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Good choice of mother board, Asus makes a fine one, though I would have gone with an AMD based system for gaming.
And the video card.... you'd have been better off with the nVidia GeForce 8800
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(04-20-2007, 12:00 AM)Goku1 link Wrote: Good choice of mother board, Asus makes a fine one, though I would have gone with an AMD based system for gaming.
And the video card.... you'd have been better off with the nVidia GeForce 8800
Hmmmmmmmm......PNY is the manufacturer, it is a Nividia GeForce 8800.
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ok i updated my parts
video card: PNY Nivida GeForce 880 GTS 640MB- $499.9 9
Case: Antec Solo Black Mid Tower- $99.99
Power Supply:Antec TruePowerTrio 650 Watt ( because of tank)- $119.99
CPU: intel Pentium Duo Core E6300- $180
Motherboard:Asus P5B Intel P965 Express socket LGA 755- $142 (now could use DDR4200)
hard drive: Seagate 300GB- $119.99
RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR2 PC2- 6400/ 800MHz- $88.99
DVD/CD RW: Aamsung 18x Internal DVD CD RW- $59.99
Heatsink: Cool Master Hyper TX 755CPU cooler- $ 29.99
Fans: 2 Antec Tri cool 92mm Fan- $6.99 each
so far about 1340.91 i have to buy the part at a local Frys becuase my mom doesn't trust me buying stuff online :'(
and im thinking of buying
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audo cound card - $ 59.99
Antec Super Cyclone Blower- 14.99 (to keep my comp cool in the summer)
Antec Vcool Blower- 19.99 (too keep my Graphics card cool durring the summer)
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well my mom lets me buy some stuff online so the other option is
FRYS
Video Card: PNY 8800GTS 640MB- 499.99
Power Supply: Antec TruePowerTrio 650watt- 119.99
Heatsink: Cool Master Hyper TX 755 CPU Cooler- 29.99
Fans: 2 Antec Tri Cool 92mm Fan- 6.99 each
Case: Antec Solo Black Mid Tower- 99.99
Hard Drive: Seagate 300GB hard drive- 119.99
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Memory: OCZ Platium Revision2 1GB DDR800 PC2 6400- 99.99
DVD/CD Drive: Samsung 18x Internal drive- 30.99
CPU: Intel Pentium Duo Core E6400- 196.00
Mother Board: Asus P5B-E INtel P965 Lga 775- 146.99
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I wouldn't purchase jack from Frys....not in the least because you would be buying electronic parts from a place called "Frys"  But I did purchase RAM from them and it...well, it fried lol. Buuuut that's just me. *shrugs*
The TruePower power supply is a good one. I just wish the cabling was modular like some that are out there. Ah well, all in good time.
I'm curious, but is that mobo able to be upgraded in terms of CPU? You may not actually do that but it's always nice to have that option if you so chose to.
Looks like you have plenty of cooling. I love that the case comes with an air filter. I bought a small furnace filter and put it against Death Vader here due to the massive amount of dust in the air. :  Still runs like a dream.
I don't think you'd need a cooler for your vid card. I know that my 8800GTS has a built in fan on it, but I could be mistaken.
Overall, it's not looking like a bad build from what I can see. The only thing that I'm curious about is the heatsink. And are you only getting one RAM stick or two?
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well the 8800GTS does have a build in fan but i want to keep it cool even in the hot summer and yeah i am using 1 stick of Ram right now, but i would prob buy antoher when i save some more money  i think i have enough for the parts if i go to a coin star machine and empy my loose change jar
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Well, if you're worried about keeping your vid card cooled, I know there's a liquid cooled version of the geForce 8800 running around out there with 1 gig of DDR2. runs about $850ish right now. worth looking into.
It's best to watch a furball collapse, analyzing the movements of the enemy. Watch how they maneuver, when they fire, how they break. Visualize your own attacks against those observations, then go in for the kill. Sometimes, though, you don't get that advantage. It's at these times where you go in guns blazing, but keep your head on a swivel.
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nah, im not into watercooling water and electrical stuff to me doesn't go to gether, and water cooling makes alot of noise and i want my comp to be quite. thats why i got the Antec Solo Black Mid Tower its has side damping pannals to keep the noise away and the rubber bands to suspen my HDD ( kinda scarced it would drop my HDD ) to keep the noise down ;D
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i wonder are all the power supplies the same size because im wonder if a 650Watt power suplie can fit into a mid tower ???
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Yea, I wondered that myself when I was researching mine, and yes, they generally are the same size. The way to check, if I recall correctly, is if the PS is made for an ATX type tower or not. If it is, and the tower can hold ATX mobos, you'll be fine.
I bought two gigs of RAM for a good price. Was a 2-for-1 deal I think. Might wanna look into that, see if you can save yourself trouble in the future.
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