Getting ready to build a New System for myself.

[hetzer]

Hello guys,

Thought I would ask what you guys think about the parts I am going to buy soon, and any suggesting you may want to give.

The Parts are as follows:

XFX MB-N680-ISH 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66Ghz
2 Sets of G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) for a total of 4 GB.
2 XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card for SLI and DirectX 10
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate.

This will be using my Antec Nine Hundred Case and my SATA drives and DVD-RW drive.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks
Hetzer

[mylanta]

First of all the board is expensive for an unknown maker. I wouldn't touch it. I would go here for the chipset if you want it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188019
or here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130081
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813189003
For Ram you need to use Crucial, Kingston or Corsair so you can go to their site and use the configurators to match their boards. I would not touch
G Skill. When you get to these chipsets and cpu's, there is only a small number of memory sticks that will run compatibly and you do not want to fool around with this factor.
I would again buy a brand name 8600 card such as Evga, Bfg or Msi, it means something here.

[hetzer]

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestions, I have gone and retooled what I am going to order. The new list is as follows:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6700
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W Power Supply
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

Take a look and let me know if this is a better system.

Hetzer

[mylanta]

Yes of course it is!!!

[hetzer]

Hello there

Ordering my parts now, I will let you know how the build goes when I get my parts.

Thanks for the help.

Hetzer

[hetzer]

Hello there,

I got my parts just now so I will be doing the build when I get home. I do have one question. should I load Windows Vista 32bit or Vista 64bit?

Thanks for any help you can give..
Hetzer

[Phelyx]

I would run neighter, but if you had to choose in Vista between the two then I'd go 32bit.

[mylanta]

32 bit . There isn't enough available to do anything but frustrate you in 64 bit.

[kern]

ditto...32bit

[hetzer]

Hello there

System is up and running great, no problem with the install of Vista and all drivers are working perfectly. I am very happy with this build and thanks for all the suggestion.

Hetzer:D

[mylanta]

Glad to hear it "happy motoring"...when you buy right and do not cut corners they always work. That's one of the reasons I may not get the right price all the time (heaven knows Larry points this out to me enough) but they always run for me.

[casey]

Biting my tongue....

[mylanta]

Biting my tongue....

Ouch!!!

[hetzer]

Hello everyone

Just wanted to let you guys know this computer is running like a champ, but I have one last question. Should I get another Video Card and setup SLI on the system?

Thanks for the insight.:)

Hetzer

[kern]

Hello everyone

Just wanted to let you guys know this computer is running like a champ, but I have one last question. Should I get another Video Card and setup SLI on the system?

Thanks for the insight.:)

Hetzer

If youre a gamer and you have the $$$, you'll have one hell of a gaming system!

[hetzer]

Hello there

Just an update, The second video card came in today. I will let you know how my first SLI system works.

Hetzer

[hetzer]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let everyone who help with this build Thank You. The computer has been running perfectly and I had no problems with it. SLI worked well but NVIDIA is still working on the drivers for Vista, but it gets better every time they update. Mylanta was right Vista + New Hardware = Happy User. Again Thanks and Keep up the good work.

Hetzer:D

[mylanta]

I am so glad it worked out for you!