Final overview

[kobe24]

it would be better to get one gtx than 2 gts

 

[b1gapl]

I know im dragging this mb thing along, but this (Newegg.com - ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail) looks like the best bet, sli at x16 x16 with the 650i chipset. Plus it overclocks, etc... I know what mb's have been suggested, the story behind each, but this looks good for future sli. I read in the link b1gapl posted that its "not a true full sli" because of the bridge used, im not sure if this matters but this is the only mb I can find with full sli and 650i, etc...

It is, quite a good board. Has more features, and overclocks pretty good. Go for it, if you want. I'd still stick with the P6N Plat., but that's just me.

 

[Xx_InSaNe_xX]

My only problem with the asus board is that it only has 3 sata connectors from what I can see when it lists 6. What am I missing?

 

[b1gapl]

Oh I see....I looked at the manual, and the three SATA connectors that you see, are actually six. I think they're stacked on each other.

 

[Xx_InSaNe_xX]

Ahhhh... thanks. That would explain it. I found a nice screenshot on google showing this too.

 

[b1gapl]

Yea like this one:

You can clearly see, it's stacked. I've never seen that before.

 

[Xx_InSaNe_xX]

Ok, I have a revised final overview, heh...

> Computer Case: GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570 GZ-FA1CA-ASB Black 1.0 mm Aluminum body ATX Full Tower (Item #: N82E16811233013)

> Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel (Item #: N82E16813131153)

> Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W (Item #: N82E16817139002)

> CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor (Item #: N82E16819115003) ...upgrading to quad core in july

> CPU Cooling: Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 (Item #: N82E16835154001)

> Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (Item #: N82E16822148140) ...x2 in raid0 + x1 for backup

> RAM: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel (Item #: N82E16820231065)

> LCD Monitor: SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen (Item #: N82E16824001096)

> Video Card: EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP (Item #: N82E16814130072) ...may sli another later on

> Sound Card: Creative 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi (Item #: N82E16829102005)

> Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 (Item #: N82E16837116195) ...may upgrade to vista later on

 

[b1gapl]

That's awesomeness right there.

 

[Xx_InSaNe_xX]

Thanks, decided to go with a GTX and the asus mb.

 

[Sora]

Nice build