Q: Hi all, I am building a PC, and would like to get your opinions regarding the specifications, and weather or not all the components will be compatible or not. Thank you So, here are the SPEC'S: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Quad Core Processor LGA775 2.83GHZ Yorkfield 1333FSB 12MB Retail Box Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM Motherboard: EVGA Nforce 780I SLI LGA775 ATX 3PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN 1394 Mot Memory: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 4GB DDR2 2X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18 240PIN Memory Kit Video/Graphic card: GeForce GTX 260 OEM 576MHZ 896MB GDDR3 1.998GHZ PCI-E DVI-I Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS Top USB2.0 1394 Audio Power supply: Corsair HX1000W CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX 20/24PIN ATX 80A 12V Afc Modular Power Supply Operating system:Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM Microsoft Windows Live Onecare 2.0 XP Vista Antivirus Spyware Firewall Backup OEM Hard drive:Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive DVD-WRITER:Samsung 203S TruDirect 20X SATA DVD Writer Lightscribe Black OEM W/ Software SOUND CARD: HT Omega Striker 7.1 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card 24BIT DTS Dolby Digital Live S/PDIF IN/OUT Coaxial Network card: D-LINK DWA-542 802.11N Draft Wireless PCI Adapter Rangebooster Network Card
A: Nice I have built a pc similar to this however there are a couple of way you can same money. First I wouldn't get light scribe on a DVD burner unless you plan on only buying light scribe DVD....Its kinda unnecessary. Also 780i are nice but its sometimes a tad bit of a pain to overclock. Right now I am using an asus p5nd and it is not as easy to overclock as a 650 chip set. The network card as well as the sound card seem a bit excessive. The network card (this is just to save money..if you have the money to buy these then go ahead but you ill not notice a difference.) I would try not to spend that much on and the sound card (unless you are someone who wants to hear the sound a pin makes when it hits water) you would not really need unless you are like uber serious about sound. Even still most sound cards on mother boards are more than enough to hear amazing quality sound. The graphics card (even though I hear great things about it) If you are going to buy a 399 graphics card buy the xfx 9800gx2( get it from tiger direct.com for 334) ...its a beast and its handles all games with ease its one of the best (its two gpu in one) gpu. If you insist on still getting a motherboard with 3 pci slots then what get the 9800gtx.... (I would just go with a motherboard with two pci 2.0 slots and get the 9800gx2...Some people say that 3 cars sli are better than the 9800 gx2 but no its not. nvdia still rates quad sli as the highest form of sli...if you do the math out and also take in consideration 3 cards sli does not give you much room an produces ridiculous amount of heat you will see two...also power consumption. ) If you plan on 2way sling 2 9800gx2 then i would go with the 1000 watt psu but if you only need one gx2 I would go with a 850. Also if you are looking to save money I would go with the q6600 its ridiculously overclock able and I think about 90 to 12 dollars cheaper I ran mine at 3.4 on the stock cooler...so imagine with a 3party cooler what you could do. The anatec 900 is a monster of a case...I love it...My fav though is the armor lcs but the anatec 900 in my opinion is the best for air cooling...thermaltake makes the best for liquid