Last day before ordering, final touches =3

wafflez

wafflez

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The day's finally come CF, after months of waiting and speculation, I'm ordering my next build tomorrow. I'm so giddy =3
Although, it would be wonderful if you had any suggestions, recommendations or helpful comments, thanks a bunch. :D

DVI Cable $8.99

Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM $35.99

Hard Drive: Western Digital 7200rpm 3.0gbps SATA 250gb $64.99

Monitor: Viewsonice Optiquest 20" Widescreen LCD 5ms 1000:1 1680x1050 $199 (also an extra $20 off with a rebate)

Speakers: Logitech 5.1 Speakers 70 Watts $59.99

Keyboard/Mouse: Microsoft Curve 2000 USB keyboard and mouse $21.99

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound tube $5.99

RAM: G.Skill PC6400 800mhz 2gb Ram $88.99 (Will this ram work with my motherboard, a Gigabyte p35-ds3r? I was under the impression that any ddr2 ram would work..)

Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3R motherboard 7.1 sound, etc.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 ghz (i'm gonna oc to 3ghz) $266 (I know it's $299 right now, it should lower tomorrow night or tomorrow)

CPU Cooler: (best I could find, do you think it can let me OC the Q6600 to 3ghz without going over 50 C on load?)Thermalright Ultra 120mm CPU cooler (the combo deal with the really good 120mm led fan with the fan controller) $67.99

Shipping and tax from newegg (all the parts above) $122.28 (including price drop)

PSU: Ultra X-Finity 500-Watt (34Amps on 12volt railing, it has duals) / ATX / 120mm Fan Black / Power Supply $49.96 w/tax

Video Card: PNY geforce 8800gts 640mb $357.94 w/tax

Case: Antec P180B $115 w/ shipping

TOTAL with tax and shipping = $1594.07


>_> I live in california so newegg charges me tax. Phew, that list took a while to make. Anyhow, any possible improvements I can make without raising the price? Any changes, etc? Thanks =3
 
Well gigabyte doesn't have the g.skills memory for the P65 DS3 and still works, so it may work, worst case you'll have to rma and get another
 
i'll risk it =P


EDIT: newegg review from someone with the same motherboard
Rating + 5Rating + 5Rating + 5Rating + 5Rating + 5 Works as Advertised

Pros: Cheap Price, Looks Great, Works as Advertised and then some.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: This ram is good for the money. I currently have a E4300 and Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R. I currently have my rig at 9x multiplier, 380 FSB for 3.42 ghz, and have ram running at 2.0 (760) at 5-5-5-15 timings. Earlier I had it at 340 FSB (3.06 ghz) and I had memory at 2.5 (850) at 5-5-5-15 timings and it posted/ran fine although I didn't do any memory testing or anything of that nature.
 
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hmm, instead of creating a new thread, I'll bump this for a question. Is the Q6600 really gonna drop tonight at 12:01?
 
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