Rig Idea

MacGruber · 3 Apr 2008 at 21:39

i'm upgrading my pc and here is what i am looking at so far, all comments are welcome

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk

Samsung SM-223BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black x2

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Thermaltake VD4000BWS LCS Kandalf Full Tower - Black

XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail x2

Thermaltake ToughPower 1000W Modular Power Supply

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x2

or i might decide to go for the crosshair option with

Asus ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

dazz25 · 3 Apr 2008 at 21:44

Avery good system. I personally would go for the Crossfire ATI rather than Nvidia though.

Chimerical · 3 Apr 2008 at 22:00

Just as a notice; there are a lot of problems associated with the 780i chipset especially the Striker II Formula. Intel chipsets (such as X38) are more stable and O/C better than Nvidia's DDR2-based NForce chipsets.

Plus I'd swap the Thermaltake case for this Lian Li:

and I'd swap the PSU for this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1099

MacGruber · 4 Apr 2008 at 11:12

thanks guys

mp260767 · 4 Apr 2008 at 12:28

have a look at the PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme 512MB if you go with an ati card.

i'd also have a look at the corsair 620w psu.

MacGruber · 4 Apr 2008 at 14:04

ok so i have changed my mobo and GFX currently i have

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk

Samsung SM-223BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black x2

Thermaltake VD4000BWS LCS Kandalf Full Tower - Black

Thermaltake ToughPower 1000W Modular Power Supply

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x2

Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail x2

MacGruber · 4 Apr 2008 at 20:03

is it worth buying the 45nm chips now or should i wait for the prices to drop?