$1100 Gaming PC

Ok so here is the PC that I am going to be putting together at the end of the month. Let me know what you guys think.

https://secure.newegg.com/newversion/wishlist/mysavedwishdetail.asp?ID=7550772

not sure why its not working, I made sure I had it shared. Oh well. Maybe this link will work. Oh, and its no longer 1100 its 1500 now, I wanted the new Nvidia 7 series chipet on mobo, plus Vista Ultimate.

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=7550772

for starters, ultimate isnt worth it, you wont use the extra feratures it has unless u work in corporate office etc. home premium is better

unless the third pci-e slot is a must, (tri sli is a waste of money imo) try the eVGA 750i FTW, it has AMAZING overclocking, plus features like a cmos reset button, power and reset ont he bard, etc.

with the money you jsut saved you could go 8800gts 512mb sli if you wish which would be amazing performance for todaty's standards, hell even tomorows standards lol

for the psu, newegg has a deal witht he corsair 650w psu, it costs 115$ and has free shipping so its cheaper than the 550w and this one has a 20$ mir. it is much stronger than the raidmax, which is a must if you go sli with the 8800gts's

good luck wiht your build man

oh and here are the links for those items

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188026&Tpk=750i%2bftw
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150261
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=corsair%2b650w

Ok a couple of gripes.

1. WTF do you need all those fans for? It's going to end up like $30 before shipping, and for what? You can't even put those fans in their without modding the case yourself or replacing existing ones. Quite frankly it seems like money that could be spent elsewhere.

2.You wont need 3 way SLI, and your absolutely insane if you think your PSU will take it.

3. That PSU is fairly low quality, and I believe its one of the lowest tiers PSUs you can get.

4. The 9800GTX is overated, you can get a way better price/performance ratio with an 8800GTS.

5.Why do you need a DVD reader, and another for writing? The later of the two can do both...

6. The Freezer 7 Pro comes with pre-applied thermal compound, thats onpar with AS-5, so you can take out that Artic Silver.

[QUOTE="Trilvester"]Ok don't buy the crap that is the 9800GTX. What you should do is get 2 9600GTs since you are getting an SLI motherboard. That is the best price/performance combination in the $300 range. It might even be cheaper since you can get a 9600GT for $120 in some places. Nvidia did something right this time because the 9600GT scales very well with SLI. Where is your PSU? http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/default.asp[/QUOTE]

What is he going to do if he wants to upgrade in the future? Get two more 9600gt's? If you get the 9800gtx or even a 8800gts you can buy another card in the future.

[QUOTE="Trilvester"]Ok don't buy the crap that is the 9800GTX. What you should do is get 2 9600GTs since you are getting an SLI motherboard. That is the best price/performance combination in the $300 range. It might even be cheaper since you can get a 9600GT for $120 in some places. Nvidia did something right this time because the 9600GT scales very well with SLI. Where is your PSU? http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/default.asp[/QUOTE]

What is he going to do if he wants to upgrade in the future? Get two more 9600gt's? If you get the 9800gtx or even a 8800gts you can buy another card in the future.

artiedeadat40

[QUOTE="artiedeadat40"]

[QUOTE="Trilvester"]Ok don't buy the crap that is the 9800GTX. What you should do is get 2 9600GTs since you are getting an SLI motherboard. That is the best price/performance combination in the $300 range. It might even be cheaper since you can get a 9600GT for $120 in some places. Nvidia did something right this time because the 9600GT scales very well with SLI. Where is your PSU? http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_9600_gt_sli_performance/default.asp Trilvester

What is he going to do if he wants to upgrade in the future? Get two more 9600gt's? If you get the 9800gtx or even a 8800gts you can buy another card in the future.

QFT.

SLI is hardly ever worth it, and the 9800GTX doesn't give the performance it should for the price.