Gaming rig compatibility

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CmoAMD

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I'm welcome to all suggestions. I'm not sure if that will be the final Processor or Video card reference the price, but if those change it won't mess up the system. I'm more worried about the Motherboard and Ram, do I have enough PCI slots for sound card, video card, network card? Will I have enough for SLI later on? Thanks! This is my very first build so if I need thermal paste or any tools as well please let me know. Thanks again!

CASE
Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133056

POWER SUPPLY
Thermaltake Toughpower W0133RU ATX12V / EPS12V 1200W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153054

MOTHERBOARD
EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

PROCESSOR/CPU
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Yorkfield 3.2GHz LGA 775 136W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115051

MEMORY/RAM
OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227326

VIDEO CARD/GPU
EVGA 01G-P3-1282-AR GeForce GTX 280 SuperClocked Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130367

HARD DRIVE
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

NETWORK CARD
Killer NIC M1 Gaming Network Card – 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833342001

SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006

OPERATING SYSTEMIs Mac OS X Leopard capable on these components?
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116215

CD Drive
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136147

MONITOR
SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001234

RAT
RAZER RZ01-00170100 Banshee Blue 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Lachesis Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153017

KEYBOARD
RAZER Tarantula RZ03-00070100 Black USB Standard Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114006

I also plan to add the Asetek WaterChill Triple Xtreme water cooling system when ever I plan to OC.
http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=367
 
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cohen

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Just a quick look at it, and it's not worth getting DDR3.

the motherboard ahs an onboard network card, so you won't need another one.

Yes they will be right with Mac OS X, how ever it is illegal.
 
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CmoAMD

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bigd54 said:
Holy Crap If only I had this much money for this monster of a build. Anyone want to fund me? haha
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Haha like I said I might not be getting that processor or video card because of the price. Those can easily be changed without effecting the build so I chose top end ones for now :D. More likely ill change the processor and try to keep that card.


Any other thoughts?
 
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jkjkhardcore

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CmoAMD said:
I'm welcome to all suggestions. I'm not sure if that will be the final Processor or Video card reference the price, but if those change it won't mess up the system. I'm more worried about the Motherboard and Ram, do I have enough PCI slots for sound card, video card, network card? Will I have enough for SLI later on? Thanks! This is my very first build so if I need thermal paste or any tools as well please let me know. Thanks again!

CASE
Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133056

POWER SUPPLY
Thermaltake Toughpower W0133RU ATX12V / EPS12V 1200W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153054

MOTHERBOARD
EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

PROCESSOR/CPU
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Yorkfield 3.2GHz LGA 775 136W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115051

MEMORY/RAM
OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227326

VIDEO CARD/GPU
EVGA 01G-P3-1282-AR GeForce GTX 280 SuperClocked Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130367

HARD DRIVE
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

NETWORK CARD
Killer NIC M1 Gaming Network Card – 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833342001

SOUND CARD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006

OPERATING SYSTEMIs Mac OS X Leopard capable on these components?
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116215

CD Drive
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136147

MONITOR
SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001234

RAT
RAZER RZ01-00170100 Banshee Blue 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Lachesis Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153017

KEYBOARD
RAZER Tarantula RZ03-00070100 Black USB Standard Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114006

I also plan to add the Asetek WaterChill Triple Xtreme water cooling system when ever I plan to OC.
http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=367
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That's a pricey piece of machinery how many countries are you taking over?
I know it's been said that dual cores out perform quad cores in gaming but I don't know about that crazy 1500$ processor. @1200W your power bills going to be high lol thats for one.

As for the motherboard it looks like an expensive but effective board.

The ram is a little high as your board doesn't really support that ram unless overclocked, if that's what you plan on doing then go for it.

As for you acutally going through with this, post a youtube video I'd like to see this monster in action :D
 
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CmoAMD

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Cohen:so these components can run mac natively with no major issues?

Jkjkhard:so my ram is not compatible? I'll have to get lower and oc it myself? If that's the case I'll just get another board(ASUS striker ii seems nice) or is it easy to OC ram?
 
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CmoAMD

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Cohen:so these components can run mac natively with no major issues?

Jkjkhard:so my ram is not compatible? I'll have to get lower and oc it myself? If that's the case I'll just get another board(ASUS striker ii seems nice) or is it easy to OC ram?
 
