cpu: Intel CORE 2 Q6600/2.4Ghz/2x4MB/1066FSB/LGA775/(GOSLACR stepping)
Internet Price: $325.00

M/B: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P35 1333MHz FSB Dual DDR2-800/ddr3 PCI Express x16
Internet Price: $163.00

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM(16Mb Cache)
Internet Price: $175.00

Graphics card: BFG GeForce 8800GT OC 512M DDR3 2xDual Link DVI-I HDTV TVOUT
Internet Price: $405.00

Ram: DDR2 2048MB PC2-8000 1000Mhz DDR2 Dual Channel(2x1024MB) GeiL
Internet Price: $209.00

DVD/CD: Asus 1814BLT-BLK 18xDVDRW SATA, LightScribe, BLACK Retail x2
Internet Price: $39.00 + $39.00 =$78.00

Powersupply: Powersupply Antec ATX TruePower 650W TRio
Internet Price: $153.00

Case: CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Aluminum Case Silver(No PSU)
Internet Price: $155.00

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer - 7.1Ch
Internet Price: $159.00

Monitor: Samsung 22 226BW Wide TFT Monitor - Black 2ms Digital / Analog Interface
Internet Price: $428.00

Total Price: $2250.00


Is there anything you would change, as i dont want to spend all this money and find out i should of got something better. Props to ALT-f4 for helping me :)

thats pretty much what id go these days if i had to build a full rig on a budget.

down the track maybe a BR/hddvd player to stuff into it

looks like the ocau rig

pretty good, but you may want to consider a Raptor as your hard drive if the budget allows. is good for load times and heavy hard drive access programs

id get 2 smaller drives and stripe.

I'd get two smaller drives, but I'd not stripe them. One drive dies and you're gonna lose the whole lot. A Raptor+A 320 might be worth considering. Maybe consider 4GB RAM. I'm still a big fan of the Antec Sonata case. Otherwise you've got yourself a decent system here.

Raptors are great for chucking your OS and swap files on, makes a nice difference in load times at boot and in applications.

The GT is overpriced (wait)
And why bother with the soundcard.

The mobo is nice. I have a DS3P and the missus PC has a DS3L. So far both have been great.

might aswell have a nice soundcard for his decks and his 5.1 speakers....

Is the PSU going a bit over the top? 650w seems excessive for the hardware. PSU Calc website can give an indication of the power requirements you'll need.

Nah, I'd say it's worth having headroom, he might want to add more hdds and stuff later after all. Seen too many people invest in crummy power supplies who are then forced to upgrade them later...

A few suggestions...

- Are you gonna make use of the Quad? If not then maybe go a 1333mhz FSB C2D CPU to match the mobo
- Are you o/c-ing? If not then just go 800mhz RAM once again to match mobo
- 74G or 150G Raptor for OS & grunty apps or games = win. Move your swap file off to the SATA
- 8800GT pwns my SLI 8800GTS in 3dmark06, so it's just a matter of finding stock.
- Case is personal pref, but I'm also an Antec fan based simply on accessibility and ease of use. They also (mostly) come with speed-selectable 120mm fans, helps keep the noise down
- Try get a modular PSU (removable cables) to keep the case clean and free for airflow, and try find one with a 120mm fan to keep the noise down

You can always wait for the next price drop or the next big thing, but in the end you might as well just do it.

After working in the industry for a few years...

Not a big fan of gigabyte, although they are getting better.

Also not a fan of Antec PSUs

I personally think raptors are a massive waste of money. They don't give that much of a speed improvement to justify the extra $$ imo. I personally have 2 7200rpm drives striped as my OS partition.

I also agree with mrwolf - if you aren't planning on playing the OC game then theres no benefit of having 1000mhz RAM over 800.

agreed with the gigabyte. I bought one for my last upgrade and two replacements later I'm stuck with it =(

should never have moved away from Asus

Lian Li case or Antec Sonata

CoolerMaster aren't that great.

I'm thinking of going for a new rig soon. I still can't decide between a 2gb matched pair for dual channel or 4gb unmatched pair for ram. It's the age old 'quantity vs speed' debate.

That rig listed looks pretty good, I'd recommend a better case though (like an Antec or something) and a better HDD config. I'm planning on going for 2 small sata drives in raid for my OS/Games/etc and then having a couple of massive storage drives to store all my goodies on... as in my legitimately acquired media. That way if your OS gets raped by a virus or something, you won't lose all your pr0n.

I'm thinking of going for a new rig soon. I still can't decide between a 2gb matched pair for dual channel or 4gb unmatched pair for ram. It's the age old 'quantity vs speed' debate.

You can buy 2x2gb matched pairs these days, also corsair sell quad matched packs.

Agree with rubba, gigabyte are iffy and antec psu's are balls.

So is that quad matched pack four 1gb sticks that run as 2 dual channelled pairs? The 2x2gb matched pair packs seem a bit too pricey.

might aswell have a nice soundcard for his decks and his 5.1 speakers....

my mobo has onboard optical and 7.1 ch surround

I have a tagen psu in my current game computer and it tears everything all kinds of new arses. I lurve eet.

forget the sound card and get a 3.0ghz 1333mhz cpu and overclock the crap out of it :p

Would that go with my ram and CPU ?
Asus P5KR S775 QuadCore P35 FSB1333 DDR2 2xPCIEx16 RAID F/W GbLAN ATX
Internet Price: $183.00

coolermaster cases are nice, get an hx620 PSU antec psu's are crap these days. and lastly why a 22" u will be kicking yourself for not getting a 1920x1080 24" from day dot.

P5KR is an intel chipset meaning you can't use nvidia's SLI mode, you need to use ATI cards. Don't ask me why it's different but that's what I was told by conrad at computer alliance when I bought my rig (different mobo but still an intel chipset). You'll need an nforce chipset motherboard if you wish to SLI 2x nvidia cards at a later stage.

arg this s*** is so f***ing confusing, no wonder i stoped giving a damn about my computer.