OrbitzXT
11-27-2006, 04:06 PM
Hello everyone, I've decided to go ahead and build my new computer. I think the parts I've picked out are good for now and will allow me to upgrade to a DirectX10 card when they become more mainstream. I looked at buying the 8800 but decided against it for now. Here are the parts I picked out, please tell me what you think.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor – Retail $308.00
EPoX EP-5P945C Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard – Retail $81.99
Crucial Technology 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory – Retail $269.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM $74.99
APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-SS Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail $54.99
ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink – Retail $42.99
Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W SLI Ready-ATX 12V V2.01 Power Supply 115/230 V CSA,UL,TUV – Retail $64.00
XFX PVT71JYHE9 GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card – Retail $299.99
ALPS Silver 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model DF354H168F – OEM $8.99
LITE-ON White 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner – OEM $29.99
Just glancing over that does anyone have any recommendations that I look at another product or do you think I've picked out the goods? I'm somewhat of a heavy gamer so I need performance, I think and hope these parts will provide the power I need.
Edit: I just read something on Wikipedia that I didn't know, but I wanted to confirm it here and ask for advice.
"Unlike the previous Pentium 4 and Pentium D design, the Core 2 technology sees a greater benefit from memory running synchronously with the Front Side Bus (FSB). This means that for the Conroe CPUs with FSB of 1066 MT/s, the ideal memory speed is PC2-4200. In some configurations, using PC2-5300 can actually decrease performance. Only when going to PC2-6400 is there a significant performance increase. While expensive DDR2 memory models with tighter timings do improve performance, the difference in real world games and applications is negligible."
I had planned on getting PC2-5300 as you can see in my list of parts, should I consider getting PC2-4200 as the article in Wikipedia suggests? I know Wikipedia isn't always 100% correct so I wanted to ask about it here where I know everyone is always 100% right
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor – Retail $308.00
EPoX EP-5P945C Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard – Retail $81.99
Crucial Technology 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory – Retail $269.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM $74.99
APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-SS Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail $54.99
ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink – Retail $42.99
Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W SLI Ready-ATX 12V V2.01 Power Supply 115/230 V CSA,UL,TUV – Retail $64.00
XFX PVT71JYHE9 GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card – Retail $299.99
ALPS Silver 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model DF354H168F – OEM $8.99
LITE-ON White 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner – OEM $29.99
Just glancing over that does anyone have any recommendations that I look at another product or do you think I've picked out the goods? I'm somewhat of a heavy gamer so I need performance, I think and hope these parts will provide the power I need.
Edit: I just read something on Wikipedia that I didn't know, but I wanted to confirm it here and ask for advice.
"Unlike the previous Pentium 4 and Pentium D design, the Core 2 technology sees a greater benefit from memory running synchronously with the Front Side Bus (FSB). This means that for the Conroe CPUs with FSB of 1066 MT/s, the ideal memory speed is PC2-4200. In some configurations, using PC2-5300 can actually decrease performance. Only when going to PC2-6400 is there a significant performance increase. While expensive DDR2 memory models with tighter timings do improve performance, the difference in real world games and applications is negligible."
I had planned on getting PC2-5300 as you can see in my list of parts, should I consider getting PC2-4200 as the article in Wikipedia suggests? I know Wikipedia isn't always 100% correct so I wanted to ask about it here where I know everyone is always 100% right