Advice for gamer build
Hi,
This is my first post and I've been thinking about building a new system around summer time when Hellgate: London comes out and have been lurking here for some ideas. I just recently started to get pricing on particular items and build mock systems and was wondering if this build was ok. I know that by the time summer comes around this stuff will probably be a little outdated and hopefully cheaper so I'll either save some money on this setup or reconfigure later. I believe everything seems ok but I would mainly like some mobo and psu suggestions. Suggestions to any other hardware are welcome also.I really like the case but am wondering if it will be too cramped as I also plan to add a water cooling unit and don't really know where to start with that. I know some basics of water cooling but don't know which internal kit would work best for cooling the cpu and vga. The topower/epower psu seems ok but have never heard of that brand and I don't know which mobo would best handle this setup:
Antec P180 W/O Power Supply Mid Tower Case 128.75 +shipping and handling
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-P180
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz 4MB LGA775 CPU, Retail 320.33 + shipping and handling
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E6600BOX
STT DDR2-800 2GB (2x1GB) CL4 Dual Channel Memory Kit 201.88
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UX2GC4
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive 157.59
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST500SS
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive 90.13
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST320S2
BFG nVidia GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB 2DVI/HDTV PCI-Express Video Card 410.97
https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=BFG-88TSOC
Topower/Epower ZUMAX ZU-650W X3 650W 20/24pin ATX V2.0 Power Supply
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-ZU650W3&show=p
Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN LightScribe 18X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Internal Drive w/Software (Black) 64 for 2
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=DRW-S182LB
All this plus 136.96 for tax and 37.62 for shipping adds up to 1739.81
I was using mainly froogle and newegg to find the lowest prices as my system is mostly cost driven but decided to build a system using ewiz because they seem to have pretty good prices and I thought that if I got everything there it would be cheaper on shipping. For sometime I thought of getting a system from ibuypower because I didn't want to deal with building my own system and water cooling but again since price is a factor I just can't fork over extra money for that convenience alone. Doing some pricing I noticed a $400 price difference which I can't ignore. I'm kinda on a budget but then again I don't want to be too cheap and end up with a crappy system. Any advice would be a great help. Thanks.
Hi,
This is my first post and I've been thinking about building a new system around summer time when Hellgate: London comes out and have been lurking here for some ideas. I just recently started to get pricing on particular items and build mock systems and was wondering if this build was ok. I know that by the time summer comes around this stuff will probably be a little outdated and hopefully cheaper so I'll either save some money on this setup or reconfigure later. I believe everything seems ok but I would mainly like some mobo and psu suggestions. Suggestions to any other hardware are welcome also.I really like the case but am wondering if it will be too cramped as I also plan to add a water cooling unit and don't really know where to start with that. I know some basics of water cooling but don't know which internal kit would work best for cooling the cpu and vga. The topower/epower psu seems ok but have never heard of that brand and I don't know which mobo would best handle this setup:
Antec P180 W/O Power Supply Mid Tower Case 128.75 +shipping and handling
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-P180
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz 4MB LGA775 CPU, Retail 320.33 + shipping and handling
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E6600BOX
STT DDR2-800 2GB (2x1GB) CL4 Dual Channel Memory Kit 201.88
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UX2GC4
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive 157.59
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST500SS
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive 90.13
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST320S2
BFG nVidia GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB 2DVI/HDTV PCI-Express Video Card 410.97
https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=BFG-88TSOC
Topower/Epower ZUMAX ZU-650W X3 650W 20/24pin ATX V2.0 Power Supply
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-ZU650W3&show=p
Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN LightScribe 18X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Internal Drive w/Software (Black) 64 for 2
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=DRW-S182LB
All this plus 136.96 for tax and 37.62 for shipping adds up to 1739.81
I was using mainly froogle and newegg to find the lowest prices as my system is mostly cost driven but decided to build a system using ewiz because they seem to have pretty good prices and I thought that if I got everything there it would be cheaper on shipping. For sometime I thought of getting a system from ibuypower because I didn't want to deal with building my own system and water cooling but again since price is a factor I just can't fork over extra money for that convenience alone. Doing some pricing I noticed a $400 price difference which I can't ignore. I'm kinda on a budget but then again I don't want to be too cheap and end up with a crappy system. Any advice would be a great help. Thanks.
