Hey folks, just recently registered after being a lurker for a while ^-^. Anyway, I'm planning on getting a new rig, and so far I've come up with this.
Monitor - Asus 22inch 2MS 5000:1 1680x1050
Case - Thermaltake Soprano DX Steel
Motherboard - XFX nForce 780i
Memory - G.Skill DDR2 2x2G 1066Mhz DDR2
Hard Drive - Seagate SATAII 500GB
CPU - Intel C2Q Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB
PSU - Thermaltake 850W 4x12V (62A)
GPU - BFG GTX260 896DDR3 OCX
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme
DVD Drive - LG H22NS30 Super Multi DVD Rewriter
Operating System - Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
*All links go to Umart, where I plan on buying them. Total cost = $2537AUD
Basically, I've built this to last more than anything else. My last rig was a bit of a disaster (incompatibility with my motherboard meant I had to pair up an AMD Athlon X2 4200 and an 8800GTX; super CPU bottleneck) and I'm hoping this one will actually last me a long time.
If anyone could offer any suggestions, that would be much appreciated. Particularly, I'm a little uncertain about the mobo, GPU and DVD drive, and whether or not I'll need to purchase extra cooling (case comes with one frontal and one rear fan). If anyone could point out any incompatibilities aswell, I'd be very grateful. =)
Thanks,
Mrchewy =)
Monitor - Asus 22inch 2MS 5000:1 1680x1050
Case - Thermaltake Soprano DX Steel
Motherboard - XFX nForce 780i
Memory - G.Skill DDR2 2x2G 1066Mhz DDR2
Hard Drive - Seagate SATAII 500GB
CPU - Intel C2Q Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB
PSU - Thermaltake 850W 4x12V (62A)
GPU - BFG GTX260 896DDR3 OCX
Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme
DVD Drive - LG H22NS30 Super Multi DVD Rewriter
Operating System - Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
*All links go to Umart, where I plan on buying them. Total cost = $2537AUD
Basically, I've built this to last more than anything else. My last rig was a bit of a disaster (incompatibility with my motherboard meant I had to pair up an AMD Athlon X2 4200 and an 8800GTX; super CPU bottleneck) and I'm hoping this one will actually last me a long time.
If anyone could offer any suggestions, that would be much appreciated. Particularly, I'm a little uncertain about the mobo, GPU and DVD drive, and whether or not I'll need to purchase extra cooling (case comes with one frontal and one rear fan). If anyone could point out any incompatibilities aswell, I'd be very grateful. =)
Thanks,
Mrchewy =)