For the computer guys

[illusion856]

dont know how many big computer guys we have on here but I just wanted to get some opinions from people on here on what they think of this machine im building this week. and i am in no way trying to brag about this thing cause it should be a powerhouse just wanted to see if anyone thinks im making a mistake hehe. anyways here are the parts i'll put links to them on newegg so you can check them out.

Motherboard:

EVGA Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813188013

Video Card:

EVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130072

Memory:

OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Micron D7 Chip Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227191

Hard Drive:

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000AAKS 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136076

DVD-R//RW, etc. Drive:

LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106055

Power Supply:

OCZ GameXStream OCZ850GXSSLI ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 850Watts Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817341003

Processor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115017

Case:

Apevia X-Navigator Aluminum Computer Case - Silver/Silver
http://www.xoxide.com/aspire-x-navigator-silver.html

Alright pretty sure i didnt forget to put anything in there. LEt me know what ya think.

And I think the total on this computer is like 1700 bucks so yeah hopefully I'm getting what I'm paying for.

Let me know if i accidentally put up the wrong links or anything. Thanks

[no_direction_home]

i wouldent get that processor i'd go for an amd processor personaly

[Brad_Lee]

Intel quad cores beat the -blam!- out of anything amd has out there.

[McDeezy]

AMD always were better for gaming I was told. The floating point math is handled better for physics or something.

[newwaytodie]

As far as physics handling, if you're going to go all out. Get an Agea Phys-X Card.

[gh2masterwellalmost]

Through my own experience I know AMD are better. My computer downstairs is running a pretty nice Intel Core to Extreme yet my AMD 2ghz x 2 laptop runs games easier despite sharing the same amount of RAM and basic specifications.

Your computers good I'm sure, but you could have got better for your money.

The two rules:

AMD > Intel

ATI > NVidia

[newwaytodie]

ATI > NVidia

Yeah, not really. ATI has let me down big time.

[gh2masterwellalmost]

Yeah, not really. ATI has let me down big time.

My experiences of ATI have been better, ever since my GeForce 4 kept frazzing up at Counter Strike all those years ago...

[PsycoCheerio]

The one thing i would do is get a smaller HD for your system files and a second larger HD for everything else...you could partition it but for safety sake I'd go with two...

I've burned up two ATI GPUs and so far my nVidia is doing good...only 6 months old but you know...

That is gonna be one *****in' machine...

[tf5_bassist]

As far as physics handling, if you're going to go all out. Get an Agea Phys-X Card.

Quoted for extreme physics awesomosity.

Seriously though, that looks like a pretty good system. I'm in agreement with the dual hard drive situation... it makes things a bit more complicated, but having a system drive and an "everything else" drive is a godsend.