equinox2355

Here are the parts of my new gaming computer, not going overboard, and I do have a bit of a budget:

Case:
Antec Twelve Hundred Full ATX Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129043 - Ordered

Power Supply:
Antec TPQ-850 850W - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371009 - Ordered

Motherboard:
MSI P7N SLI-FI Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130175 - Not Ordered Yet

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (will be O.C. to 3.2Ghz) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115052 - Not Ordered Yet

RAM:
G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) @ 4-4-4-12 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231209 - Not Ordered Yet

Video Card:
MSI 9800 GTX+ (1 for now, will probably get 2 more over time) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127392 - Not Ordered Yet

Fan Controller:
NZXT SEN-001LX (for additional fans) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811992004 - Not Ordered Yet

CPU Cooler:
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134 - Not Ordered Yet

Optical Drive:
LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136152 - Not Ordered Yet

Hard Drives:
(2x) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB (The hard drives will be in a RAID 0 array) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136074 - Not Ordered Yet

So that's what I have so far, as far as the major parts.

bluexbox916

It would be SOOO sick if you get SLI!

CDogbert

lol do you really need the Antec 1200? You're only using 3 of the 15 bays.

Why not the $50 cheaper Antec 900?

equinox2355

The reason is the video card wont fit in the 900, I would've gotten that instead though lol plus when overclocking, I like having additional space and more airflow.

equinox2355

Anyone else have any input?

CDogbert

Go with the ASUS P5N-D m/b instead. You gain a PCI-E2.0x16 slot and an audio coax port, but you lose an IDE slot that you weren't using anyway. ASUS > MSI, too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131232

VIP_CAMO

ive heard that the sli is not all that great ..ive got a pci-e and its not all that great to me ..im still more impressed by my old agp than my new pci-e ..my pci-e has 2x the amount of everything but my agp still feels faster with games and programs..are you going to run vista??

equinox2355

I had considered the ASUS but that model has 1x PCI Express 2.0 x16 only and 1x PCI Express 8x, just like the MSI. I had wanted one with 2 x16 slots, but its more than what I am trying to keep my budget in.

equinox2355

Well I am probably going to dual boot XP and Vista, but I have been playing games on Vista on my laptop for a while and do love the way it handles with the new drivers from nVidia.

CarbonXe

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SLI is extremely over rated.

CDogbert

Huh? The P5N-D has two x16 slots, look at its specs lol. It's also only $5 more expensive.

And x3 about SLI.