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[diabloplayer75]

Rate this build! After several days of research and getting advice left and right this was the best I came up with for the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 C2D E8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130318 Evga 8800GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059 Gigabite P35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267 OCZ 4gb Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288 Seagate 500gb HD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119152 Coolmaster 590
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154 Samsung Dvd+r
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 Corsair 650w psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011 Zerotherm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116204 Vista 64bit home premium

Thanks :) Comes out to 1190 after shipping and tax, 1105 after all rebates!

I was going to go with a Q9450 originally, but that required a better mobo to overclock good and such, this just turned out much more price efficient, any feed back is appreciated.

One little note, i might get the antec 900 instead of the coolmaster case

[Ajmukon]

all good

PSU is "iffy", but i have not heard anything bad about corsair (but then again, i never heard of that company making PSU before...)

And your CPU is a retail version: it comes with a pretty good Heat sink.

unless your doing over clocking, a better heat sink is not needed

if you are worried about overheating, buy another 120mm fan to install on the top. it already has the holes.

[diabloplayer75]

Yeah, i'm planing on over clocking to 4ghz.. maybe push 4.2ghz we will see. I am going with the antec 900 now

[odannyboy000]

If this is a gaming rig (which it seems to be), I would go with a different motherboard. Get one that supports SLI and PCI-E 2.0

[diabloplayer75]

What does PCI-E 2.0 do for me?

I do stream videos from my pc to my xbox360 downstairs to watch on the hd-tv am i not going to be able to do that without firewire?

[Heartborne]

I don't recommend the gigabyte motherboard. As I've said on these forums before, they're cheap for a reason. Look at the reviews; a lot of these ship DOA.
I caution you, don't go cheap on a motherboard. That is not the place to save money. You WILL regret it later.
On that note, I'm not an expert on overclocking but I'm not sure that you CAN overclock that high, and even if you could it would be a really bad idea. That's a huge difference and that in itself makes me suspicious that it is even remotely safe.

Get yourself a better board, preferably from someone like EVGA, PNY or another manufacturer who's got a good reputation.

[Heartborne]

Another thing... it's also a bad idea to go cheap on a case if you're building a gaming machine. With all that power going on inside, especially if you're overclocking, 2 fans MIGHT be okay but might also fail you completely when it comes to keeping your hardware cool. Just something to think about.

[jsmith991]

I went down the same road you did... pricing out pc components, considering overclocking, etc. all for the good of gaming.

Before you do anything, check out this company (http://www.bossgamingsystems.com). They have crazy low prices, the delivery was fast, the PC's are great looking, performance is outstanding and STABILITY (which is the most important aspect in gaming today) was top notch. Look through the different models they have listed and I'm sure you'll find one in the price range you're looking for. As a previous poster had mentioned, they are all crossfire/sli ready motherboards as well, so upgrading potential is there if you want to work up to a great machine. Or just buy it ready to go. Your call.

I actually went back to them to outfit my business with several of their pc's.