ultimate gaming rig advice/coments/etc..

Risingtide93 · 06-26-2007, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GCR

Memory is backwards compatible with that type, e.g.:

DDR2-800 can run on a board that supports DDR2-1200 but DDR and SDR won't work unless it has separate slots.

Yeah, what would be the best idea for gaming rig is that it will be better if you buy PC8500-ish ram and get 4GB instead of the 2GB you chose. And wait for the price cut, just like chupacabra said

I would recommend getting Corsair Dominator or something like that.

You might want to improve your Case to better ones for gaming (and future watercooling I guess)like:
Lian-Li (Every cases are great! especially full towers)
Silverstone (Cost heavy but still okay)
Thermaltake (Armor Series, Kandalf, etc.)

and I would like to post some more helps on the monitors and speakers...

But I'm not sure what's your budget limit is so post a price and I'll help you find the "Bangs for the Bucks.

tdeath101 · 06-26-2007, 06:23 PM

ooo ok that makes soo much sense thank you soo much lol i was really clue less

tdeath101 · 06-26-2007, 06:24 PM

the budget limit is around the total of the whole rig i have set up

edit: sorrry double post ^^'

Risingtide93 · 06-29-2007, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdeath101

the budget limit is around the total of the whole rig i have set up

edit: sorrry double post ^^'

Can you tell me the budget though? Because I'm too lazy to click all the sites and add up the prices....

sorry

Isn't it about 2k?

bluedishwasher · 06-29-2007, 12:23 AM

i would say the antec p190 for case and it includes 2 PSU's (550W for optical drives etc, 650 W for mobo and GFX) find it here
EDIT: or the slightly cheaper Silverstone TJ07 case which is also lovely

tdeath101 · 06-29-2007, 11:22 PM

budget is 3.5K USD exactly

INTELCRAZY · 06-30-2007, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdeath101

Apevia cases are a disgrace to the case market, I have had one and it has been fine. They are just so cheaply made and not worth it for the money. That is far from ultimate, the ultimate would contain 2x RAID Raptors and a 500Gb Storage HDD. With SLI 8800GTX and an X6800 instead of the QX6700, you won't be using all of that yet. 4Gb of RAM may be overkill but, it would sure be nice to have, it is the ultimate gaming rig.

Froboy7391_99 · 06-30-2007, 12:30 AM

Q6700-$566
2 GB of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333-$435
Asus P5K3 Deluxe/WiFi AP-$250
150GB WD Raptor 10k -$200
1Tb Hitachi HDD - $389
Antec 900 - $140
Crossfire Sapphire 2900XTs -$750
PC Power and Cooling Silnercer 750 Qaud - $210
2x Samsung Sata Lightscribe DVD Burner - $74
Thermal Right Ultra 120 Extreme CPU Cooler - $65
The Card Reader you mentioned - $13
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Extremegamer Fatality - $140
Your monitor you mentioned -$270
Speakers you mentioned - $87
Total - $3590

You would have amazing bragging rights with this system

This is on July 22nd BTW

[trs]ALUMINUM · 06-30-2007, 01:59 AM

use that build above but ditch the board and get a asus striker and dual 8800's

Froboy7391_99 · 06-30-2007, 04:58 PM

That puts it over budget

06-26-2007, 06:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
tdeath101 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the place you always wanted to be Age: 17 Posts: 285	ooo ok that makes soo much sense thank you soo much lol i was really clue less __________________ Future Rig: Case: APEVIA X-Dreamer II /// Mother Board:NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Ram: OCZ SLI-Ready 1GB DDR2 1066 /// Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Hard Drive:WD Raptor X 150 GB /// Video Card:GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PSU:CORSAIR

06-26-2007, 06:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
tdeath101 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the place you always wanted to be Age: 17 Posts: 285	the budget limit is around the total of the whole rig i have set up edit: sorrry double post ^^' __________________ Future Rig: Case: APEVIA X-Dreamer II /// Mother Board:NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Ram: OCZ SLI-Ready 1GB DDR2 1066 /// Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Hard Drive:WD Raptor X 150 GB /// Video Card:GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PSU:CORSAIR

06-29-2007, 12:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
bluedishwasher Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 639	i would say the antec p190 for case and it includes 2 PSU's (550W for optical drives etc, 650 W for mobo and GFX) find it here EDIT: or the slightly cheaper Silverstone TJ07 case which is also lovely __________________ - Jon Last edited by bluedishwasher; 06-29-2007 at 12:26 AM.

06-29-2007, 11:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
tdeath101 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the place you always wanted to be Age: 17 Posts: 285	budget is 3.5K USD exactly __________________ Future Rig: Case: APEVIA X-Dreamer II /// Mother Board:NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Ram: OCZ SLI-Ready 1GB DDR2 1066 /// Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Hard Drive:WD Raptor X 150 GB /// Video Card:GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PSU:CORSAIR

06-30-2007, 12:30 AM	#18 (permalink)
Froboy7391_99 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NB, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 945	Q6700-$566 2 GB of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333-$435 Asus P5K3 Deluxe/WiFi AP-$250 150GB WD Raptor 10k -$200 1Tb Hitachi HDD - $389 Antec 900 - $140 Crossfire Sapphire 2900XTs -$750 PC Power and Cooling Silnercer 750 Qaud - $210 2x Samsung Sata Lightscribe DVD Burner - $74 Thermal Right Ultra 120 Extreme CPU Cooler - $65 The Card Reader you mentioned - $13 Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Extremegamer Fatality - $140 Your monitor you mentioned -$270 Speakers you mentioned - $87 Total - $3590 You would have amazing bragging rights with this system This is on July 22nd BTW __________________ Dell Inspiron 1520 Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66Ghz 2 Gb DDR2-667 Nvidia 8600m GT 250Gb HDD 15.4" 1280x800//DVD Burner//Vista Home Premium//Expresso Brown Last edited by Froboy7391_99; 06-30-2007 at 12:37 AM.

06-30-2007, 01:59 AM	#19 (permalink)
[trs]ALUMINUM Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridge, MA Age: 16 Posts: 187	use that build above but ditch the board and get a asus striker and dual 8800's __________________ DESKTOP MOBO: EVGA 790i ULTRA SLI CPU: Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 OC'ed 3.0ghz RAM: 2GB OCZ Reaper 1333mhz DDR3 GPU: EVGA GTX280 CASE: Antec P182 HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300gb 10k COOLING: Xigmatek HDT-S1283 with retention brace

06-30-2007, 04:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
Froboy7391_99 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NB, Canada Age: 17 Posts: 945	That puts it over budget __________________ Dell Inspiron 1520 Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66Ghz 2 Gb DDR2-667 Nvidia 8600m GT 250Gb HDD 15.4" 1280x800//DVD Burner//Vista Home Premium//Expresso Brown

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