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Grimspoon
06-10-2007, 06:29 PM
Here's what I'm looking at:


Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Retail

Evga Nforce 680I Sli LGA775 Conroe Atx DDR2 2PCI-E16 2PCI SATA2 Sound Gblan 1394 Motherboard (122-CK-NF63-TR)

Patriot Signature Line 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL5 240PIN Memory Dual Channel Dimm Kit - (x2)

BFG GeForce 8800GTX OC 600MHZ 768MB 1.8GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

Silverstone Zeus ST75ZF 750W ATX12V 20/24PIN Power Supply W/80MM Fan Active PFC Quad SLI Certified

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive

Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme 6 Heatpipe Cooler LGA775 Heatsink *Fan Not Included*

Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 Atx 9 Drive Bay No Ps Top USB2.0 1394 Audio


http://home.cogeco.ca/~sgrodzinski/system.jpg


It's been a real long time since I've built a new system - over 6 years now - and it's been a while since I've really took a good hard look at harware. So please, let me know if you see anything obviously wrong, things I should be cuatious about or whatever I seem to be missing.


A few specific questions:

Will I be able to run 4 GB of ram in this setup?

Will I be able to put a quad core CPU in that motherboard sometime down the road?


Budget isn't too much of an issue. I'm not going for an insane extreme gamer's rig, just something that relatively powerful.

The hardware listed totals in at $1,822.62 CAD. Less than 2k after tax, insurance and whatever else.

Starcade RIP
06-10-2007, 06:32 PM
You might want to wait until after July 22nd. Intel is doing a price drop then, from what I understand.

Grimspoon
06-10-2007, 06:38 PM
That's a long time to wait. The prices have already fallen quite a bit on the Core 2 Duos. I've been putting off buying a new PC for such a long time now. I'm finally itching to get back into PC gaming.

zombie cpt
06-10-2007, 06:48 PM
RAM question...our mobo supports up to 8 gigs of ram I think but software wise...read this post. Long story short, use a 64bit os for 4 or more gigs.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035670

Quad core question...again your mobo should be able to handle a Core 2 Quad unless EVGA is lying in their specs.

I'm no expert so don't take what I said as absolute truth.