Xin builds a new gaming PC...good times ensue

Xinshadow

Hi gang,

At the end of this week my giant crate of parts will arrive from new egg for my new gaming PC (the IT business has been good and I figured it's time, my current rig is dying) so I thought I'd post what I'm building to see what everyone thought.

This was more of a "money is no object" PC; my current gaming rig I had to tone it down a bit since it was my parents gift to me for graduating HS (which should tell you just how old it is...) so with this one I wanted to go more all-out, without needlessly wasting too much money. All these parts came very highly recommended from my buddies and the guys in the CAD forum, so I'm hoping I'm happy with them. Without further adieu...

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I got Vista 32-bit, while I realize this caps me to 4 gigs of ram, I heard that the 64-bit version has quite a few problems with games so I went with the 32 bit.

It'll be nice to be able to crank graphical settings on games up again...

Thrax

That power supply is about 150w (and $80) more than you need. A high-quality 650w from the likes of Corsair, OCZ or Thermaltake is more than enough for the rig you've chosen.

Your motherboard is nice, but you can save $100, pick up identical performance and gain some reliability with this board.

No objections otherwise. Welcome to Icrontic.

_k

If you want to go high end just take the 260 vid up to a 280 or get a 4870 for around 300

GnomeQueen

The 280 would be slightly better, but much more expensive than the 260.

bullzisnipr

Grab the board Thrax linked to and also grab a 4870. Otherwise, looks like a great build. My Q6600 is freakin fast.. so the Q9550 will be a very enjoyable ride.