Need future build suggestions ($2000 budget)

[Poizen22]

two 3850's are on par with one 8800gts 512mb so yes two 3850s would be better but in that case u may want to got 512mb tho. if hes gaming on a 22inc monitor.

 

[krazyq]

well i showed him the list and his response as follows:

looks good.. I made a few changes... - added raptor drive (until we decide if we're gonna use an alternative, though I defo want two hdd's) - tho you can remove this if you wanna get it from elsewhere - replaced wintv mce-150 with pci-150 - removed windows xp x64... will get elsewhere - changed ram quantity to 2... I reckon I'll get 8 gigs if I'm going for XP 64.

is the 8 gig of ram really necessary????

 

[b1gapl]

Those programs he mentioned before, do sound serious. I'm not sure though. The only thing I can think of, that would take up that much, is CAD on high res or servers.

 

[krazyq]

Those programs he mentioned before, do sound serious. I'm not sure though. The only thing I can think of, that would take up that much, is CAD on high res or servers.

do you think i should stop him....or have him go for it?

 

[b1gapl]

It's his money. I can't tell him what to do. Only suggest. What I would suggest, is have a feel for it. See how 2 x 2GB works out with those things. And if it doesn't work out, get the second pair.

 

[krazyq]

EDIT!!!!!

wish list updated

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersio...=10474167&WishListTitle=Mun+New+PC+-+20080225

He will get the psu from buy.com
hes still debating about the raptors

what do you guys think?
he wants to get this within a week so i need some quick input.
- Thanks.

 

[krazyq]

Can someone pls review the wish list.
He wants to buy this within the next few days.

HE already got the 9600GT and q6600. I bought those for him from microcenter.
q6600 for only $200bucks and the 9600gt for $160 (Microcenter FTW)

hes thinking of getting the acfp 7 for the cooler so i hope taht will keep things cool enough.

 

[b1gapl]

The wishlist is good to go, in my opinion.

 

[krazyq]

The wishlist is good to go, in my opinion.

well i just boubht the q6600 and the 9600gt from micro center and the total came upto $383.
now if i get the 8400gs, does it matter what brand i get for it? i was thinking msi since it was really cheap or the xfx model....

and would you say the acfp is enough or he should get something better?

 

[b1gapl]

It doesn't really matter about the brand, unless you care about the warranty services and what not.

The ACFP7 is good enough, if he's only planning to overclock a little. I'd say any higher than 3.2GHz, he'd need a better one. But at least it's way better than the stock cooler.