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If mATX is a must... I would go with this motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157137 It is $5 more expensive but the MSI has to be overclocked to reach the full potential of the memory unlike the ASRock motherboard (daughter company of ASUS) which will accept it with no overclocking needed. Overclocking an MSI is a pain in the ass. If you are married to nVidia, then I would go with this video card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133246 same specs as the evga but at $100 after mail in rebates (which newegg has yet to fail on delivering one to me) This hard drive gives you more cache for the same price and also free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319 I like your choice of memory and processor. |
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05-13-2009, 06:03 AM | #5 |
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Don't bother with the 9800. Get a 260.
You couldn't pay me to get a Micro ATX mobo. Working on full size ones is hard enough.
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05-13-2009, 09:34 AM | #6 |
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Make sure you get a good power supply. That'll run you $100-$150 easy.
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If not, go full ATX - better airflow will give you better temps. Plus I'm not a fan of trying to install stuff in a micro case. |
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05-13-2009, 09:50 AM | #8 |
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Agree with the 9800 GTX+. Those have been trouble.
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05-17-2009, 06:57 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the input guys. I pulled the trigger last night and here's the final specs:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail ASUS 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model DRW-22B1ST Bulk - OEM Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail BFG Tech BFGEGTX260896OCE GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail I'll re-use my current case - it's a nice Kingwin. That right there came to $690 and there'll be $60 in rebates coming back to me. I couldn't find anything about problems with the 9800 GTX+ on any tech forums. However after looking over the specs I decided it was worth it to move up to a 260. Can't wait to get this puppy put together and try out some recent games.
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If you can get 64-bit Vista drivers for everything, go with the Windows 7 64-bit release candidate.
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05-17-2009, 07:09 PM | #11 |
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