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TrainTrackHack

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Cohen:so these components can run mac natively with no major issues?
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They can't run OS X "natively", you need to use a hack and... yea, I'm not going more into that. It's illegal to use OS X on a PC. Though I've heard people running OS X (hacked) on PCs just great.
 
just a noob

just a noob

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get two of the 150gb velociraptors, i'm not sure if newegg sells them or not, and don't get a qx9770, get a qx9650, if your only gunna get one gtx 280, get an asus rampage extreme board
 
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CmoAMD

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just a noob said:
get two of the 150gb velociraptors, i'm not sure if newegg sells them or not, and don't get a qx9770, get a qx9650, if your only gunna get one gtx 280, get an asus rampage extreme board
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I have no idea how to raid or I would get the 2 hard dives so I can attempt to run vista and leopard.
I plan on getting an additional card for sli later on.
Why the rampage extreme? It's ATX can I use nvidia sli with that?
 
just a noob

just a noob

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no, you must get an sli motherboard(ie: 750i, 780i, 790i) unless you buy a skulltrail motherboard(dual lga 771 sockets) but, why are you going to make a hackintosh?
 
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Nigouki

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If you want to crank up the RAM to such high speeds, buy DDR3-1600 (not 1800) and a motherboard that supports it natively (i.e., without overclocking).

If you pick something like this as your motherboard, you can use up to three graphics cards instead of just two.

Don't get a widescreen monitor. Every PC program in history was written for fullscreen, and distortion is an ugly thing.
 
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TrainTrackHack

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Don't get a widescreen monitor. Every PC program in history was written for fullscreen, and distortion is an ugly thing.
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What?

1) Most laptops have widescreens, and I've never had any distortion on mine
2) As long as you use a widescreen resolution, all and every single windowed application is going to appear in right proportions
3) Majority of games & fullscreen apps support widescreen modes, I'd say about 99%
 
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CmoAMD

New Member
that's also an atx board that won't support nvidia sli. I'll just get the lower ram I guess.

So about the 2x 150 raptors I assume that would be better if I plan on using leopard and vista but I have no idea about raiding can a first timer do it?
 
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CmoAMD

New Member
Yea I'm not gonna get the Killer card.

To be honest I'm only using the computer for Internet iTunes WoW and Counter-Strike. I can't decide between plain quad or dual-core 3+ Ghz. I'm pretty sure dual can handle what I'm using my PC for with ease, I'll be keeping the GTX 280 :)

What you guys think?
 
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X24

New Member
Nigouki said:
If you want to crank up the RAM to such high speeds, buy DDR3-1600 (not 1800) and a motherboard that supports it natively (i.e., without overclocking).

If you pick something like this as your motherboard, you can use up to three graphics cards instead of just two.

Don't get a widescreen monitor. Every PC program in history was written for fullscreen, and distortion is an ugly thing.
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The ram will just slow down to whatever speed the motherboard can handle, there is nothing wrong with it besides being a waste of money.

Triple sli is rather horrible. The graphics cards don't scale very well and although there are decent results from 2, 3 of them just doesn't seem to work out very well, not to mention that 3rd pci-e slot is fricken 4x/1x.

Widescreen monitors are rather standard right now, i haven't ran into a single application since 2003 that doesn't work perfectly on a WS display.

If you are going to help people, try to explain your reasoning better and look into what advice you are giving.

No offense intended.
 
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CmoAMD

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Well this is the final I think.
Different Processor, Ram, Power supply, added an extra Hard Drive, and took out the Killer network card/Xtremegamer sound card. Total:3,752 shipped.

CASE
Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133056

POWER SUPPLY
Thermaltake Toughpower W0132RU 1000W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153053

MOTHERBOARD
EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

PROCESSOR/CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130

MEMORY/RAM
CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145198

VIDEO CARD/GPU
EVGA 01G-P3-1282-AR GeForce GTX 280 SuperClocked Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130367

HARD DRIVE X 2
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

OPERATING SYSTEM
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116215

CD Drive
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136147

MONITOR
SAMSUNG 245BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001234

RAT
RAZER RZ01-00170100 Banshee Blue 9 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Lachesis Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153017

KEYBOARD
RAZER Tarantula RZ03-00070100 Black USB Standard Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114006


Can someone tell me what the ESA difference is in these cases?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...A=0&Description=thermaltake+armorplus&x=0&y=0

Thanks!
 
just a noob

just a noob

Well-Known Member
get a q9550, it should be around 200 dollars cheaper from last time i checked, and you could also get a 780i motherboard, that supports ddr2(which is much cheaper/gb) but, its up to you
 
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Opacity

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With you budget Id personally suggest getting this graphics card instead.

BFG Tech BFGR7950512GTOCE GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported OC Edition:
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143071
 
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