My New Computer Finalised!...Somewhat

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Lycaroth

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Well I posted one of these a while back, but it was extremely unorganised.

So I figure I would set up a roughly finalised one, although it's probably not set in stone.

This will be a computer used for some pretty brutal gaming, and I tend to multi-task a lot without meaning to.

Oh by the way these are all Australian prices.

CASE $170.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/261_COOLER_MASTER_MYSTIQUE_632_BLACK_RC.aspx

PSU $267.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/13251_COOLER_MASTER_REAL_POWER_PRO_850W.aspx

DVD-R $57.00 x2 $114.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/18968_Sony_SATA_BLACK_AWG170SB2B_Internal.aspx

MOBO $395.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/193_Gigabyte_GA_N680SLI_DQ6__QuadCore_nF680i.aspx

CPU $377.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/14862_INTEL_CORE_2_QUAD_Q6600__2_40GHz_.aspx

HDD $155.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/981_Seagate_ST3320620AS_3_5INC_CUDA7200.aspx

RAM $179.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/17258_Corsair_TWIN2X2048_6400C4DHX_2GB_.aspx

GPU $195.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/19849_eVGA_e_GeForce_8600GT_Superclocked.aspx

KEYBOARD $131.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/8709_Razer_Tarantula_Tournament_Edition.aspx

MOUSE $77.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/8714_Razer_Copperhead_Chaos_Green_Infrared.aspx

MOUSE PAD $36.00
http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/8725_Razer_eXactMat_Bundle_Pack_Two_sided.aspx

Overall Price - $2096.00

The price threw me off a lot, I was hoping for something way cheaper, but it's nearly the end of year 12 for me and I'll be picking up a pretty decent job hopefully.

So by the end of January I should have enough to afford it, and no doubt parts will be cheaper and I may have changed some for the newer models.

Is there anything there you guys think I should change or parts that arn't compatible?

Thanks for your time. =D
 
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This is a very nice machine you're about to build, but you might want to consider saving some money by getting a 600W PSU. 850W is (in my opinion) overkill (correct me if I'm wrong). What's really important on a PSU are that the voltage rails have enough ampere. Unless you have a real good reason why you want a 850W psu... I'm only suggesting this because you said that you had hoped to save some money. :)
 
Your PSU is extreme overkill, more than twice the output power you'll need, and your video card is a real weak link.

I'd downgrade the PSU to a decent ~500W unit, and use the money that that will save to upgrade to an 8800GTS.

If you're looking to save money, do you really need a $70 mousepad?

To be honest, I'd downgrade the board as well. If you can rearrange to fit in an 8800GTS 640MB or even 8800GTX you'll have a far better gaming machine.
 
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I understand what you both mean, but that motherboard can run 3 GPU's in SLi and has great QuadCore compatibility which is what I want, also if there's anything I want to future-proof it's the motherboard because of all the things to replace that would suck the most.

And I was surprised that the first post wasn't trying to sell the 8800, those things are like gold to the computer community, but the Australian price tag on those things is immense and it's something I can easily put in later when I have the money and when it's cheaper.

It's also quite power hungry and runs hot so I'd rather wait for the 9000 series to come out which is quite soon and hopefully they work out the power and heat kinks the 8800 has.

The mouse pad is a hefty price and I may not pick it up, but I wanted to cover all the bases and if I was going to get a pad, I'd get a good quality one like that.

Also the PSU is another form of future-proofing for me as they seem pretty hefty to install, and if I ever wanted to run 3 GPU's I would have no problems with doing so.
 
Lycaroth said:
And I was surprised that the first post wasn't trying to sell the 8800, those things are like gold to the computer community, but the Australian price tag on those things is immense and it's something I can easily put in later when I have the money and when it's cheaper.

Also the PSU is another form of future-proofing for me as they seem pretty hefty to install, and if I ever wanted to run 3 GPU's I would have no problems with doing so.
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That's because I wasn't trying to "sell" you anything. I wanted to help you save money on something you probably won't need. Even a 600W PSU is future proof, believe me, but the decision is yours. I had thought about suggesting a GPU with a higher bit technology than 128, but I figured you knew what you were doing. :)
 
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Erdhexe said:
That's because I wasn't trying to "sell" you anything. I wanted to help you save money on something you probably won't need. Even a 600W PSU is future proof, believe me, but the decision is yours. I had thought about suggesting a GPU with a higher bit technology than 128, but I figured you knew what you were doing. :)
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Ah sorry man I didn't mean any offense, I know the 8800 is a supreme card but they are expensive here in Aus, but like I said by the time I have the money to buy this computer I'm sure I would have changed the 8600 out for a 8800 or more because they will be cheaper.

And the 600W PSU is like $50 cheaper so I opted for the higher Wattage considering the price difference.

So thanks for the input dude, much appreciated. =D

EDIT - Oh and I changed the mouse pad, that other one was a bit ridiculous and I'd rather a wrist gel thing for comfort.
 
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Lycaroth said:
Ah sorry man I didn't mean any offense, I know the 8800 is a supreme card but they are expensive here in Aus, but like I said by the time I have the money to buy this computer I'm sure I would have changed the 8600 out for a 8800 or more because they will be cheaper.

And the 600W PSU is like $50 cheaper so I opted for the higher Wattage considering the price difference.

So thanks for the input dude, much appreciated. =D
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I'm a dudette. ;)

You're very welcome.
 
Lycaroth said:
I understand what you both mean, but that motherboard can run 3 GPU's in SLi and has great QuadCore compatibility which is what I want, also if there's anything I want to future-proof it's the motherboard because of all the things to replace that would suck the most.

And I was surprised that the first post wasn't trying to sell the 8800, those things are like gold to the computer community, but the Australian price tag on those things is immense and it's something I can easily put in later when I have the money and when it's cheaper.

It's also quite power hungry and runs hot so I'd rather wait for the 9000 series to come out which is quite soon and hopefully they work out the power and heat kinks the 8800 has.

The mouse pad is a hefty price and I may not pick it up, but I wanted to cover all the bases and if I was going to get a pad, I'd get a good quality one like that.

Also the PSU is another form of future-proofing for me as they seem pretty hefty to install, and if I ever wanted to run 3 GPU's I would have no problems with doing so.
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Not understand why you say that MB is 'future Proof'. The hardware technology so fast now. DDR3, PCI-E 2.0...
 
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Not understand why you say that MB is 'future Proof'. The hardware technology so fast now. DDR3, PCI-E 2.0...
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Well I mean it's as future-proofed as I can get really, technology changes so fast these days that the time you order your computer there's already something better out there.

I just want the best bang for my buck that will hopefully last me at least a year with only minor upgrades.
 
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