I was looking at pairing the E6400 with the GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3.
On 3/24/07, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The E6600 (as originally mentioned) is a vastly superior option. Pick up any 680i board (EVGA 122-CK-NF68). I'd suggest the Raptor you were looking at, and the Seasonic S12-600 is a fantastic power supply. Corsair memory has always been my favorite, so that suggestion is solid. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:16 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Need Advice: My PC Build '07 > > I was tinkering with some part ideas for a buddy: > > Asus M2M WS Pro $258.00 > AMD AM2 Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5200+ Socket $200 > Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB DDR2-800 $214 > Coolermaster STC-T01-UBK $129 > Seasonic S12 600W $150 > SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950 XT 512MB $299 > Seagate 7200.10 Barracuda 500GB SATA-II $150 > > About $1400. > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > X1950 XT is a pretty good mid-range video card right > now, around $200 or > > so. > > > > On 3/23/07, GPL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> My last rebuild, 2003 so I'm excited to get this > new project going. > >> The only thing I plan on re-using is my chieftec > tower. I'm pulling > >> the guts out of it and putting it in another tower. > That p4 3.2 still > >> does regular PC work just fine -- but I want to get > back into the > >> higher end gaming. > >> > >> My budget is around $1600, I don't need to spend it > all but want a > >> good gaming machine. If I need to spend a little > more, I might be able > >> to if I'm out of my realm. Most of the stuff I play > are first person > >> shooters, C&C type games (New one coming!), and > flight simulators like > >> MSFS and IL2. > >> > >> So far I have settled on the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 > since I can't > >> justify the extra price of the Intel Core 2 Duo > E6700 per its > >> performance. > >> > >> I believe I'm also going with a single Western > Digital Raptor > >> WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM hard drive. > >> > >> I also want 2GB of ram too, I used CRUCIAL on my > last PC. > >> > >> I'm open to all suggestions as I research some > more. I'm open to > >> motherboard, memory type, especially VIDEO CARD, > and also a POWER > >> SUPPLY. > >> > >> I'm staying with XP for now, but will do VISTA > later in '07. > >> > >> TIA for suggestions! > >> > >> -George > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
-- Brian
