GamingRig Build

Im planning building a gaming rig using the following parts:

*eVGA 750i FTW MoBo

*Intel Core 2 Quad 9300 2.50Ghz (Planning OC to 3.4Ghz)

*eVGA 9800GTX SSC 512MB

*Ultra X-Pro 750w PSU

*NZXT Apollo Black ATX Mid-Tower Case

*OCZ SLI-Ready 4GB DualChannel DDR2 @800mhz

*Zalman 9500 CPU cooler

do u think they will perform fine? any suggestions are 100% welcome! =D

Yeah, I wouldn't plan on overclocking that Q9300 to 3.4GHz and having it stable 24/7. That's over a 450MHz bus speed, and a fairly decent overclock on RAM that might not be able to handle it. Not saying it won't happen, but don't plan on it.

And get a better power supply. The X3 line is the only worthy line of power supplies from Ultra.

Thank you, then the Q6600 is better? and the X3 PSUs are a bit expensive, but well i'd continue saving money for it, thanks so much RayvinAzn! =Dfrios302004

the q6600 will more than likely (g0 stepping ofcourse) get up to3.6 or higher with that cooler, but ebery chip is different,

and if i were you i wouldnt by ultra as for theprice, u should invest in something form antec, ocz, or corsair. If you want modular, then id go wtih a corsair 620w modular, should power that setup and a second 9800 as well

Actually i would stay with the Q9300 the latest maximum pc mag puts the Q9300 ahead of the Q6600 in almost every catagory.eric0626

At stock, sure - it's to be expected, the Q9300 only loses 1MB of L2 cache, but gets an extra 100MHz in clock speed, and the Core 2 Quad processors are not starved for L2 cache unless you go below 2MB per core. The Q6700 is about the same price, and will likely perform better than the Q9300, and will certainly overclock better.