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Old 10-12-2007, 09:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
Gobbob
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My Future (Buying bit by bit) Gaming Rig

Hi Guys.

Looking for advice on my new Gaming Rig. So far I have bought an Antec 900 case which is awesome (and mahoosive), but I'm yet to buy the rest. My budget is between £800 and £1000. This is my first custom built Gaming Rig and I do want it to be reasonably future proof.
Here are my ideas so far:

V1:
Mobo - Asus P5KC, Asus P5K Premium or MSI P35 Platinum
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600
Memory - 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2 or 4GB (2x2GB) GeIL PC2-6400 Black Dragon
PSU - 500W Enermax Liberty or 520W Corsair HX
GPU - 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT OC2
CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Hard Drives - 2 x 250 Gb Western Digital WD2500AAKS Caviar SE16 (in Mirrored RAID)
Keyboard - Microsoft Digital Media Pro
Mouse - 1600dpi Laser Mouse (Already Bought with Laptop and is most definitely up to scratch)

V2:
Mobo - Asus P5E iX38 (final)
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 (might change depending on price of new Yorkfileds, overclocked)
Memory - 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2
PSU - 520W Corsair HX
GPU - 512MB BFG Technology 8800GTS (probably final)
CPU Cooler - Scythe Mugen (Infinity) Quiet CPU Cooler (final)
Do-all Drive Array - 4 x 160 Gb Western Digital WD1600AAJS (final, striped and mirrored RAID) See below for partitions
Keyboard - Microsoft Digital Media Pro (for now)
Mouse - 1600dpi Laser Mouse (final)
Monitor - 22" LG M228WA Black Widescreen

Drive Partitions:
1st - 15Gb for OS
2nd - 75Gb for Games
3rd - 40Gb for Programs
4th - 80Gb for Media (Vids and Photos)
5th - 100Gb for Downloads
6th - 10Gb for Documents and other stuff

Apart from other extra bits and pieces (such as red LED fans from Antec to replace the blue ones that came with the case to make it look more badass), that's it...

These choices are not write in stone and really want you guys to rip it out of me so I make the right choice(s).

Thanks in advance,

-Gobbob

Future PC (Desktop):-
Bought so far:
Case - Antec 900

Current PC (Laptop):-
Acer Aspire 3630
1.6Ghz Celeron M
512Mb of Memory
64Mb of Shared Graphics
USB 1600dpi Laser Mouse
My Future PC is going to be alot better!

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