Son of Odin Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 A good friend of mine just got back from the Army and he's looking to build a PC. I haven't been looking around the technology world since dual core was the most awesome thing out there. Lol.. As far as I know, he'd like a Quad-core processor, so he wants to go Intel. Ah, nVidia on the graphics. I'm aiming for the top of the mid-range stuff on all the components, he doesn't need the latest and greatest (that's going to be old news in 6 months). I'll probably try to keep it under $1,500 seeing how he already has a monitor and two external 500 gig drives. So.. Any suggestions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Odin Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Q6600 evga 880GTS 2gb Crucial Ballistix Ram Smilodon case Enough space Soundblaster w/remote I'm thinking about skilling the soundcard and doubling the ram.. Any Suggestions on motherboards? I doubt he'll do any SLI stuff, but as far as I know the nvidia chipsets are best correct? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbrown23 Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Q6600evga 880GTS 2gb Crucial Ballistix Ram Smilodon case Enough space Soundblaster w/remote I'm thinking about skilling the soundcard and doubling the ram.. Any Suggestions on motherboards? I doubt he'll do any SLI stuff, but as far as I know the nvidia chipsets are best correct? you could probably find some cheaper ram that is the same if not better than those crucials, then you could get a cheaper sound card and more ram, and for a mobo, try to get one that doesn't need a bios flash in order to utilize that quad core, just soome thoughts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKillSteal Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Get the 8800GT or the new 8800GTS 512 if you can find them in stock. BOTH are better than the GTS 640...Snag this PSU while you're at it, too. As for mobo's, give the Gigabyte P35-DS3R a look. It's a good board, it's cheap and it can OC nicely. What more could one ask for? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 EVGA 8800GTS (G92) 512MB - 360$ <-- although less memory, a better card! I agree on the OCZ GameXStream iKillSteal recommended, can't go wrong there Mobo wise, check out either of these: Abit IP35-Pro - 180$ Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 - 180$ Both of them are top boards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 EVGA 8800GTS (G92) 512MB - 360$ <-- although less memory, a better card! I agree on the OCZ GameXStream iKillSteal recommended, can't go wrong there Mobo wise, check out either of these: Abit IP35-Pro - 180$ Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 - 180$ I'll second these suggestions. Looks like between what king posted here and what you've already got, it's a very good build. If you're going with a Q6600 and an nVidia card, you might want to think about an SLI board though, like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Nooo @ Verran, BAD idea! 680i + Quads = Pain in the Behind! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Nooo @ Verran, BAD idea! 680i + Quads = Pain in the Behind! 680i + 65nm Quads = Problems. 680i + 45nm Quad = Quadruple problems.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
upok Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Nooo @ Verran, BAD idea! 680i + Quads = Pain in the Behind! I have an evga 680i with the q6600 and I can run it at 3.3 all day, everyday without any problems. I've had it up around 3.6 but it takes too much work keeping it stable. Maybe I'm just one of the lucky ones, but my 680i has been a very good board for me over the last 10 months. I just got a Gigabyte p35c-ds3r for Christmas and will hopefully get around to installing it this weekend, so who knows, maybe I'll just be blown away by the performance difference. Maybe not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Upok, I'm guessing you got lucky there, but I've read about SO many problems with the 680i and Quads, it's not even funny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
werty316 Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 I agree on the OCZ GameXStream iKillSteal recommended, can't go wrong there Mobo wise, check out either of these:Abit IP35-Pro - 180$ Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 - 180$ Both of them are top boards If he doesn't care about SLI I would go for those. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 SLI is a waste, had SLIed 7800GT's as well. Not worth it, the performance increase wasn't too great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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