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    Posted: 28 Jul 2008 at 11:10am
I'm about 2 or 3 weeks away from FINALLY buying my rig.
 
my quick wrap:
budget not to exceed 3k. I play almost everything. 19" WS HD monitor. Focus on upgradability and gaming.
 
After dozens of configs and re-configs I've decided on a build that can handle today's games with a punch while leaving significant room to upgrade/handle the future. I will probably add a second ati card or get a new card in 6months or so. (the asus mobo can handle a single Nvidia, right?)
 
My main concern is with the Corsair or OCZ ram at 8gb, should I have gone with the cheaper ocz?
 
Also, if I adventually get a TV tuner, second hard drive, sound card and possibly another video card (assuming I have the physical space) will 750w PSU work out  or should I just keep the 1000w?
 
And I've chosen the antec case to keep the cost down as well as it's positive reviews.
 
Please let me know what you think... as they say...this could be it.
 
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I'd feel comfortable with OCZ PC6400. I also would probably do a 1000W PSU at this point too if you want maximum upgrade room. Who knows what they are going to release next. I figured we would see a reduction from the power requirements of the 8800 Ultra in the top tier cards from NVidia with die shrinks, not an increase, yet here we are with 1000W PSU on the low end of the range of SLI certified PSU's for a pair of GTX280. That's up 120W from the lowest rated model for 2xSLI 8800 Ultra. Granted, nVidia does tend to be very conservative in their recomendations, but the trend is towards using as much power as possible it seems.Shocked

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If you care about upgradeability, get the 1000W PSU, and get either the 850 or 950 case. I know you want to save money, but the Antec case is smaller, with worse air flow. I think the investment will pay off if you are serious about upgrading.
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I say go liquid cool stage one and get a 850Si

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Originally posted by schulni

If you care about upgradeability, get the 1000W PSU, and get either the 850 or 950 case. I know you want to save money, but the Antec case is smaller, with worse air flow. I think the investment will pay off if you are serious about upgrading.


While the Antec 900 case is smaller, it does not have inadequate airflow. It starts out with two 120mm fans in front and one 120mm rear exhaust fan plus a 200mm top exhaust fan. That is good airflow to begin with. There are additional mounts for two other 120mm fans... one on the side to cool the graphics card area and an internal mid mount 120mm fan. That's about as good as you can ask for with air cooling in a case.
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I've taken in some new considerations and talked with kelly (very helpful) and settled on a rig. However, I'm still between ddr2 and ddr3. While the ram is what it is, according to tests and whatnot. does anyone know the specific differences in motherboards (asus ddr2 vs. asus ddr3)?

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=171099
$2676 ddr3

or

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=171101
$2670 ddr2

The only difference here is the ram and mobo...any comments?

pretty please...
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I am going to suggest that if you want to set your FSB to an overclocked speed of 1600MHz, you want either DDR2 800MHz, DDR2 1066MHz, or DDR3 1600MHz. You may otherwise have to downclock your DDR3 1333 RAM to 1066 in order to get a stable overclock at a 1600Mhz FSB, depending on what divisors the P45 motherboard DSO is offering supports and whether or not the RAM can overclock to 1600MHz. This is a question for Kelly to answer for you. Performance wise, as you say, it is what it is.
 
Considering the rather minimal difference between the two in terms of performance, I would make my decision based upon the typical overclocking results DSO sees. This is, again, something to ask the folks at DSO. I believe the X48 motherboard may have a different southbridge controller, but tbh, there is not a great deal of difference between the P45 and X48 motherboards. You will probably find that the X48 has a more elaborate heatsink setup to support overclocking more fully.
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