stevempaq

Well my laptop is finally seeing its last breath and since my Smartphone given me enough mobile function I'm going to be building a pc that will act as a gaming/htpc mainly streaming Netflix as far as htpc goes. I also mainly only play mmo's and the occasional rts.

Give me your opinion going to order this build tonight.


COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution 399.00

ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X38 232.99

MSI RX3870-T2D512E OC Radeon HD 3870 202.00

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 239.99

OCZ Platinum Edition 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000 119.00

Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 149.00

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA 29.00

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate 189.00

Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler 39.99

t4ct1c47

You don't need Vista Ultimate. Save wasteing unnecessary cash and go for Premium or Business.

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smokinbonz

looks good. I guess thats a cooler master case $400.00 jeez man thats expensive,

I like it sure everyones gonna critique a little. I would roll with that but i predict most will say try this ram and get this video card. I dunno when i was ordering that stuff was driving me crazy, but all in all it was worth it cause i had everyone checking stuff out for me and im sure i saved some money cause of it. I like it Good Luck

stevempaq

gotta remember case comes with a 1kw psu

Lt.JD

What 1K PSU because you might be able to get a case and a PSU for cheaper

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Lt.JD

What 1K PSU because you might be able to get a case and a PSU for cheaper

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Laptop: MacBookPro 2.4Ghz T8300, 8600GT 256MB, 200GB 5400RPM HDD, 4GB RAM, 15.4" 1440x900

stevempaq

Added links to the items. As far as vista goes I got business on my current laptop and my GF has premium I Just want to have all features, uying system builders oem so its not to bad price wise.

nate911

Most PSUs that come with cases aren't that good. I would recommend getting them separate. I would get maybe a HX620 from Corsair, you DEFINITELY don't need 1kw psu with that rig.

For more speed, you could RAID0 some HDs, just a possibility.

Another option for RAM is either G.SKILL 2x2 DDR2 1000 kit or the new Crucial Ballistix (red heatspreaders) 2x2 kit which is out or coming very soon.

If you want the BEST air cooling get the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, although the Tuniq is a good cooler also.

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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

stevempaq

I was thinking about oversizing the psu just incase I decided to upgrade in the future to the x2 quadfire.

I forgot to mention I am getting 2 of those HD's and puting them in raid 0.

nate911

I still would not recommend getting that combo. Get a different case and get a PC&P Silencer 750 Quad possibly?

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CPU-Z Validation at 3.4Ghz! 10749 in 3DMark06! | P4885 in 3DMark Vantage

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.