Just ordered my kick-*** machine! I want your opinion please!

[gg_Malkavian]

Here's the thing :

CPU :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003

GPU :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072

Ram :
2 x http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-2gb...dr2-800-pc2-6400-non/q/loc/101/202541818.html
for a total of 4GB

Hard drives :
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140
I will set them in RAID 0 of course...

Mobo :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131142

PSU :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256006

Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=A406-1070

Heatsink :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106080
I know there are some better air cooling solutions out there but I already have it so I decided to stick with it instead of invest in another.

I have been reading forums and asking questions about my build for many weeks now... so, do you think I did my homework well?

BTW: I have Vista 64x and this machine has been built mainly for games such as oblivion, CnC 3, Crysis, Bioshock, GTA 4 and Fallout 3 (yeah... most of them aren't out yet ... just couldn't wait anymore to get my hands into fresh hardware again )

 

[someguy91]

You should probably list the parts in the thread.. i doubt anyone's going to click through all of that... That's IMO though...

 

[Moto7451]

Could have gotten a better heatsink for the money but not a bad build. Planning on overclocking it?

 

[Nebulous]

Looks like a serious killer system there. Should do very well in games. Me likes

 

[gg_Malkavian]

Thanks! Yep I'd like to take that baby (e6600) all the way up to 3.4 GHz if my big typhoon allows me to.

I would have got a better heatsink, as I said, but I already had that one.

 

[jivetrky]

As others have said...everything looks awesome, except for the HSF. But I think it might take you to 3.4 with a little luck. I'd say certainly 3.2 at least.

 

[g14novak]

I don't know if it was on sale yesterday, but Scythe Infinity's are 29$ + 6$ shipping, open box - OEM. Heres the link if anyone is interested

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185027R

Whole rest of the rig is amazing though. You make me jealous. =D

 

[GTengineer]

For an Asus 650i I would have gone with my current board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131153
or
OEM $130 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131073R

PLUS version has

PCI Express x16 2 x PCIe x16 support SLI @ x16, x16(blue)
1 x PCIe x16 @ x8 for GPU Physics card (white)
PCI Express x1 1
PCI Slots 2

but still looks like a sweet rig

 

[ChinStrap]

i have the P5N-E and if i could do it over again i would get the P5N32-E just for the extra 16x slot.

otherwise i have loved my P5N-E - it's good overclocker

 

[gg_Malkavian]

i have the P5N-E and if i could do it over again i would get the P5N32-E just for the extra 16x slot.

otherwise i have loved my P5N-E - it's good overclocker

Nah the 650i model perform equally well in SLI as the 680i one :

http://www.techspot.com/review/43-asus-p5n-e-sli/

 

[hUMANbEATbOX]

^^ i'm pretty sure that would change if you had a heavily overclocked c2d and heavily overclocked 8800gtx's in sli.

annnnnnd they only tested up to 1600*1200 resolutions.....

 

[johnjohngoose]

Keep us posted on your OCing progress!

 

[gg_Malkavian]

I only play my game at 1280x1024 so hopefully I'll be just fine with this board for a while

I think I have a camera somewhere... I'll find it and take some pics when I get my stuff.

My only worry is compatibility mobo vs ram...

 

[GigaHertzAddict]

The typhoon is great, you just have to lap it. I would get a P965 board, if I was going to go with nvidia I'd get a i680 chipset.