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glennm

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Hello, I'm new to this forum as you can tell from my post count. I'm here to ask for some suggestions for my computer build. I have done some research and these are the prices that I have been give. Please beware that these prices were originally in Hong Kong Dollars, I have converted it into USD via the conversion rate 7.8 HKD to 1 USD. So if some of the prices are too high or too low, that's why. This is the current build I'm looking for, for my gaming PC.

CPU: Intel C2D Q6600 (2.6G SLA, GO stepping): 279$
MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3R: 165$
RAM: Transcend DDR²800 4G(1Gx4): 28x4 = 112$
HD: Seagate 500g SATAII (32M): 160$
VGA: Winfast 8800GT DDR³512M: 250$
DVD±RW: Prioneer DVD±RW SATA (212): 32$
Case: CoolerMaster T05: 48$
P/S: ENERMAX Liberty 620W: 135$
Others: CoolerMaster AQUAGATE S1: 75$

The total cost of this is roughly: 1243$
Again, all these prices have been converted to USD. Any suggestions, replacements, upgrades are welcome. Thank you!
 
thank you for the suggestion. But do you mind elaborating why it's better? And can you see any other improvements I can get for my system?
 
glennm said:
But do you mind elaborating why it's better?
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The G0 stepping runs much cooler than it's predecessor - the B3 stepping. A cooler processor allows higher overclocking. The quad core you selected is a good choice. ;)

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And can you see any other improvements I can get for my system?
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I'm not sure if the RAM made by Transcend is any good. I would go with some RAM manufactured by Corsair, OCZ or Crucial.

Everything else looks really good. ;)
 
As Mep said u might wanna get better ram and also maybe upgrade that case a little bit. If ur computer is for gaming it would probably be better to get a case with a little better cooling. Overall looks good :)
 
What type of case would you recommend? This case was recommended by the guy at the computer part store. Didn't really know much about cases going, especially since he told me that most cases won't be able to support or have enough space to support the liquid cooling system. Any recommendations?
 
Personally, I don't know much about watercooling, nor do I have any experience with that type of setup. However, I would imagine that there are many full tower cases that would support your needs. I wouldn't recommend a mid-tower.

Here's a few: CM Cosmos. Lian Li V2000. The Lian Li case is probably overkill, but I provided it as an example because many people have used that case specifically for watercooling.
 
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