Hi,
This is my first time posting, but have been reading these forums for a while. I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me advice/confirm if the choices I have made will work out for a new gaming rig. Honestly I am mainly building this computer for "Age of Conan" but I also play other various games on the computer. I am looking to pay around $1000 (after rebates) or less on the following parts (less is better but i don't wanna cheat my self). Only thing i have not picked out yet would be the motherboard.
These are the parts i have currently from my old rig
PSU-
Newegg.com - ENERMAX EG495AX-VE FMA ATX12V Ver 2.2 485W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, cUL, TUV, CB - Power Supplies
Thermaltake XaserIII Case
HDD -
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Monitor - 19 inc LCD
I am looking to buy the rest of the core parts, these are the ones i have partially decided upon so far.
CPU-
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
GPU - This is one I was unsure on. The price of this card would most likely put me a little over $1000 but if its only a little i am fine if this card is worth it. I read that this card should last for quite a while down the road. If it will run with my current PSU is another thing that i am unsure about. I was also looking into a regular GTX, and trying to decide if i could get away with that for now and then if i need to pick up another and SLI them later down the road, but don't know if that will be better or worse in the long run
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Ram - This is another one i was unsure on, i read a couple different post and found different points of view as to type and brand.
Newegg.com - OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Motherboard - This one I will need some advice on for sure.
Feel free to shoot me down on any of these choices. I know my knowledge is limited, thats why i am asking for help . Thanks in advance for any responses. Trying to make a system that will last me for a while(years if possible). My last computer lasted me about 4 years.
This is my first time posting, but have been reading these forums for a while. I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me advice/confirm if the choices I have made will work out for a new gaming rig. Honestly I am mainly building this computer for "Age of Conan" but I also play other various games on the computer. I am looking to pay around $1000 (after rebates) or less on the following parts (less is better but i don't wanna cheat my self). Only thing i have not picked out yet would be the motherboard.
These are the parts i have currently from my old rig
PSU-
Newegg.com - ENERMAX EG495AX-VE FMA ATX12V Ver 2.2 485W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, cUL, TUV, CB - Power Supplies
Thermaltake XaserIII Case
HDD -
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Monitor - 19 inc LCD
I am looking to buy the rest of the core parts, these are the ones i have partially decided upon so far.
CPU-
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
GPU - This is one I was unsure on. The price of this card would most likely put me a little over $1000 but if its only a little i am fine if this card is worth it. I read that this card should last for quite a while down the road. If it will run with my current PSU is another thing that i am unsure about. I was also looking into a regular GTX, and trying to decide if i could get away with that for now and then if i need to pick up another and SLI them later down the road, but don't know if that will be better or worse in the long run
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Ram - This is another one i was unsure on, i read a couple different post and found different points of view as to type and brand.
Newegg.com - OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Motherboard - This one I will need some advice on for sure.
Feel free to shoot me down on any of these choices. I know my knowledge is limited, thats why i am asking for help . Thanks in advance for any responses. Trying to make a system that will last me for a while(years if possible). My last computer lasted me about 4 years.