So, after much thought regarding what to spend my $600 tax rebate on, I have deicded to be irresonsible and build a new gaming rig. I could pay off what little credit card debt I have, but where's the fun in that?
Plus, my system is 2+ years old and I am still rocking the Pentium D 805 and 2GB 533Mhz DDR2, not the latest and greatest by any stretch of the imagination.
Here is what I have come up with - Note: I have not included a Video Card at this time as I am going for an 8800 GTS which I cannot afford at the moment, that will be in a few weeks.
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53Ghz - The latest in Intel's 45nm processor line. I have been doing some reading and this thing will OC to 3.0Ghz on stock voltages and up to 4.1Ghz on 1.45V, not to shabby for a $130 Processor
Motherboard - ASUS P5K SE - Nothing special here, went with ASUS since I am certain that their newer boards will run the 45nm techonology with the latest BIOS
Memory - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 Mhz - Will probably OC to 1333Mhz since the board supports it.
PSU - Antec Neo Power 550 - Have always used Antec and never had a single issue, besides one DOA supply but the RMA with Newegg was quick and painless
OS - Windows XP Pro - No Vista for me...
And the usual other stuff, sweet looking Raidmax case...will post pictures when the build is complete. All in all should be just over $600 before the video card, which will proably run me about $200 unless I decide to go with the 9800GTX over the 8800GTS.
Plus, my system is 2+ years old and I am still rocking the Pentium D 805 and 2GB 533Mhz DDR2, not the latest and greatest by any stretch of the imagination.
Here is what I have come up with - Note: I have not included a Video Card at this time as I am going for an 8800 GTS which I cannot afford at the moment, that will be in a few weeks.
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53Ghz - The latest in Intel's 45nm processor line. I have been doing some reading and this thing will OC to 3.0Ghz on stock voltages and up to 4.1Ghz on 1.45V, not to shabby for a $130 Processor
Motherboard - ASUS P5K SE - Nothing special here, went with ASUS since I am certain that their newer boards will run the 45nm techonology with the latest BIOS
Memory - 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 Mhz - Will probably OC to 1333Mhz since the board supports it.
PSU - Antec Neo Power 550 - Have always used Antec and never had a single issue, besides one DOA supply but the RMA with Newegg was quick and painless
OS - Windows XP Pro - No Vista for me...
And the usual other stuff, sweet looking Raidmax case...will post pictures when the build is complete. All in all should be just over $600 before the video card, which will proably run me about $200 unless I decide to go with the 9800GTX over the 8800GTS.