Hi all,
I'll be putting together a new gaming PC for myself fairly soon. I have almost all the parts ready except for a few.
Intel Core i7 920 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 2.66Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80601920)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Socket 1366 Intel X58 + ICH10R CrossfireX Triple-Channel DDR3 2000+/1333/1066Mhz Dual GigaLAN 7.1Ch Audio 6x SATA 2x PCI-E X16
Corsair TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX 12V 52A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan
Western Digital Caviar Black (WD5001AALS) 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 32MB Cache (OEM)
All that's missing is a case, a video card, and ram. Any recomendations for either 3? The case doesn't need to be fancy but I'd like usb ports in the front of course. I have about $300-$400 left to spend.
Any input would be appreciated as my knowledge of PC hardware is pretty limited.
Oh, also, in regards to the OS.. I'm thinking I'll finally cave and upgrade from XP to Win7. How much of a resource/ram hog is Win7? Should I at all be concerned about this? As I recall, Vista was a huge pain the *** for some friends because of the system requirements.
I'll be putting together a new gaming PC for myself fairly soon. I have almost all the parts ready except for a few.
Intel Core i7 920 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 2.66Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80601920)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Socket 1366 Intel X58 + ICH10R CrossfireX Triple-Channel DDR3 2000+/1333/1066Mhz Dual GigaLAN 7.1Ch Audio 6x SATA 2x PCI-E X16
Corsair TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX 12V 52A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan
Western Digital Caviar Black (WD5001AALS) 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 32MB Cache (OEM)
All that's missing is a case, a video card, and ram. Any recomendations for either 3? The case doesn't need to be fancy but I'd like usb ports in the front of course. I have about $300-$400 left to spend.
Any input would be appreciated as my knowledge of PC hardware is pretty limited.
Oh, also, in regards to the OS.. I'm thinking I'll finally cave and upgrade from XP to Win7. How much of a resource/ram hog is Win7? Should I at all be concerned about this? As I recall, Vista was a huge pain the *** for some friends because of the system requirements.