trashedteen
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Hello all, last week I decided that I was going to build the ultimate in PC gaming machines, considering my budget and my appreciation for games with next generation graphics such as Crysis I set to work on drawing up a list of specs and scouting the web to find the cheapest prices.
I would appreciate all like-minded people to take a look at my list and see if there are any improvements to be made, prices I have wrong or anything else for that matter, the list is as follows:
Intel quad core QX6700 - 607.90
2 x XFX 8800GTX (SLi) - £801.96
NForce 680i SLI DDR2-1200 motherboard - £231.95
Xcilo 750W Power Supply - £82.94
OCZ 2gb DDR2 1066 Platinum - £320.45
NEC 7170 18X DUAL LAYER DVD +/- RW - £25.90
2 Hard drives
1 - Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gb SATAII - £29.49
2 - Samsung 400GB SATA II 16MB - £92.90
Eureka water cool ready aliminum case - £99.90
AGEIA PhysX Card - £110
ThermalTake CL-W0040 Syphony water cooler - £161.94
TOTAL - £2565.33
All the prices you see here are the cheapest I could find from two price comparison sites and ebay.
I also have a couple of questions, I am going to be running this on an LG 42" HDTV, does the 8800GTX support HD? Will I be able to run HD-DVDs? Also I have two hard drives on the list becasue I heard that running windows on a seperate drive to your games ect speeds up the PC, is this true?
I would really appreicate any criticism as long as its constructive, I think this may well be the ultimate in PC entertainment.
Thanks,
Jon
I would appreciate all like-minded people to take a look at my list and see if there are any improvements to be made, prices I have wrong or anything else for that matter, the list is as follows:
Intel quad core QX6700 - 607.90
2 x XFX 8800GTX (SLi) - £801.96
NForce 680i SLI DDR2-1200 motherboard - £231.95
Xcilo 750W Power Supply - £82.94
OCZ 2gb DDR2 1066 Platinum - £320.45
NEC 7170 18X DUAL LAYER DVD +/- RW - £25.90
2 Hard drives
1 - Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gb SATAII - £29.49
2 - Samsung 400GB SATA II 16MB - £92.90
Eureka water cool ready aliminum case - £99.90
AGEIA PhysX Card - £110
ThermalTake CL-W0040 Syphony water cooler - £161.94
TOTAL - £2565.33
All the prices you see here are the cheapest I could find from two price comparison sites and ebay.
I also have a couple of questions, I am going to be running this on an LG 42" HDTV, does the 8800GTX support HD? Will I be able to run HD-DVDs? Also I have two hard drives on the list becasue I heard that running windows on a seperate drive to your games ect speeds up the PC, is this true?
I would really appreicate any criticism as long as its constructive, I think this may well be the ultimate in PC entertainment.
Thanks,
Jon