I'm planning to buy and build a new system in the next week or so. I built my current rig almost 5 years ago, and, despite periodic upgrades, it's becoming a little dated.
As the title of this post suggests, the computer will be primarily used for gaming, as well as other general computer tasks. I'm willing to spend up to around $1700, but, at this point, it just doesn't seem necessary at all. I'm ordering from the U.S., and yeah, I'm planning to overclock
I'll be reusing a 74GB WD Raptor and another 300GB HD as well as a Creative sound card, a 24" LCD, some speakers/headphones and various other peripherals. Here's what I'm looking at so far:
Case - Antec P182
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale
HSF - Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1000
GPU - EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
PSU - Corsair 620HX
OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
I'll also be ordering a DVD drive and some extra fans/thermal paste and one of those bolt-thru kits for the Xigmatek.
The components come out to be about $1150 or so. I'd be willing to spend some more if there were any worthwhile upgrades, but at this point there doesn't seem to be any need. I'll probably be utilizing the EVGA step-up program to upgrade to one of the new GTX280s when they come out in a month or so.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks,
As the title of this post suggests, the computer will be primarily used for gaming, as well as other general computer tasks. I'm willing to spend up to around $1700, but, at this point, it just doesn't seem necessary at all. I'm ordering from the U.S., and yeah, I'm planning to overclock
I'll be reusing a 74GB WD Raptor and another 300GB HD as well as a Creative sound card, a 24" LCD, some speakers/headphones and various other peripherals. Here's what I'm looking at so far:
Case - Antec P182
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale
HSF - Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1000
GPU - EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
PSU - Corsair 620HX
OS - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
I'll also be ordering a DVD drive and some extra fans/thermal paste and one of those bolt-thru kits for the Xigmatek.
The components come out to be about $1150 or so. I'd be willing to spend some more if there were any worthwhile upgrades, but at this point there doesn't seem to be any need. I'll probably be utilizing the EVGA step-up program to upgrade to one of the new GTX280s when they come out in a month or so.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks,