Wroaw's Way Wicked Board

Looks like i have more funds than i thought, since i'm selling my laptop that i never use.

For $1,500ish (give or take a hundred or so), build me the best gaming PC! I'm looking to be able to run WAR well, as well as Fallout 3 when it comes out next month. I just have no idea what goes well with what...

I guess I need:
Motherboard
Processor
Hard drive (I'm guessing i'll need more space, just have an 80gig right now)
Video Card
RAM
DVD RW would be nice I suppose but not necesssary (I have a DVD drive and a CD RW)
Sound Card not really that important, I can just use the one in my current PC
New Power Supply? I think the one I have is 600w, just bought it... not sure how good that is.
And to make sure it all fits, might as well get a new tower/fans/etc.
And whatever else you deem necessary.

I don't really need a mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc...

So put on your thinking caps and GO!

I'll think of a reward for the winner later. Perhaps fellatio.

EDIT: it doesn't have to look badass with a window and led lights everywhere, no one will see it, and frankly i don't give a damn what it looks like. Any plain tower will do fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115034

all you need

well i'd go with an intel quad core a 9800 pretty decent mobo and 4 gigs of ram. ill look it up later with links, fellatio sounds like proper rewards:D

What company made your PSU? If you're going to go near-high end stuff, I think 600w might be a bit conservative considering what you're going for.

is DDR3 a big step up from DDR2? And will both work interchangibly with the same mobo's?

Underdog,Sep 16 2008, 02:20 PM Wrote:is DDR3 a big step up from DDR2? And will both work interchangibly with the same mobo's?

It is, but they arent interchangeable. Obviously one is faster than the other, its just that ddr3 is new-ish and many mobos dont support it yet

Here's a package I've put together out of guestimating what looked good and what might work well together.... your thoughts appreciated

Motherboard:
EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813188028

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115041

Vid Card:
EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130338

RAM:
CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G1600C9DHX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145200

HDD:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073

Power supply:
COOLMAX CUG-950B 950W ATX12V V.2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817159072

Tower:
Rosewill R5601-BK 0.8mm Japanese Cold Rolled Steel Screw-less Dual 120mm Fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811147038


Good? Bad? You tell me!

that all looks pretty solid, might want to get a better heatsink for your proc though (other than the one that comes with it, cheap upgrade like 20 bux)

Womb-Raider,Sep 16 2008, 10:05 PM Wrote:that all looks pretty solid, might want to get a better heatsink for your proc though (other than the one that comes with it, cheap upgrade like 20 bux)

hmm... can you direct me to a link of a good one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835101010


that ones mad sick man, lol