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Post Date: 2008-03-21
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    Posted: 21 Mar 2008 at 8:58pm

I will use it most to play games and watch TV and record TV

850si
850 thermaltake
Q9650 extreme 3.00 GHz
nvidia 780i
2GB corsair 1066MHz dominator
digital media card reader
500GB western digital
dvd-rom/cd-rom reader
dvd/cd writer
nvidia geforce 8800gts 512 MB
pinnacle PCTV HD card 
x-fi fps fatality
air cooled stage 3
blizzard internal lighting blue edition
vista home premium
works suite 2006
3d mark 2006
speakers logitech 2.1
microsoft multimedia  keyboard
3 year warranty
 
I went with the stage 3 cooling because i have 4 dogs 8 cats  
and NO AC  it can get 90 + F   in the house in the summer   
Suggestion   thanks.  
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well, you certainly dont need to drop the dough on that processor for some games and tv, its WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY overpaying (imho). other than that though, microsoft works is intrusive and large when you could get openoffice for free and with all the same functionality and more adaptability, haha.

you can take the extra dough and switch to the 950si case with themo-electric cooling also. this will keep your animals' hair from getting in too much. the 850si case is practically open air and i wouldnt trust it with all those guys running around.

also, for your needs, you could go with the a1 revision 680i motherboard for less, unless you particularly want to have 3 graphics cards at full speed in the future.

im not too sure about the Stacker 830 being vulnerable to pet hair, but it seems logical. anyone with experience?


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changed the cooling to liquid as its only a few bucks more and suddenly seems super cheap after dropping over 800 dollars from previous price, haha. an overclocked q6600 is destined to perform very well for everything you need, especially since the overclocking capabilities increase a fair amount with liquid cooling.

Edited by bucephalusbaghdad - 21 Mar 2008 at 9:48pm
Intel Q6600 2.94ghz
Evga Nvidia 780i Core 2 Quad
2x 1gb DDR2 Dominator @1066mhz
2x GeForce 9600GT Superclocked
2x WD HDD 250gb 7200rpm's
850w ThermalTake PSU
Silverstone Windowed TJ09
SyncMaster 953BW
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thank for the config. i wil chedk it out   
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Yea i was gonna say, how many games do you know of that are CPU limited vs more GPU limited? I guess its an old debate though which is better to plunk down more money on the CPU or GPU. Personally if you game i say the GPU.
 
So how about this, you get either a E8400 or a Q6600...and use the money saved on the CPU to get a 9800X2 which should be on the config this weekend they say.
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