Chose all the components for my new rig and need some input(old thread "stolen" lol

[omgwtfmoo?]

OK: First thread was hijacked by silly Vyndree and her lovely fish tank discussion(its ok fish are awesome).

SO:.....Here are the new specs:

CASE: Lovely Acrylic (Vyndree's looked hawt as hell so...) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811166033
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 L2 LGA 775
HD: WD 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s OEM
MOBO: DFI LanParty LT X38-T2R LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel
OS: Vista Ultimate 64-bit
GFX: MSI GeForce 8800GTS 512M OC 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
CPU FAN: Zalman CNPS9700 110mm
CASE FANS: Thermaltake A2016 80mm Blue LED
MEMORY: G.Skill 4GB(2x2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel
POWER: Thermaltake toughpower W0117RU 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI

and thats it....i think.

PLEAZZZZZZ give me any advice you have i dont wanna spend 1.6k on a rig that isnt gonna produce results =D

-MOOOOO

[Knytestorme]

Get rid of the soundcard unless you really need it for some reason, onboard is good enough now

Get more RAM, no point running Vista64 is you aren't taking advantage of it...though as pointed out in my hardware thread, WoW is only a 32-bit app so will still be limited to a 4Gb max address space. Having 8Gb RAM though will allow you to run vista without a swapfile which helps eliminate drive thrashing, and other apps and OS portions can be allocated to the 4+Gb address space so you will see more available RAM for WoW then if you were only running 4Gb

[omgwtfmoo?]

ok so i have dropped the sound card and went for more memory....unfortunately im gonna have to spend 570.00 on these cause i cant find any other 8GB on newegg that are decent 0.o http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231182

[ÆONFLUX]

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dont get those. They are ridiculously overpriced. Just get 2 sets of 2x 2gig for a total of 8 gigs. That link must have been older 'cutting edge' memory....

[omgwtfmoo?]

checked it out, MOBO supports it...any specific cards i should get?

[Ðeceased]

nonononononononononononon

dont get those. They are ridiculously overpriced. Just get 2 sets of 2x 2gig for a total of 8 gigs. That link must have been older 'cutting edge' memory....

I have to agree with this. You have 4 Ram slots and 8GB capacity. I'd say for cost reduction go with OZC 8BG GOLD 4x2GB ('http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227290') ur looking at $300 saving right there.

otherwise it all looks shweet! :)

[omgwtfmoo?]

thanks man i appreciate it a lot. so anyone else have any thoughts on memory to total to 8GB? if not im gonna order up all the parts sometime tonight and hopefully be building by the weekend =D


-MOOOOO!

[Kissell13]

I have to agree with this. You have 4 Ram slots and 8GB capacity. I'd say for cost reduction go with OZC 8BG GOLD 4x2GB ur looking at $300 saving right there.


i bought a barebones kit with that exact ram except only 4gb. Works great.

[entoptic]

GET RID OF VISTA!!!!! Don't use it at all. Go get XP PRO 64 BIT.

Vista is a memory hog.

Ditch the sound card unless you are into sound and have the speakers/setup to back it up.

If you can get a quad core and put the O/S on one cpu and each wow client on the others, use the last for music or nothing and keep it for scaleability in the future.

Upgrade to 8 gigs and use 2 gig sticks each with heat sinks built in.

Get rid of that WD hard drive. WD is the WORST hard drive makers out there. Why do you think every cheaply made computer has one?

Go with Maxtor, their warranty and support are solid along with making a good product is a win win!