Hey guys i'm new to the forums and need some help building a new high end gaming rig. My current Budget it 3000 $ CDN but i am willing to higher if necessary. I have been reaseaching this for about a month but still need help narrowing down my choices.
So far i have decided on a Cool Master stacker 830 case, i have read a lot of reviews on it and to me it looks the most aesthetically pleasing. So far thats the easy part. For the processor i am looking at either the Q6600 or Q6700 quad core, i am planning to do a lot of overclocking and am wondering what kind of performance the Q6700 will give me over the Q6600 since its double the price.
For motherboards i know very little, i have heard a lot of good, as well as bad things about the Striker extreme. For now i will be using DDR2 ram so i dont need a MB with DDR3, however i would like my computer to be semi future proof as well as stable.
I havent looked too much into Ram yet but as i said 2 gigs would work great for me now.
Being semi new to computers i dont know much about RAID. My two main choices for HD's are the raptors, of course, and the western Digital 750 gig HD. Again this is 90% about gaming so yes i can sacrifice the extra money for the 10 000RPM.
Video cards is another issue as i have a 32" LCD widescreen TV. i like my games to look pretty so my choices would most likely include 8800 GTX SLI or Ultra's SLI. 2 GTX would probably do the job i know, but i like my games to run very smoothly and have no problem coughing up 400$ more for the ultra setup.
As for the rest of the components i am looking at water cooling because of all the over clocking and looking at a 3x ultra 1000W power supply. If anyone has anything extra to add i would love to hear it as i know very little thus far and would love the input
So far i have decided on a Cool Master stacker 830 case, i have read a lot of reviews on it and to me it looks the most aesthetically pleasing. So far thats the easy part. For the processor i am looking at either the Q6600 or Q6700 quad core, i am planning to do a lot of overclocking and am wondering what kind of performance the Q6700 will give me over the Q6600 since its double the price.
For motherboards i know very little, i have heard a lot of good, as well as bad things about the Striker extreme. For now i will be using DDR2 ram so i dont need a MB with DDR3, however i would like my computer to be semi future proof as well as stable.
I havent looked too much into Ram yet but as i said 2 gigs would work great for me now.
Being semi new to computers i dont know much about RAID. My two main choices for HD's are the raptors, of course, and the western Digital 750 gig HD. Again this is 90% about gaming so yes i can sacrifice the extra money for the 10 000RPM.
Video cards is another issue as i have a 32" LCD widescreen TV. i like my games to look pretty so my choices would most likely include 8800 GTX SLI or Ultra's SLI. 2 GTX would probably do the job i know, but i like my games to run very smoothly and have no problem coughing up 400$ more for the ultra setup.
As for the rest of the components i am looking at water cooling because of all the over clocking and looking at a 3x ultra 1000W power supply. If anyone has anything extra to add i would love to hear it as i know very little thus far and would love the input