thoughts on this new rig

[lee551]

i'm going to be building two similar setups along these lines for each of my brothers (seems sharing the family puter doesn't work anymore). won't be used for anything too intense: schoolwork, movies/music, and mid-level gaming. i think this should last them for a while.

NZXT HUSH Black SECC Steel/ Aluminum/ Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6750 - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK - Retail

Rosewill RP500 ATX12V v1.3/ EPS12V 500W Power Supply - Retail

MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E OC GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B - OEM

i know rosewill isn't the best brand for a psu, but i'm not sure what would be better other than going by price.

any and all suggestions appreciated.

[kaiweiler]

For an extra $10 or $20 you could get either an e8400 (lower power consumption, higher clock) or go for a Q6600 if you want quad. In either case a much better CPU can be had for not much more money.
Also don't count on doing much gaming on that 8600GT, maybe some light gaming but not many new games on decent settings.
Good RAM and motherboard though.

[lee551]

For an extra $10 or $20 you could get either an e8400 (lower power consumption, higher clock) or go for a Q6600 if you want quad. In either case a much better CPU can be had for not much more money.
Also don't count on doing much gaming on that 8600GT, maybe some light gaming but not many new games on decent settings.
Good RAM and motherboard though.

yea, i was looking at the e8400 too. i was just worried newegg wouldn't have it in stock when it came time to order. i was just trying to keep the cost as low as possible, but if there are significant benefits then i'll upgrade.

when it comes to gaming it really isn't an issue. i think they play sim city and old COD more than stuff like crysis.

[kaiweiler]

What about cooling? I'm guessing you don't plan to overclock at all?
If looking for really low cost, you could always get an Intel E2180 or something and push it to 3Ghz or so with a half decent cooler if you don't mind overclocking...
Just an idea.

[clocker]

What OS?

[lee551]

What about cooling? I'm guessing you don't plan to overclock at all?
If looking for really low cost, you could always get an Intel E2180 or something and push it to 3Ghz or so with a half decent cooler if you don't mind overclocking...
Just an idea.

no overclocking. and i was hoping to get by with stock cooling aside from a few case fans.

What OS?

because of the whole gaming deal i was thinking of trying to convince them to just stick with xp for now, but they were asking about vista. i could go either way. if i did choose vista it would be 32 bit. how does either option affect the hardware?

[Detale]

Dude DEFF go for the E8400 you can EASILY OC it to 3Ghz on that board with the stock cooler

Fuck Vista-the end

Also I would say this Vid card because Evga is way better than MSI and it's only 5 bucks more but after the rebate it's 5 bucks cheaper
EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3

Also for $20 bucks more you could get this Gskill ram

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

Now I know this is a slower ram but if your not going to OverClock it doesn't make a difference.

What sort of total price range do you have? Is this for you or a friend/customer?

Also I still have that PSU. I had it and people will say it sucks but it lasted 3 years on many many different rigs and still works fine today but I have recently upgraded to the Corsair 620W modular

[lee551]

Dude DEFF go for the E8400 you can EASILY OC it to 3Ghz on that board with the stock cooler

Fuck Vista-the end

Also I would say this Vid card because Evga is way better than MSI and it's only 5 bucks more but after the rebate it's 5 bucks cheaper
EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3

Also for $20 bucks more you could get this Gskill ram

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

Now I know this is a slower ram but if your not going to OverClock it doesn't make a difference.

What sort of total price range do you have? Is this for you or a friend/customer?

Also I still have that PSU. I had it and people will say it sucks but it lasted 3 years on many many different rigs and still works fine today but I have recently upgraded to the Corsair 620W modular

like i said in the first post, i'm building two pcs with probably the same specs for my brothers. i was trying to keep it around 600, and i think it's over 650 now. i think upgrading to the e8400 would be good, but i don't know if 4gb of ram is worth the addition 20 bones. any *noticeable* increase? these boxes will never be benchmarked more than once and i'm trying to cut back a bit, not really add on.

[Detale]

Um dude I just re-read you 1st post and I see no amt anywhere.

i'm going to be building two similar setups along these lines for each of my brothers (seems sharing the family puter doesn't work anymore). won't be used for anything too intense: schoolwork, movies/music, and mid-level gaming. i think this should last them for a while.

NZXT HUSH Black SECC Steel/ Aluminum/ Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6750 - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK - Retail

Rosewill RP500 ATX12V v1.3/ EPS12V 500W Power Supply - Retail

MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E OC GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B - OEM

i know rosewill isn't the best brand for a psu, but i'm not sure what would be better other than going by price.

any and all suggestions appreciated.

Anyhoo, all in all looks A-Ok to me but I would still say you should go for the Wolfdale CPU and the Evga Vid card instead of MSI

[lee551]

yea, i just meant the bit about building it for my bros.
i'll take you word for the evga over the msi. i don't really keep up with gfx cards much. do all pci-e cards have an extra power connection, or is that only used for higher-end cards?