First Rig, need feedback

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twistedcore

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I'm going to finally build a good computer for myself and I will use it for gaming and alot of college work. I will mainly focus on playing Guild Wars and COD4. Maybe WoW. I have a pavilion 320n to rip my cd drives from and will also rip out my 250 gig hard drive in there that I had replaced from the 80 gig. Plan on spending about 1000 ish

Heres are the specs so far:

Case: Antec 900 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=antec+900
Video Card: GeForce 7800GT - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130035
MotherBoard: nForce 680i - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188015
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 E6600 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103941&Tpk=neopower+550
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590

Any feedback or changes you would make? Thanks
 
Nice, I was thinking on building a $1000 computer too! I just asked a few days ago how much should I spend on one for gaming.

If no one make changes to your specs, I think I'll build one like yours :)
 
oscaryu1 said:
7800GT? Crap.
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Agreed.

oscaryu1 said:
680i? Outdated, non-45nm, and crap.
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The 680i is still an excellent SLi chipset, and not necessarily outdated. It will support the 45nm dual-core; however, it will never support the 45nm quad-core.

oscaryu1 said:
E6600? Make that a Q6600.
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Yeah, you should spend the extra $40 on the Q6600.

twistedcore said:
What Motherboard and Graphics card do you reccommend? 8800GTX?
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If you plan to run SLi in the future, get the 680i. If not, look at the Gigabyte P35 boards. You've probably heard of a GPU called the 8800GT. Look at that one, but seriously consider the Radeon 3870 as well.
 
twistedcore said:
Okies

I think this is the final revision
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059&Tpk=P35-DS3L

GPU: GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H Radeon HD 3870 512MB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125086
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I think those are great choices. Everyone else is gonna tell you to get the 8800GT, but the Radeon is the best value, and performs very well. What about the CPU?
 
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