nexolus

Alright well I changed some things around a bit and started ordering parts. The P5K3 only supported ddr3 memory and I'm not paying 400 bucks for 2 gigs of ram so I switched to the p5kc.

NZXT Apollo SILVER NP Silver SECC Steel Chassis $74.99
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm Case Fan $19.99
SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA $109.99
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W $139.99
ASUS P5KC LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard $149.99
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 $516.99
2 CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 1066 Dual Channel $396.00
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz $968.00
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler $34.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $5.99
Koutech IO-RCM620 USB 2.0 Card Reader $20.99
LITE-ON Combo Drive Black SATA Model SHC-52S7K-05 $23.99
Logitech diNovo Edge 2-Tone USB Bluetooth Wireless $166.99
Logitech MX Revolution Black USB RF Wireless $74.99
EDIMAX EW-7128G PCI Wireless Card $21.99


And hopefully after I recover from buying all of this I'll invest in this:
Dell 27" Ultrasharp LCD Monitor

Kilauea

Why haven't you waited for Intel's price drop July 22nd ?

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5½ years old rig ?
P4 1.7Ghz
MSI MS-6547E
768mb RAM
ATI Radeon 7200
40Gb Seagate HDD w/ Xp
7Gb Maxtor HDD w/ Linux
TigerPlus 300 Watt PSU (never heard of such company)
Broken LG CD-rom drive that seems to work sometimes

ThatGuy16

i just bought the same power supply, use this promo code for $20 off
EMC713DOCZ7

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CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v
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: 2x HD4850 Crossfire
LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ
3DMark06: 20826

nexolus

Yeah I used the code last night, made it free shipping!

I haven't ordered the CPU or motherboard yet, just everything else.

ThatGuy16

yeah i would wait till after the 22nd to order the cpu...you will save a ton

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CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v
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: 2x HD4850 Crossfire
LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ
3DMark06: 20826

nexolus

Hopefully the qx6700's will go down to at most 550 haha. Do you guys think I should stick with XP Pro and upgrade to Vista after the service packs or should I just go ahead and get vista?

ThatGuy16

If you already have xp you could just stick with it untill they release a service pack, but if you have to buy and OS you should just go ahead and get vista.

Btw, with that 8800 you will only be able to get the Dx10 support from vista, not that there are realy any games that use it now

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CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v
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: 2x HD4850 Crossfire
LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ
3DMark06: 20826

nexolus

yeah that's what I'm not sure about yet. maybe i'll get a cheaper card and then get the 8800 later...