Hey Fellas I'm trying to build up a decent gaming rig firstly i am not going to overclock it and i just wanna get the best bang for my buck.. i have come up with the following items:
case - Thermaltake Silver Eureka Aluminium Full Tower Case with 430w PowerSupply (VC8000SWA) $272.30
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Processor 4MB L2 Cache 2.40 GHz Clock Speed Socket LGA775 FSB 1066MHz $326.60
Hard disk - Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000rpm SATA 16MB, 4.5msR 5.9msW 816Mbits (WD740ADFD) $234.10
Western Digital Caviar® SE16, 400GB, 7200Rpm, SATA2, 3.5", 16MB Cache (WD4000AAKS) $175.30
Mobo - Asus Striker Motherboard, Socket LGA775, NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™, 1333 FSB, Dual DDR2, 2x PCIEx16, RAID, Gigabit LAN, 1394a, ATX $445.70
PSU - SilverStone ST75ZF 750 Watt Power Supply Black SLI ready 80mm fan Dual PCI-E 6pin connectors Four SATA connectors Active PFC $234.80
Ram - G.SKILL - 2GB (1 GB x 2) PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) 5-5-5-15 Dual Channel (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) $143.80
Graphic Card - Asus EN8800GTS-HTDP-640 GF8800GTS 640MB DDR3 PCIex16 HDTV 2xDVI-I HDCP $683.20
if i can get it under $2000 ill be very happy, or otherwise $3000 it will be okay...
The Site im looking at is www.mwave.com.au .. thats the cheapest i've seen so far
total - $2,515.80
case - Thermaltake Silver Eureka Aluminium Full Tower Case with 430w PowerSupply (VC8000SWA) $272.30
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Processor 4MB L2 Cache 2.40 GHz Clock Speed Socket LGA775 FSB 1066MHz $326.60
Hard disk - Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000rpm SATA 16MB, 4.5msR 5.9msW 816Mbits (WD740ADFD) $234.10
Western Digital Caviar® SE16, 400GB, 7200Rpm, SATA2, 3.5", 16MB Cache (WD4000AAKS) $175.30
Mobo - Asus Striker Motherboard, Socket LGA775, NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™, 1333 FSB, Dual DDR2, 2x PCIEx16, RAID, Gigabit LAN, 1394a, ATX $445.70
PSU - SilverStone ST75ZF 750 Watt Power Supply Black SLI ready 80mm fan Dual PCI-E 6pin connectors Four SATA connectors Active PFC $234.80
Ram - G.SKILL - 2GB (1 GB x 2) PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) 5-5-5-15 Dual Channel (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) $143.80
Graphic Card - Asus EN8800GTS-HTDP-640 GF8800GTS 640MB DDR3 PCIex16 HDTV 2xDVI-I HDCP $683.20
if i can get it under $2000 ill be very happy, or otherwise $3000 it will be okay...
The Site im looking at is www.mwave.com.au .. thats the cheapest i've seen so far
total - $2,515.80
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