droby1987

Here is going to be my updated rig once my memory gets here from zipzoomfly.com:

New items start with an asterisk ***

***EVGA 780i Motherboard

***OCZ Reaper 2x2 gig DDR21066 kit: I might upgrade to 8 gigs some time ***buy for now 4 gigs is fine

OCZ 700 Watt Game Extreme Power Supply

***Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 SLACR MALAY (1/17/08 Pack Date)

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX

EVGA 8800GTS G92

X-FI Platinum Fatality Champion Series Sound Card

Western Digital 320 gig 7200rpm: I'm going to upgrade this soon so please give me some ideas

3x80mm Case Fans

1x120mm Case Fan

SLOT COOLER (I forget what brand it is)

Case will be upgraded later to a COSMOS or something better

DVD +-RW drive is the same

Acer AL1916W Monitor

Logitech G15 Keyboard

Logitech G7 Carbon Fiber Edition

Black ICEMAT Mouse Pad

Sound Equipment:

Headphones: ATH-A900 with ATH-w5000 ear phone pads

Logitech Z-5500 Speakers running Optical in and out

Printer:

Canon Pixma MP600

OCec3

Nice.

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sublime0

dang.

blazin-asian

nice build, but 2 critiques:

-go for a DFI motherboard since it will OC the crap out of your quad
-get a TRUE (Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120) cooler

the only reason why im using my BT still is because i migrated it from my 939 rig

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droby1987

But it's $60 and that could go for a down payment on 4 more gigs of ram or to step-up to the 9800GX2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...bExtreme%2b120

Marlaman

You're not really expecting to kill people using this are you?! j/k

On your storage, just get like 2-3 cheaper sata drives, and 1 big one to back them up and put the clone drives in raid0. it's a sure fire way to get the most for your money IMHO.

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droby1987

How hot does your Q6600 get when paired with the Thermaltake Big Typhoon? I also have the updated BT VX which is supposed to be better

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/produc...0/cl-p0310.asp

blazin-asian

well, you are building a killer rig and basically cheaping out on 2 of the most important components which will hurt your overclocking results.

if anything, what i would do is get the 4gb GSkill ddr1000 PQ kit for $100 instead. mine were able to hit 1066 speeds and cheaper then 1066 memory. use those savings towards a good air cooler. u wont regret it.

my temps hit 70s when i prime at 3.6 because of the extra volts, but everyday use it idles around 35-40. many many reviews have basically said the TRUE was the best cooler out right now.

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max302

Change your disk to a 7200.11 from Seagate. According to synthetic benchmarks it kicks a raptor's ass everywhere except seek time for obvious reasons.

Also, Seagate epic win to infinity.

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jsonbass

Why so much ram?

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