$1400 build

[MrZucchiniHead]

ok im not sure if this is my final build cause of conroe compatibility issues, but here it is, tell me if i need to change anything.


Mobo:
Gigabyte GA-G1975X

CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 631

RAM:
G.SKILL 2gb DDR2 667 PC5400

Video Card:
EVGA 7900GT

Power Supply:
Antec TruepowerII 550w PSU

Hard Drive:
WD Caviar SE16 250gb SATA2

Monitor:
Viewsonic P70F 17" CRT (dont tell me to get an LCD or a bigger CRT, it's not in my budget and i dont like a realy big monitor, im happy with my 15" Dell CRT)

CD/DVD-RW Drive:
BenQ DVD burner w/lightscribe

CPU Cooler:
Thermaltake Big Typhoon

Case:
Thermaltake Tsunami

Ok about the Conroe compatibility thing i found this on Intel.com, it makes me think that conroe will work on the 975X chipset.

http://www.intel.com/cd/pvp/bc06/asmo-na/eng/develop/index.htm
next-generation extreme edition proccessor" then under that for the motherboard it says "intel 975X express chipset", im guessing that the "next generation Extreme edition proccessor" wil be conroe.

i also found thing on multiple other web site like these.

http://techreport.com/ja.zz?id=114695
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20060202133551.html
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/ed...c04.asp&guid=FC4196EB816D4A23BF09DE8906650DA3
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1940319,00.asp

Intel has indicated that Conroe will work in existing 975X motherboards, though a BIOS update will be needed.

im not 100% but im pretty sure conroe willl work with 975X boards.

any comments on my build or conroe and 975X?

 

[Calibretto]

Looks awesome. Video card looks pretty nice to. I have an eVGA as well and it works nicely.

I know you said don't mention this, but for $120 might be able to find an LCD monitor. Not for sure though. But you can definetly find a CRT monitor for less than $120 if your willing to save money.

 

[Running]

thumbs up

 

[Lord AnthraX]

Loving the CRT....those things are so nice

 

[macdawg]

very nice system, make sure the hard drive is one with 16mb cache. With a system like this a soundcard for EAX in games would be ideal, like audigy 2 zs, but you can always take care of that later.

 

[MrZucchiniHead]

Dosen't a Soundblaster live use EAX?, cause that's the integrated sound on that mobo.