- Feb 7, 2007
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OK, holiday season is here and this is the best chance for me to build a new computer rig (having the family buy certain computer parts).
I want to build a rig that would leave me some room for upgrades but will last me at least 2 or 3 years (I know how fast technology advances).
I do not plan on overclocking anything. I want to get back into gaming... I do photo editing and a little video editing.
At the moment I am giving myself about a $1500 budget.
My current options/choices are:
CPU:E6750 or the Q6600.
MB: ???
MEMORY: either the G.Skill DDR2 800 4GB kit or the Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2GB kit
HDD:Hard drives, probably the WD SE16 500GB for both the OS and RAID 5 setup.
VIDEO: I can wait for the EVGA 8800GT SSC to be more readily available or even the EVGA 8800GTS SSC (the new one). Even heard there might be a 256MB of the 8800GT.
SOUND: X-Fi XtremeGamer.
CASE: Antec P182.
PSU: the new Corsair 750W.
My main questions are:
What motherboard is rich in features but in the $150 range? I am open to any brand (currently I use alot of MSI boards). 680i SLI or P35?
Video card... how long do I wait for the new version of the 8800GTS to come out or even the 256MB version of the 8800GT? Or should I just get the 512MB 8800GT?
Memory... 4GB overkill or is 2GB plenty?
To answer any remaining questions, I am probably going to stick with XP for now, will not switch to VISTA till SP1 is released.
Any comments/opinions are appreciated.
Thanks.
I want to build a rig that would leave me some room for upgrades but will last me at least 2 or 3 years (I know how fast technology advances).
I do not plan on overclocking anything. I want to get back into gaming... I do photo editing and a little video editing.
At the moment I am giving myself about a $1500 budget.
My current options/choices are:
CPU:E6750 or the Q6600.
MB: ???
MEMORY: either the G.Skill DDR2 800 4GB kit or the Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2GB kit
HDD:Hard drives, probably the WD SE16 500GB for both the OS and RAID 5 setup.
VIDEO: I can wait for the EVGA 8800GT SSC to be more readily available or even the EVGA 8800GTS SSC (the new one). Even heard there might be a 256MB of the 8800GT.
SOUND: X-Fi XtremeGamer.
CASE: Antec P182.
PSU: the new Corsair 750W.
My main questions are:
What motherboard is rich in features but in the $150 range? I am open to any brand (currently I use alot of MSI boards). 680i SLI or P35?
Video card... how long do I wait for the new version of the 8800GTS to come out or even the 256MB version of the 8800GT? Or should I just get the 512MB 8800GT?
Memory... 4GB overkill or is 2GB plenty?
To answer any remaining questions, I am probably going to stick with XP for now, will not switch to VISTA till SP1 is released.
Any comments/opinions are appreciated.
Thanks.