Marne_Aeok Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Aeok's Budget Build Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM EVGA 896-P3-1265-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail Logitech G15 2-Tone USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard - Retail Logitech G9 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse - Retail CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5D - Retail GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 - Retail Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM LITE-ON Black 6X Blu-Ray DVD ROM & 16X DVD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoosty Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 Both will work. Only the Gigabyte board will come with SLI Bridges. Will you be water cooling the GigabyteX58 Extreme board, if not would suggest you get GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $298.99 :thumbs-up: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128362 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marne_Aeok Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 thanks for the headsup on the x58 mobo. i switched it up. the "budget" build is still running me 1500 bucks. i need to trim a few more corners and still be able to game decently plz help me make this to just about 1k. i think i can lower the PSU a bit. i wanna SLI the 260's but dunno the minimum power needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) thanks for the headsup on the x58 mobo. i switched it up. the "budget" build is still running me 1500 bucks. i need to trim a few more corners and still be able to game decently plz help me make this to just about 1k. i think i can lower the PSU a bit. i wanna SLI the 260's but dunno the minimum power needed. Two 260's in SLI will be a rarely reached maximum of approximately 275W. You could drop the power supply to a good quality 550-600W unit without much trouble. Edit: .... keep the Corsair TX750W it will give you some leeway and it's a great power supply for the money! Cheers Paul Edited December 27, 2008 by paulktreg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted December 27, 2008 Posted December 27, 2008 If you're gaming I don't see why you would need a Blu-Ray drive as games use DVD. You could also save a few bucks by getting an E8400, won't perform any slower than that E8500. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marne_Aeok Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 (edited) wherd. ill drop it to the 8400. im trying to hit 4ghz on air. using a solid copper TRUE with 2 150cfm fans ina push pull config. i just saw the nifty fan brackets on frozencpu.com also i want the bluray drive cuz im not dropping 600 bucks on the ps3 Edited December 28, 2008 by Marne_Aeok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marne_Aeok Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 (edited) just stumbled upon the q6600.....tempting Edited December 28, 2008 by Marne_Aeok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 the q6600 is the same price lol i duno why people still buy duos. get the cheapest case you can find (that will hold SLI which is mid-atx). grab a different psu since corsair just sucks overall (in my views). grab a dvd drive and you got a computer for $800. CPU: Q6600 $170 MB: GIGABYTE $150 Memory: OCZ reapers 8gb $80 with reabates case: $50 PSU: $50-100 (depending on rebates) keyboard and mouse: M$ mouse $20 Logitech G15 $40 HDD: 1TB seagate $100 2x Geforce 260s $400 ($200 each) Total: $1100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieg1337 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 the q6600 is the same price lol i duno why people still buy duos. get the cheapest case you can find (that will hold SLI which is mid-atx). grab a different psu since corsair just sucks overall (in my views). grab a dvd drive and you got a computer for $800. CPU: Q6600 $170 MB: GIGABYTE $150 Memory: OCZ reapers 8gb $80 with reabates case: $50 PSU: $50-100 (depending on rebates) keyboard and mouse: M$ mouse $20 Logitech G15 $40 HDD: 1TB seagate $100 2x Geforce 260s $400 ($200 each) Total: $1100 First of all the duo's when overclocked own the Q6600 pretty badly. Second, Corsair is very good, keep the PSU(Not sure why anyone would say it sucks <_< ) And where did you find a Logitech G15 for $40? Also I wouldn't waste money on 8gb of memory, just go with 4gb. Also for the Harddrive I would go with the Samsung 500GB Spinpoint F1. I also don't know where you found GTX 260's for $200. And if you do get GTX 260's get the 55nm versions or the 216core version as they are better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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