Nyle's PC

[Payne IV]

Well, nyle asked me to put together a list of parts for him, and I did. I have everything so far, except for a case, cause he'll pick that. I'm posting here to have you guys check over it, I know everything is compatible but I'm not sure if he'll have enough cables and stuff like that.



Still needs some coolers and such. Yes, it has to 512 EVGA 8800GT's. He's gonna upgrade to a new quad later, since right now they are out of stock or not even out yet.

So can you guys just go over it, see if I fucked anything up?

Here is the full list of links to the parts:

MOBO: MSI P7N Diamond nForce 780i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard with Free Creative X-FI Card

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

PSU: OCZ GameXStream 850w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

RAM: Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 QUAD Dominator PC2-8500C5 Quad2X (4x1GB)

GFX CARD(S): EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)

OPTICAL1 (writing): Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM

OPTICAL2(reading): LG GDR-H30NBL 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM


Thanks. His budget is 1150 pound by the way.

[PicoDeath]

I think I'd wait before the quads in stock/out until spending £150 on something you'll upgrade quickly imo

[Payne IV]

He'll upgrade in like 4-5 months, hardly quick. He wants a pc now, i mean it's his choice.

If he wants to wait 3 months before he can get a quad, I'm not saying anything against it. Dual's are perfect, most games don't even utilize 4 cores.

[PicoDeath]

I'm pretty sure he can get quad from a different retailer..

[Payne IV]

The Q9450, which is the bang for buck quad, isn't in stock in most places until march 14th or later, and then they gotta take care of pre orders which are supposed to take 3 months or so to fulfill.

[Max]

He keeps bitching me to make a list for him, but I'm not going to.

Also, nothing wrong with your choices (500GB drives are better value though, and two optical drives for reading the same media [DVDs & CDs] are utterly pointless) but I find it hard to get excited about the same old Core 2/8800GT setup that every Joe Schmoe has these days. Also why buy a 780i and only one GPU? Seems very pointless. And in most cases a cheaper 680i will fit the bill just as well.

I suggested to Nyle he went with the Radeon 3870X2 (fastest single card available right now, though that will soon change, yes I know it's 2 GPUs on one card but whatever) and a Q6600. Q6600 may be old, but it overclocks well, it has lots of cache and it's very cheap.

[Payne IV]

Did you read max? The list has two 8800GT's. I didn't go with ATi Because their cards right now are just not as good as Nvidia. Two 8800GT's outprefrom a 3870X2.

You're right, the HDD needs upgrading. I think it's a better idea to get a nice dual core and then wait a while and get a nice quad core, instead of getting an old quad that is 65nm instead of 45.

I got two opticals because he can use one for writing and one for reading, might be pointless but that's what I'd do in my set up.

[indy]

Originally Posted by Payne IV

I got two opticals because he can use one for writing and one for reading, might be pointless but that's what I'd do in my set up.

word, this way you can copy CDs straight from one drive to the other without any copying or whatnot.

Setup looks fine, except I've never heard of OCD on the PSU and PSUs are something I'm picky about as I've had a no-name blow on me before.

[Payne IV]

OCZ is a name brand, lots of my buddies use them. They are the ones who make StealthXStream and stuff, they are really quiet and have a great efficiency.

[Max]

OCZ make great power supplies. No worries there.

Sorry didn't notice the second 8800GT!