1000-1100 to spend - Spec check

[Nico_Joey]

Hello, i have managed to muster a grand to put towards all the parts that will be going in my Lian Li v2000

Will be for gaming and movie watching and will be o/c as best i can . What i have so far is

• E8400 or Q6600 - could possibly stretch to the new Yorkfield processors but not 100% on wither or not it would be worth it with o/c in mind

• Gigabyte GA-X38 - for the mobo, cant see anything wrong with that, heard good things about it with o/c in mind.

• G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ 8000C5 - nice 4g of cheap ram with o/c potential i think

• Ati 3870x2 or 2x3870XT both seem v.nice and should give nice results on a 22/24'' monitor

• For the H/D i was thinking about a 70g raptor with a 250g caviar, dont really need much space but would like to see what a high powered drive like the raptor could do to loading times for apps/games

• For CPU cooling i liked the look of the Zalman CNPS9500A but still not 100% it would be ok for the layout of the Lian LI V2K

• For the monitor i really really like the look of the Samsung 22'' Pebble, a friend has one at it really looks amazing when watching movies and games, not sure that I'd appreciate a 24'' monitor coming for a crappy 17'' , 22 would be more than enough

• Not sure about the power supply would probably want to add a extra card to the setup if i went for the X2 so was looking at about 650W-750W area

• And of course...Windows Vista Home Premium ...*grumble*..

I have not got the exact prices for all those parts , but hope that 1/1.1 k would be enough to cover the cost. Any advice or suggestions or improvements welcome

Edit- Added power supply ideas

 

[jak731]

for the graphics card, i would say get the 3870X2, it will allow you to add a 3870 or another 3870X2 in cross fire if you want.

for the RAM, if you get the q6600, then ddr2 pc2-6400 stuff is good for 3.6GHz ,using the 9x multiplier, if you get the e8400 then get pc2-8000 stuff.

the raptor is arguably not needed, some say modern hdds are on par with raptors while others say they are not.

also what PSU have you got?

 

[Nico_Joey]

Just edited in

 

[jak731]

provided you dont use 2x 3870X2 in crossfire, then something like the corsair HX620 will be a good choice, if you do plan to use CF ,then i will suggest looking at PSU with a power rating of at least 700W

 

[ins0mn1ac]

provided you dont use 2x 3870X2 in crossfire, then something like the corsair HX620 will be a good choice, if you do plan to use CF ,then i will suggest looking at PSU with a power rating of at least 700W

The 620w Corsair will Xfire 2 3870x2's fine.