first compy build - good for OC or no?

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case - Retail
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HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
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Open Box: ASUS P5Q SE/R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
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• EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card -
• OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
Nvidia Gift Call of duty - World at war - OEM
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• Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
• ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
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Nippon Labs 15 ft. USB2.0 A/male to B/male cable Model USB-15-AB

DVD burner will come from old compy.


so? is this good? I'm getting it all from newegg. I plan on overclocking the CPU to 3.8ghz as it will be my first time. in the reviews I saw a bunch of people getting up to 4.2ghz so I figured 3.8ghz would be a safe goal for my first time.

Looks pretty good hardware wise. You should be able to get a nice OC out of it. I'm not a fan of the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro, I'd say get a better HSF. Somthing like a TRUE.

I suppose you would say my build is good, you practically have what I'm getting XD (judging by your profile )

felix45 said:

I suppose you would say my build is good, you practically have what I'm getting XD (judging by your profile )

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Get a better GPU, you cheap-o Texan.

HEY! I'm strapped for cash >.>

looks good for OC

hehe when i saw the list with the prices i tough it was one of the guys selling phones post

oh haha, sorry. thats just me being lazy with copy pasta lole XD

Looks good. to the forums.

For the money being spent it looks good but I have a couple suggestions. I'm not crazy about the case but for $50 it looks pretty darn good. Switch the motherboard to a Gigabyte EP45 UD3L, the $20 is worth the peace of mind to me. I love refurbs and returns but not for my motherboard, go with a new one. Switch the hard drive to the Western Digital 640GB drive, larger and faster for $15. With the discounts it is pretty hard to tell what price your getting on the Freezer but XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 is a ton of performance for $30. What is the budget you are trying to stick to?

haha, my budget, its sorta funny actually. This computer was me trying to stick to a $500 budget >.>. you can see I was highly unsucsessful XD
after I send in rebates it'll be over $600.

actually I'm glad you mentioned the open box thing, a few people have warned me and I wasn't worried about newegg being a problem. To be safe though I went to check out the return policy and I realized it could come without the correct accessories. this would be a very big problem so I think I am just going to buy a new motherboard. I'm glad you showed me this one too, I actually like it better than the one I had chose.

oh and I broke down and got the western digital