Miagi's Winter 2008 Build

[Miagi]

EVGA 896-P3-1265-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card $249.99
RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case $69.99
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard $174.99
Antec TPQ-850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $149.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 $189.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK $59.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $54.99
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler $26.99
Subtotal: $976.92

I already bought the case, psu, and the heatsink/fan.

[fritoman]

looks like a good build, I am dieing to build a new computer but need a little more spare change. :huh:

[FuzzyShoting]

Put more ram in it.
I'll get around to post my build-spec sometime.

[Squish]

The necessity of more RAM only depends on whether or not he is running 64 bit Vista or not, really. I was planning on building one this winter but I think I'm going to hold out until April for some AM3 lovin.

[VashetheR]

I almost have the exact build you have Miagi except motherboard and hard drive size.
But I have the same brand as you though.



You will not be disappointed by the video card, it's crazy!


I got a pretty good deal on my monitor also. The LG 1900 x 1200 for $269.00 24inch
I love the fact that I can watch TV and play my console games through my monitor in HD.


And the quadcore is awesome.

Dell also had some good deals, on slickdeals.net

Even though I missed it, but they had the new i7 processors with 24 inch monitor and 4 gigs of ram with the top of the line ATI card for only

$891 dollars...
Prolly came out to 1k with tax.

also, 500 gig hard drive with that...

4 gigs of ram is fine... you're not even going to use all that ram unless you are rendering a video most likely.

Most games and applications are not even able to use 64 BIT yet.

The only game I can think of that would use the full force of a quadcore and 4 gigs of ram is Crisis.