Building a Gaming Rig

[Gabb]

the current system in ur profile wasnt too shabby at all...you upgraded too early imho

 

[peterhuang913]

Raknor's Build with Arctic Silver 5 included:
Wish list details

Build Below:

Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz Processor

Heatsink
Tuniq Tower CPU

Motherboard
ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI Motherboard
or
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 Motherboard

RAM
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Memory
or
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Memory

Graphics Card
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card

Monitor
ViewSonic X Series VX2255wmb Glossy Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Webcam

Disc Drive
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Case
RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Power Supply
Rosewill RX750-D-B 750W Power Supply

 

[Paisan]

the 650i's really are absolete now that nvidia has fixed most of the 680i bios issues.

 

[MaV II DARK II]

p35 ds3r ftw!111

 

[Paisan]

p35 ds3r ftw!111

actually, that board is a great OC'er, but there are better boards for overall performance.

 

[peterhuang913]

actually, that board is a great OC'er, but there are better boards for overall performance.

You sound so smart, so why not recommend one?

 

[Paisan]

Eight P35-DDR2 Motherboards Compared | Tom's Hardware

Choose for yourself.

 

[ThirdLeft152]

actually, that board is a great OC'er, but there are better boards for overall performance.

but the ds3r has pretty much everything a normal person would need, and its cheap.

 

[peterhuang913]

The p35 ds3r has highest o/c, lol

 

[Paisan]

It all depends on what your priorities are, which is why Im not recommending specific parts, but simply pointing out strengths and weakness's. I think that is a great board.

My main point was to stay away from the 650i's. There time is done. My other point was there are several good P35 solutions besides just the one everyone on here raves about.