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Old 11-06-2008, 12:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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New Build "Gaming" $1100 need some help

1100 is my limit or a lil over

i do not need a harddrive / dvd drive
and i need an OS

ive been messing around on newegg picking stuff out heres what im thinking

Case / PSU "Combo" -

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

Price - $239.98
"$30 mail in rebate"


Motherboard
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Price - $214.99
"$30 mail in rebate"


Memory / CPU "Combo"
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Wolfdale 3.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8600 - Retail

Price - $319.98
"$25 mail in rebate"


Video Card/s

Choice 1 -
EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Price - $274
30mail in

Choice 2 - EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

In SLI - Price 148.99 x 2 = $297.98


with the sli choice its at "$1,072.93" with 115 in mail ins

still need an OS
vista 32/64 i really dont understand the differnce between 32bit and 64 / compatibility issues on 64

feel free to completely redo it lol

Gaming will be its almost only use

edit - i prolly dont need the 1000w with its current setup but im planning on some OC / liquid cooling

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Old 11-06-2008, 01:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: New Build "Gaming" $1100 need some help

another option would be to just upgrade my current computer

motherboard
gfx
ram
cpu

im using

APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-BK Black Computer Case W/ Window

"added a 120mm to the back and moved a 80 to the front"

has a 700w psu

maybe this--


does 32bit even support 4+gigs of ram

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