Is this a good Rig?

staplerz · 01-14-2007, 12:38 AM

I am going to be build a gaming comp.
but before i buy all the parts...

Is this a good rig for its price?
and
Are there any conflicts (sockets, power, ect...) between any of the parts?

XION Ultimate Engineering XON-002 Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450 Watt Power Supply -~- $65.00
ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard -~- 151.00
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -~- $192.00
* Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound -~- $6.00
XFX PVT71GUQF3 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card -~- $200.00
OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory -~- $229.00
XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO -~- $52.00
SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD160HJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -~- $55.00
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner -~- $33.00

___Total = $983

brinky2006 · 01-14-2007, 12:52 AM

Yeah, all looks good, but why do you need two power supplys?

At a glance I cant see any conflicts, just go over it again yourself and you should be good to go.

HTH
Adam

staplerz · 01-14-2007, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brinky2006

Yeah, all looks good, but why do you need two power supplys?

At a glance I cant see any conflicts, just go over it again yourself and you should be good to go.

HTH
Adam

well the psu that comes with the case is "crap" according to other peoples reviews.

brinky2006 · 01-14-2007, 01:01 AM

Oh ok fair enough lol. It doesnt seem to good from the reviews I must agree. The PSU you have chosen is very good on the other hand.

Adam

Nevakonaza · 01-14-2007, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staplerz

well the psu that comes with the case is "crap" according to other peoples reviews.

Yeah i wouldnt use the one you get with the case as usualy there no good.

If you read the Cons of that case on newegg you see that someone mentions....

Quote:

5 min after hooking the computer up the power supply dies!

The build looks good however.

maroon1 · 01-14-2007, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staplerz

XFX PVT71GUQF3 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card -~- $200.00

For about the same price you can get 256MB eVGA 7950GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130074

Quote:

Originally Posted by staplerz

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD160HJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -~- $55.00

For a little more you can get westren digital 250GB+16MB Cache Hard drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136055

staplerz · 01-14-2007, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maroon1

For about the same price you can get 256MB eVGA 7950GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130074

For a little more you can get westren digital 250GB+16MB Cache Hard drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136055

Thanx for the heads up.

im upgrading my hd to that.
but ive heard evga cards arnt good because they get really hot. is that true?

staplerz · 01-14-2007, 11:25 PM

bump

any suggestions to lower my price to around $800?

01-14-2007, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
staplerz Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 272	Is this a good Rig? I am going to be build a gaming comp. but before i buy all the parts... Is this a good rig for its price? and Are there any conflicts (sockets, power, ect...) between any of the parts? XION Ultimate Engineering XON-002 Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450 Watt Power Supply -~- $65.00 ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard -~- 151.00 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -~- $192.00 * Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound -~- $6.00 XFX PVT71GUQF3 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card -~- $200.00 OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory -~- $229.00 XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO -~- $52.00 SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD160HJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -~- $55.00 LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner -~- $33.00 ___Total = $983

01-14-2007, 12:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
brinky2006 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 177	Yeah, all looks good, but why do you need two power supplys? At a glance I cant see any conflicts, just go over it again yourself and you should be good to go. HTH Adam __________________ <<CPU>> Conroe e6400 @ 2.4Ghz (OC) <<RAM>> 2048mb 667mhz <<GPU>> nVidia Geforce 7900GTO <<DVD>> Sony 18x DVD-RW <<OS 1>(Dual Boot)> Windows XP Pro <<OS 2>(Dual Boot)> Windows Vista Ultimate <<SCREEN>> 19" TFT Monitor <<LAPTOP>> Toshiba Portege A100

01-14-2007, 01:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
brinky2006 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 177	Oh ok fair enough lol. It doesnt seem to good from the reviews I must agree. The PSU you have chosen is very good on the other hand. Adam __________________ <<CPU>> Conroe e6400 @ 2.4Ghz (OC) <<RAM>> 2048mb 667mhz <<GPU>> nVidia Geforce 7900GTO <<DVD>> Sony 18x DVD-RW <<OS 1>(Dual Boot)> Windows XP Pro <<OS 2>(Dual Boot)> Windows Vista Ultimate <<SCREEN>> 19" TFT Monitor <<LAPTOP>> Toshiba Portege A100

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staplerz Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 272	bump any suggestions to lower my price to around $800?