New Mobo

[siddanth3]

yup, i would go with the g skill too

 

[Dieo]

alright cool so i basically have everything picked out now. motherboard, cpu, memory, harddrive, cd/dvd drive, case, power supply. anything else im missing?

 

[b1gapl]

What graphic card will you be using?

 

[Dieo]

i'll be using the onboard one for about a weak till i get some cash for a better but when i get the money im looking at an geforce 8600 or something along those lines.

 

[Dieo]

i was thinking of something along the lines of Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

what you think? any suggestions? i dont really want to pay more than 150 but my max is around 200

 

[b1gapl]

For that price you can get a 7900GS, which is better than that 8600GT.

Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail

 

[Dieo]

ahh ok i will have to put more effort into looking for a nice video card in about a week once i get the money. i'll definetally keep that at the top of the list though seems like a nice card and all.

 

[Dieo]

how about the 8600gts? its a bit more but not by much. i'm not too sure because the only differance seems to be that it can play DX10 but since i heard that it cant realy run the games that well should i bother or just go with the 7900gs?
Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

 

[Gabb]

For DVD burner:
Newegg.com - Sony NEC Optiarc Black 18X DVD+R 6X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 18X DVD±R DVD Burner, OEM Version - OEM

For $3 less, you can get 2gb of ram for only $80.99:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
And it's a great set of RAM.

Why not recommend the HZ G.skill ram thats supposidly a lot better?

Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

 

[b1gapl]

I was just trying to fit his budget. But he can go for the HZs, if he has the money, and wants to.