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[NIghtWolf]

Budget: $526.00 paypals

What I got so far:

Antec Nine Hundred Case:

Motherboard Compatibility ATX / m-ATX
Expansion Slots 7
Cooling System:
120mm Fans 1 x 120mm TriCool rear fan with 3-speed switch control
2 x 120mm TriCool blue LED front fans with 3-speed switch control to cool HDDs
Features:
Unique Top mounted 200mm TriCool exhaust fan to cool the hottest system.
Perforated front bezel for maximum air intake.
Two front loaded HDD cages for up to 6 hard disk drives.
The HDD cages act as air ducts to take air in more efficiently.

9 Drive Bays
- External 3 x 5.25"; Internal 6 x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 6 x 5.25"; Internal 3x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 9 x 5.25"

(I put the features because is relevant with the cooling)

Intel Dual Core E2160

CPU Socket Type LGA 775
Operating Frequency 1.8GHz
FSB 800MHz
L2 Cache 1MB
Manufacturing Tech 65 nm
64 bit Support Yes
Voltage 0.85V – 1.5V
Thermal Power 65W
Cooling Device Heatsink and Fan included

YOU should now already, thats a highly overclockable CPU.

DVD-RW Drive

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Thats all I have.


I need:

-- Motherboard (It can be any one that overclocks good, i must confess i have a weird preference for ASUS though.)

-- PSU (I don't really get the efficiency thing neither how much Watts ill need for my PC i guess is around 600 to 700 watts?)

-- RAM (this one is easy just if you have any good ramDDR2* for overclocking would be better)

-- GPU (completely optional right now, but if theres any that can not exceed the budget then I could get it)

-- Monitor (also optional, what I need right now is the PC, the monitor can be worked on later, but to keep the tradition any recommendations are well taken.)


Thanks

PD: I'm not asking for you to do the job for me, but to recommend me I will look for the parts, in what I need special help is in the motherboard I really get confused while comparing which one is better for my needs.

Sorry for the typos.

 

[NIghtWolf]

Thanks DawG$ xD

 

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[Inflammable Slinky]

Motherboard: Get some P35 based motherboard (I believe one of the best on newegg has a customer award attached to its name) but be sure to check for SLI capacity if you are into that
Edit: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

PSU: Get Antec 500W, you won't need more for this thing, and get Antec, I cheaped out for a different manufacture, and the PSU was DOA

GPU: 8800GT, no question. Get the 256MB or 521MB version depending on how high your monitor's native resolution is.

 

[Visualante]

Just got an E2160 myself, well good processor. Very happy and I haven't overclocked it yet.

I was on a similar budget

Got an Asus P5K-E (P35)
Intel E2160
Corsair 1024mb x2
Generic drives and an Antec case.
Keeping the ATi video card I had before and planning to upgrade to a 8800 series later.
Oh yeah got a Corsair energy efficient PSU. Go modular.

I'm going for an 8800gts when I can afford it though.

 

[NIghtWolf]

Thank you guys, im planning on getting a 8800gt later on also, well I think I got it, p5k is the one I guess.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

how heavy of a PC gamer are you?

Are you gonna reuse an old video card?

A 9600GT performs well for its price, about the same as a 8800gt if not better and is cheaper as well.

PSU: the efficiency thing tells you how much actual power you will be using I think?

I think I am wrong since I do not look into PSU stats that much but I thought it worked like this - if you need 200 watts and your PSU's efficiency @ 200watts is 50% then your PSU would need to be using 400 watts? I forgot how it worked halfway typing this.

 

[Threi]

E2160 and E4300 are pretty much the same thing right? (Aside from cache i believe)

I bought my E4300 right before these came out

 

[NIghtWolf]

how heavy of a PC gamer are you?

Are you gonna reuse an old video card?

A 9600GT performs well for its price, about the same as a 8800gt if not better and is cheaper as well.

PSU: the efficiency thing tells you how much actual power you will be using I think?

I think I am wrong since I do not look into PSU stats that much but I thought it worked like this - if you need 200 watts and your PSU's efficiency @ 200watts is 50% then your PSU would need to be using 400 watts? I forgot how it worked halfway typing this.

You mean if psu is 200 watts and efficient 50% = 100 watts, hmm I see.

E2160 and E4300 are pretty much the same thing right? (Aside from cache i believe)

I bought my E4300 right before these came out

Yep , I believe those processors have 2mb more of cache memory disabled, but they still great if not better for overcloking.