A Good Gaming Build!?

Im building a new gaming rig and this is what I have so far:

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It has a 750i Nforce Motherboard

4GB OCZ 800Mhz RAM

2 8800GTS 512mb in SLI

Core 2 Quad Q6600

WD 640GB HDD

OCZ 700W PSU

Asus Black 16x DVD-ROM 48x CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM

Windows Vista Premium 64bit

All housed in an Antec Nine Hundred Case and an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Oh...and all of that costs around 1450 dollars.

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Here's the links for further examination!

The PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

The Motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232

The RAM (Memory):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267

The Graphics Card's:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130325

The Processor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

The Hard-drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

The Cooling:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

The Case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

DVD Drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135151

Windows Vista Premium 64bit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

So what do you all think?...Any good? And is everything compatible with each other?

Thanks for any comments you provide!

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i'm skeptical about quad cores, especially the q6600, since it's an older model of quad cores. but since you're overclocking it'll turn out good, i hope. bear in mind that E8400 processors will perform better in most games in this period of time.

you might want to switch to hd4850 cards, they're better (so far specs go) and they're cheaper, with the money you save you could probably get a q9450 processor, or something along those lines. or you can just run the cards in CF (that is, if your MOBO has more than two PCI-E 16x video slots).

are you sure the motherboard has socket 775 for the processor? i can't verify it on the newegg website.

Yes, that mobo has a 775 port, it will work great.

And, if he wanted to CF two 4850's, he couldn't use that board. Nvidia chipsets cannot utilize CF technology, only SLI.

And, if he wanted to CF two 4850's, he couldn't use that board. Nvidia chipsets cannot utilize CF technology, only SLI.

holmes88777

oops, missed that one out. :-(

anyway, i'm sure the performance of a hd470 card (oced version, or hd4870 toxic) will outperform the 8800GTS in SLI, and it's cheaper too.

I'd get the 4870x2 if you want to wait

or just a 4870
Single card solutions take up less space in your case and have less hot hair piling up on the bottom o' the case

I'd personally go for a single card solution. It may be worth it to wait a few weeks for the 4870x2. No crossfire neccessary, and you can get a great P45 board for overclocking. holmes88777

P45 board? Whats the main difference between the board I have and a P45? Lol I dont know the most about computers .

Thanks.

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