That's a great board fyi, very stable and s easy to work with.
Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:43:05 To:"The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] Need Advice: My PC Build '07 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