New PC i'm eyeballin ( gaming )

[Crown Clown]

ASUS P5N64 WS PRO WiFi LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail 450$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131321

OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $299.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227303

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail 330$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115042

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM two of these. 340$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136012


EVGA GeForce GTX 280 FTW two of these 1040$

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...eries%20Family

Need Advice on DVD Burner/DVD player / CD burner/player
Link me a good one please? ( dont want to spend more then 100 please )

Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB - Retail 250$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371012

XCLIO A380BK Fully Black High Gloss Finish SECC 1.0mm thickness ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail 110$ ( is it big enough? is the fans good enough? )

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811103010

Ok i know all of this stuff is going to be HOT like it's on Fire.. So Cooling.. Please help me on that! ( This is all USD )

Am i missing anything besides the CD/DVD Bay drive?

[vtfanmv5]

That's a lot of money.

I'd get an aftermarket cooler if you plan on overclocking.

[Crown Clown]

naw no overclocking

[shadowpr]

Not to take away from this thread, but didn't you just do a build? Wasn't that a gaming build?

And I remember you having problems, did you ever get those fixed?

And in another thread just a day or so ago, you asked for a low budget build.

Don't get me wrong, that build will be a beast, but it's not worth that much money. You could cut the cost down greatly while only losing marginal performance.

And you should really get a psu that is on slizone. The corsair 1000 would work.

[Crown Clown]

one was for my cousin the other was for my uncle's GF and this one is the master peice I myself have been saving up for. I wanted the best and this build is that :P

Yeap all problems I figured out.

[liambl]

Benchmarks show that the new WD6400AAKS drives outperform the Raptors in raw throughput and have the advantage of being 640GB as oppposed to 150GB. Although if you are set on the Raptors, this would be a good choice.

[Patch]

Unless you have some strong brand loyalty going on with Nvidia or think "Crossfire" sounds worse than "SLI", I suggest waiting 7 more days until the ATI 4870X2's are released.

Whether they're faster, slower, or the same as the GTX 280, I bet you'll win with the inevitable price shake up that happens.

There is really no good reason to go with a regular raptor over the faster 7200 drives, except maybe nostalgia. If money is no object and you want the fastest, then get the Velociraptor instead.

[Reista]

If heat is needed to be controlled a personally dont want water cooling but if you go air cooling i would get an after market cpu cooler eitherway and a case, instead of xclo would be the NXZT Tempest with some dual-fan pci port coolers =]

[vtfanmv5]

Originally Posted by Patch waiting 7 more days until the ATI 4870X2's are released.

Are those being released next week, for sure?

[Patch]

Originally Posted by vtfanmv5 Are those being released next week, for sure?

Expected date is 8/12/08. But since a graphics card release date is not included in "death and taxes".....can't comment on whether its "for sure".

[Crown Clown]

ill wait for those to come out. and wait for some reviews i guess. but i still want sli.

[Masaki 7-11]

If you want to make a really high end gaming computer for yourself, I would suggest waiting for the Nehalem processors and X58 motherboards (should have support for both SLI and Crossfire) which will come out in October. Clock for clock, Nehalem should be around 40% faster than Q9xxx series Quad Cores.

[Rigone]

Isn't the Nehelem suppose to be coming out to the mainstream next year? Right now I've heard it's only being released for servers and such.

If you're going with the 790i, I would go for the EVGA brand, it's $100 bucks less. It's the one in my rig right now and it overclocks quite nicely. Just make sure to get recommened memory as the 790i is extemely picky. I went with Corsairs XMS series and it works great. And unless you're doing lots and lots of multitasking, video encoding, etc.. I would save a ton and go for the E8500 processor which just dropped in price to $185 I believe. I have the 8400 version and it overclocks like a beast. I can get it to 4.2 on air with an AC Freezer Pro 7.

I have a Raptor too and I gotta tell ya, 2 of those are going to be Loud! There is nothing overwhelming about the speed though and I'm sure the 7200 recommended above would give you way more bang for your buck.

I agree you should wait for the new cards to come out, ATI is coming out with the 2gb ddr5's. I'm not sure if they'll be faster than the 280's, but Nvidia is bound to drop the price again.

[vtfanmv5]

The 4870X2s outperform the 280s by a fairly significant margin (maybe a solid 10-15%, haven't looked at reviews in awhile). There have been some reviews out for awhile now. And if nothing else, prices across the board will drop again, hopefully.

[Crown Clown]

How much is the nehalem and the X58 motherboards cus i only got 3G's to spend here..

[vtfanmv5]

They isn't out yet, so it are hard to say.

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by Crown Clown How much is the nehalem and the X58 motherboards cus i only got 3G's to spend here..

The lower end Nehalem for the high end platform is supposed to cost $284 and motherboards should be in the $300-$400 range depending on features. Mainstream Nehalem isn't coming out until Q3 2009 if Intel roadmaps are anything to go by.

[Crown Clown]

i cant tell.. witch one is better..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131321

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by Crown Clown i cant tell.. witch one is better.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131321 http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family

I would look for an Asus 790i motherboard that doesn't have WS (Workstation) in the title if you are looking for a high-end LGA775 motherboard. If you don't plan on overclocking, there isn't much point in going with a DDR3 motherboard unless you plan on using tri-SLI, if you are just going to have two cards running in SLI, a 780i motherboard with DDR2 should work great and will reduce the cost of your build which should help in getting better parts. If you plan on using one card, or crossfire, take a look at the X48 motherboards.