Upcoming gaming rig.... what about SLI???

b3rt_d4ni3l

b3rt_d4ni3l

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Hi guys!

this is my upcoming gaming rig... i know there will be a price drop on April 22nd and im definitely gonna wait for that.. but i need help in checking whether all the parts are compatible with each other...

i know its still a while before the price drop but no harm in starting early :D

so here goes:

Motherboard -- $209.99
ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 nForce 680i - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131073

Video Card** -- $304.99 (w/o $30 MIR)
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130038

Sound Card -- $28.99
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102002

Case -- $69.99
XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811208020

Hard Drive -- $84.99
Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140

Optical Drive -- $30.99
NEC Black 2M Cache E-IDE / ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076

Power Supply -- $154.99 (w/o $25 MIR)
Thermaltake 700W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153039

RAM -- $174.00 (w/o $40 MIR)
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Dual Channel - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

Monitor -- $179.99
Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 700:1 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005

CPU Fan -- $39.99
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

Thermal Compound -- $5.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835100007

Processor** -- $312.00
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003

Total Price: $1,596.90


i got a couple of questions to follow that:
1. Is my power supply enough? or is too much?
2. Is it worth the money if i go SLI with this GPU? or a single 8800GTX is more worth it?
3. Is there anything that i forget?

need your advice... thank you very much
 
1. I'd say 700W is more than enough, maybe even drop it down to 650 but its fine I guess.

2. Just stick with one 8800GTX for now. There aren't even many games that utilize the full capacity of the Geforce 8 series yet, so SLI is pointless at this point. You can always upgrade later.

3. You don't need a sound card, and I'd go with WD 250GB 16MB, they are cheaper and better. I don't really use NEC opticals (always used Lite-On and Sony) so I can only recommend those brands. I am not saying anything bad about NEC though. Good luck.
 
That monitor is great! have the same one, rules the monitor land with a high-resolution and non-ghosting fist. Otherwise, it sounds good- if you want the best sound, then do get a sound card, as onboard sound just doesn't compare.
 
im not that particular about sound but i don't want to use onboard either (heheh... a little contradiction there) and i read in newegg review that this sound card is a good upgrade from onboard... so i guess it should be ok.... right, guys????
 
b3rt_d4ni3l said:
im not that particular about sound but i don't want to use onboard either (heheh... a little contradiction there) and i read in newegg review that this sound card is a good upgrade from onboard... so i guess it should be ok.... right, guys????
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The sound card is a little low end, if you could get an XFi Xtream Music, they are better.
 
Thermaltake manufacturers their own products, their PSU's are stable. 700W will give you a bigger headroom for future upgrades such as faster CPU, faster&more RAM, more HDD's...etc. SLI doesn't boost the performance enough to justify the extra $300~$500 for an additional card, plus that 8800 w/320MB is already pretty extreme.

Other than the above, rig is looking good.
 
maybe instead of getting the 320 version of the 8800, you could get the 640mb??. would be better and it kinda puts you in the middle of "one 320 verson or two whole cards..." just an idea :D GL
 
SLI will give 50% better performance than by itself. Though the 8800 card by itself its pretty much overkill, even 7600GT will be enough for the games of today.
 
are you talking about my PSU then??? :confused:
but didnt my PSU has 4 rail of 18A each? and that would make it a total of 72A?? a little confused...
 
The Thermaltake? It does indeed have 4 18A rails, but that doesn't total to 72A. You can draw up to 18A from any single rail, but you can't draw a full 18A from all four rails at the same time. The combined 12V rating is 56A. This is, however, a peak rating rather than a continuous one.
 
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