New Build in Progress - Generic so far, would like to add a personality

[Rawmaterial]

^ thats a dated chipset.. i thik you mean p35-ds3l

Yup, to many **** tabs open.

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

 

[veg1992]

^ lol thats cool.. happens a lot.. anyways u might wanna change the word u have before tabs so u don't get an infraction from a mod.. believe me... i got in trouble atleast 2 times for that..

but i miss recommending that gigabyte p965-ds3

 

[Vaanish]

If you want to ake it more individual you could swap out the GTS for a 2900XT- it is a much better card after the recent driver improvments.

 

[veg1992]

^ actually.. thats a good idea... individuality is good... as long as u don't care for AA features... the hd2900xt is better

 

[Sardonic]

It comes down to CrossFire vs. SLI, doesn't it? Is that new card really 1GB of Graphical Memory?

 

[peterhuang913]

^ lol thats cool.. happens a lot.. anyways u might wanna change the word u have before tabs so u don't get an infraction from a mod.. believe me... i got in trouble atleast 2 times for that...

too late

 

[veg1992]

^ uh huh... ouch...

maybe they should censor out the word (where beaver's live)

 

[Rawmaterial]

wow, didn't know that was an infraction. i hear worst words when I take my 4 year old to the mall.

 

[veg1992]

^ rofl.. same when i took my gf to the mall... wow she looked pretty... (blank look on my face)

 

[Sardonic]

Updated Spec Sheet:



PSU - 550W XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P3 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100-240V / 200-240V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO
Newegg.com - XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P3 550W ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100-240V / 200-240V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO - Retail - $89.99

MoBo - Gigabyte P35-DS3R
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $129.99

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail - $204.99

RAM - Crucial Ballistix - Two 1 GB sticks 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail - $109.99

GPU - EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $269.99

HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $79.99

Monitor - SAMSUNG 216BW Black-Silver 21.6" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 3000:1
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 216BW Black-Silver 21.6" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 3000:1(1000:1) - Retail - $259.99

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Any ideas for a MoBo which has 2 PCIe X16 slots in order to one day take advantage of SLI? Or did I get it right in the OP when I said new MoBo's would be all the rage in a few years (when I'd upgrade) anyway?

Still looking for a sound card right now, but creative has one here that's not not worth considering.

So far this build would leave 2 PCI expansion slots & 2 USB2.0 slots [OPEN]