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Old 06-28-2009, 05:56 PM   #1
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Well I am going to be building a Gaming PC by the end of the summer hopefully. Trying not to spend a WHOLE lot but still trying to keep performance good. Here is what I am getting...

Case: NZXT Apollo Black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146025) BOUGHT

PSU: Corsair 550W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=corsair%20550) BOUGHT

Motherboard: ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 Intel P45 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...%20Motherboard)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...MB%20L2%20Cach)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102770)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar 640GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20640GB%207200)

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488)

Now here's my question to this build. I need to buy RAM but I'm not sure whether to buy 800 or 1066. I don't think I will be doing SERIOUS OCing. I might go with this Ram (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122) but I'm not sure. If you guys can give me a idea on what I should do that would be awesome.

Also to this build I hope to God I have a well enough PSU to support this. From what I've saw I think a 550W will do good. I probably made a stupid mistake by buying the PSU early.

If you want to help me out or leave any comments or anything with or about my build that would be great.

Thanks.
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Old 06-28-2009, 06:13 PM   #2
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That ram and PSU are both fine. Don't get a SE16 drive, get a Black.
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Old 06-28-2009, 07:23 PM   #3
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So the G.Skill 2x2 800 Ram is fine? I will also get the Black.
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Old 06-28-2009, 07:26 PM   #4
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So the G.Skill 2x2 800 Ram is fine? I will also get the Black.
G.SKILL is fine RAM, and you don't need anything faster than 800 in that setup.
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