Building a new system from scratch. Would like some input on some of the specifics. First of all..
Quad or Dual core? Are there any gaming titles being released the next year that'll take advantage of 4 cores? Does the Quad core get much warmer, and does it overclock equally good? (I dont overclock that much, but a moderate oc without having to many worries of heat/noise would be a plus.)
Vista is just around the corner, I'm assuming 4GB RAM will be the next "standard"? Or is this still meaningless? Any special considerations I should take when buying RAM?
8800GTX SLI is obvously a must these days, any brands that stand out? (High performance, less noise etc.)
On my current system I have a couple of WD Raptors in raid 0 for my system and gaming drives. Is there any point to this now that SATA2 disks are widely available?
Are there any complete water cooling solutions available for a system like this? (Two 8800 gpus, one cpu and possibly one northbridge cooler..?)
Also, any general feedback would be of interest, PSU recommendation for example. Think performance, not budget.
Quad or Dual core? Are there any gaming titles being released the next year that'll take advantage of 4 cores? Does the Quad core get much warmer, and does it overclock equally good? (I dont overclock that much, but a moderate oc without having to many worries of heat/noise would be a plus.)
Vista is just around the corner, I'm assuming 4GB RAM will be the next "standard"? Or is this still meaningless? Any special considerations I should take when buying RAM?
8800GTX SLI is obvously a must these days, any brands that stand out? (High performance, less noise etc.)
On my current system I have a couple of WD Raptors in raid 0 for my system and gaming drives. Is there any point to this now that SATA2 disks are widely available?
Are there any complete water cooling solutions available for a system like this? (Two 8800 gpus, one cpu and possibly one northbridge cooler..?)
Also, any general feedback would be of interest, PSU recommendation for example. Think performance, not budget.