final build and decisions!

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Saint

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ok so iam nearing the point of deciding on the parts consisting of the computer i plan on getting. any suggestions are welcome! I plan on using this computer primarly for gaming:)
specs:
Processor- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Cache
Video Card- EVGA E-GEFORCE 7950 GT KO 560MHZ PCI-E 512MB 1.45GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out RoHS Video Card
Motherboard- EVGA Nforce 680I SLI LGA775 Conroe ATX DDR2 2PCI-E16 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard
RAM- OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
Case?-NZXT LEXA ATX Aluminum Case Black 4X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS Temp Display Window & Carrying Strap
DVD Burner- Samsung SH-S182 DVD+RW 18X8X16 DVD-RW 18X6X16 DL-8X DVD Writer IDE Lightscribe Black OEM W/ Software
Hard Drive- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive
PSU- Coolermaster PSU 430watt-$45( is it good enough? i plan on buying an OCZ gamerxstream 600 watt for the SLI but until then?)

I will be running this on XP media center and upgrading to Vista when i buy ATI's DX10 card.
I plan on purchasing a second 7950 gt ko soon after to put in SLI
thankyou so much for anything you can pass on :)
if this sounds like a good system and you find no problems with it please tell me:) iam learning from friends and reviews .
 
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oh and all items are being purchased from directcanada.com
the system rounds off to $1600 cdn not including taxes.
 
Get a good PSU, don't use the one that comes with the case since it sucks pretty bad and it might even burn out your system, other than that is fine oh yeah if you don't need it right away wait till 2X of april which is when prices are reduced you'll save around 1XX$ dollars on the C2D
 
yea if you wait till april 22nd you can get the q6600 for the same price as the e6600 which i believe is $266.00 correct me if im wrong.
 
really, i didnt think the q6600 dropped to that price until quarter 3. I really hope it does drop april 22nd but not sure.

edit: yeh it does drop to 266 on april 22nd. Yeee, can get quad core for my new build and saint, unless you want to save money and still go for the e6600
 
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i dont think i want to get a DX10 card yet a many of my games dont support DX10. i plan on sticking to Dx9 till dx10 games hit the market.
 
lol srry i didnt read it all ... so the q6600 will drop to $370? that seems to be a large drop as $990 is the current price from my website
 
dont know what the price will drop to, some sites say to $266 on april 22nd and some say it wont drop till that price until late in quarter 3. so dunno
 
I think i will stick to the e6600 and save my money...it is still pretty fast:)
ill just upgrade to a next gen quadcore next time i get a computer.

Does the Q6600 really have much a lead over the dualcore procs as most of the games coming out are if not for single cores meant for dualcore processors? all that multithreading and stuff...
 
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