| Grampy said: @ Squilliam , SlimeBeast, FastFord58 and terislb Some great ideas. You sent me back to the drawing boards one last time. Instead of matching the Gateway I went for improving on it, at least for my own purposes. And while I was at it, to compare custom built vs. scratch built. In selecting components, I used NewEgg feedback and prices to select individual parts. FastFord 58, I picked a case with six 120mm fans, and a high rated CPU cooler. No heat problems for me. Number in ( ) is the NewEgg part price followed by the user rating (***** is tops). I think this is shaping up into a hell of a system, thanks to all the help. CASE: Sigma Gaming Windstorm Mid-Tower Case (Blue Color with Side-Window) w/ 6 x120mm fans (80)***** POWER SUPPLY 635 Watts Power Supplies Sigma Shark SP-635W PSU - SLI Ready) (80)***** CPU: Intel® CoreTM i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366 (290)***** COOLING FAN : Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Excellent Overclocking + Silent Proof 16dBA) (55) **** MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) GigaByte GA-EX58-UD4P Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Ultra DurableTM3 Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA, Dual GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394a, & 7.1Audio (259) **** MEMORY: 12GB CORSAIR XMS3 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel (328)***** VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card EVGA 01G-P3-1287-AR GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (410)***** HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (65) **** Optical Drive: Sony Sony Optiarc 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model (23)***** Optical Drive 2: Sony Optiarc Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO (17) *** SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers (49) **** NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 NETWORK CARD MODEM: NONE KEYBOARD: Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard (Black Color)(9) ***** MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse (9) **** Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR) (21) **** Cable Wiring: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU (20) NA Rounded Cable: Round Cable Upgrade for Optical Drive (30) NA IEEE CARD: Built in USB PORT: * Built-in USB 2.0 Ports OS: NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY Cyberpower PC - $1625 Compared to the Gateway, this would have twice the RAM and a better GPU although a smaller HD (plan to have networked RAID). What does everyone think?
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Just a quick note about that particular RAM. The advertised speed is an overclocked speed. It actually runs native at 1333mhz or something like that. I still haven't figured out how to get it to run stable on my machine at 1600mhz, but I'm fairly noob when it comes to overclocking.
Personally, I would ditch 6 GB of ram and use that money to go upgrade to the Asus Rampage II extreme Mobo.
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