New build, everything ok, any suggestions?

[devcrow]

hey, time for a new pc, any suggestions? havnt really been keeping in touch with the latest gadgets
just worried about bottlenecking and being underpowered interms of motherboard

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Intel® P35 + ICH9 Chipset 1333/1066/800 MH
OC Zone(NZ) Limited


CPU:
INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 2.40GHZ LGA775 OEM
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GPU:
Geforce 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E DDR3
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(its pci-e2 not 16, whats the diffrence? something im not familiar about )

RAM:
GENERIC 4GB DUAL CHANNEL KIT 2X2GB DDR2-800
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HDD:
Western Digital Special 500GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive
PCOnlineShop.co.nz - $92.92+GST Western Digital Special 500GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive

will work out moniter and psu later but will make sure to get a good branded 1 (will 500w do?)

Cheers
H.

 

[Luke]

looks fine, mobo's now have pice 2.0 slots but they are backwards compatible (a gpu doesn't even use the bandwidth that is available)

I would just pick up some corsair or ocz ram though.

You also might want to get a 7200.11 seagate 500gb hdd instead of that.

Are you overclocking?

I would say get a 520hx corsair but the pc power and cooling 610w silencer is around the same price so get that instead.

 

[devcrow]

Thanx for feedback
Probably not gona overclock
How does

Corsair 4GB Kit 2x2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-18 TWIN2X4096-6400C5
Corsair 4GB Kit 2x2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-18 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - XP COMPUTER WAREHOUSE LTD

and

Seagate BARRACUDA 7200.11 500GB SATA2 3.5LP 32MB 7200rpm
OC Zone(NZ) Limited

sound, Budgets not huge.. so yeaa

 

[Gustave5436]

Get an HD 4850 rather than the 9800 GTX.

 

[devcrow]

Get an HD 4850 rather than the 9800 GTX.

where does that card sit on http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/graphics-card-rankings-139202/

Thanx

 

[Peter.Cort]

the 4850 and 9800gtx are about on par with each other with the 9800gtx costing a bit more and performing a bit better. (5-7fps difference)

 

[UA_Iron]

Agreed on the 4850 over the 9800GTX.

Definitely spend a little more for the corsair memory.

If you want one of the fastest performing SATA drives out there then you could get this too:
PCOnlineShop.co.nz - $118.87+GST Western Digital 640GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Drive
But that 500gb will probably be fine.

 

[Luke]

^that hdd will be un-noticeably faster, and it's more expensive so i would get the 7200.11.

 

[devcrow]

k thats cool... is there anything else i will need to buy apart from case moniter and psu.. would i need to buy a new heatsink?