02-09-2006, 12:22 PM

yea i would think that the heatsink would fit.

as for your video card, if you dont want to wait for the 7900 you could get the x1900xtx which is the best card out right now.

[-0MEGA-] · 02-09-2006, 12:24 PM

That looks like an excellent system, and everything should work properly.

As for the heatsink, since you have a ATX case there shouldnt be any problem with getting the heatsink to fit correctly. As for the video card, i would go with the x1900XT 512MB, with a little overclocking it outperforms the 7800GTX 512MB and is several hundred dollars cheaper.

02-09-2006, 08:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
devil Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 63	new gaming rig heres what i have so far... -XG Dragon CA-DRG Silver 1.2mm Aluminum alloy ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W, Active PFC Power Supply - Retail - LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write Model SHM-165H6S - OEM - SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PRO - Retail - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail - Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail - For the video card im thinking of waiting for the 7900 to come out or i might just get a 7800gtx 512 mb havent really decided yet... But yeah thats everything, i think everythins pretty good. But a question about the heatsink... will it fit in the case properly when everything else is in there also? the case is a atx mid sized case. Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks alot.

02-09-2006, 12:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigsaucybob Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ny Age: 18 Posts: 3,913	yea i would think that the heatsink would fit. as for your video card, if you dont want to wait for the 7900 you could get the x1900xtx which is the best card out right now. __________________ Equipt NOW

02-09-2006, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	That looks like an excellent system, and everything should work properly. As for the heatsink, since you have a ATX case there shouldnt be any problem with getting the heatsink to fit correctly. As for the video card, i would go with the x1900XT 512MB, with a little overclocking it outperforms the 7800GTX 512MB and is several hundred dollars cheaper. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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