Quake3World

Well that makes perfect sense, I suppose. I think I'm just excited about the whole ordeal, honestly...
I was talking to a man on a different site and he suggested changing the motherboard... I'm questioning you with this because (a)you've been much more helpful and (2)I... just want your opinion I suppose.
Newegg is running a deal with the 6000+ processor. This mobo... What do ya think?

Never mind about that deal, actually. It didnt get very good reviews on newegg anyway...

That looks like a good board, especially with 6 SATA connectors and a fanless heatsink arrangement on the chipset.

You'll probably want to make sure you get a good cooler for your CPU and/or a good fan for your case to make sure the standing heat that will build up around that big heatsink on the motherboard doesn't become a problem.... But it should just be a case of making sure there's a constant flow of air through the PC, and that it's not stuffed under a desk without good circulation around it.

Outside of that if you're happy with the price then it looks good! Presumably if you're going to such a high processor spec then you're also going for 2/4Gb of ram and a few SATA drives for a RAID array?

I got 2Gb Corsair XMS...
Still debating on the HD....I've been looking at this one: Seagate

Also, my case is going to be full of fans, i dont really want to experiment with any water cooling or anything... is that going to be good enough for a mobo with a fanless heatsink?

Currently, all my new HD's within the last 3 years are all Seagates. Very reliable drives and 5 years warrenty is quite outstanding.

Large fans (120mm) at a lower RPM can push as much air as a small fan at a higher RPM. Since noise relates largely with fan speed, the larger fans are preferable. Try to find a case that accommodates larger 120mm fans and fans to match.

Some motherboards can perform well enough with passive coolers, others won't. That depends on the model. My brother picked up some Asus mobo with a passive heatpipe cooler for the northbridge chip that he says works quite well with his AMD X2.

Unfortunetly I already bought my case which has 4 80mm fan slots: one in the window, 2 in the front, one in the back. It comes with the one for the window, and I bought three for the case (80mm/2000rpm - Thermaltakes).

I have yet to hear a complaint about Seagate's hard drives so that is definetly the direction I'm going to go in. Still have my eyes on this one, I think: Seagate

Someone had posted up a 10,000 rpm WD HD earlier in the thread. I wonder if I should be more inclined to go for the one with the higher RPMs?

Not IMO. THey're faster but a fair bit more expensive.

A cheaper solution that's just as good (sometimes better) is to buy several regular drives and run a RAID array to get the speed boost.

It's so funny to go between this board and I different board I've been posting on... all the people on that board are like: no, upgrade. Bigger! 8800GTX!!!

I have ONE final question for you guys before I order all my parts... The Mobo and the Processor. I already said that I was going to have 4 fans for the case but is that and some thermal paste going to be enough?

Its not a clear-cut kind of thing. I'm running about 4 case fans currently but 2 of those are 120mm and one of them is this bizarre rolling-pin type air blower that sits alongside the motherboard and pushes air along the whole length of it.... All fans aren't created equal.

I think the fans will probably be sufficient. You might find if you end up with good temperatures that you want to remove a fan or two to cut down the noise... but they're not expensive items to better to buy more than you need than to buy too few and cook your components.

Ta-Da! New egg cart

TigerDirect cart


Scratch that monitor from tiger direct, im getting it on new egg instead

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Screenshot the cart (Prtscrn button), paste into paint + save, upload to imageshack.us, post image link here

Cd/Dvd

Monitor? the other one I had picked out (Samsung 20" 206bw) a ton of people on new egg were complaining about a buzzing noise so I guess that one is out...

Damn that monitor you linked is sweet

I have that same DVD drive, it's fine no complaints here. Might want to check if it comes with Nero bundled... or if not consider picking up a cheap OEM copy of nero at the same time as you buy your components (can't buy OEM software unless you buy hardware at the same time)

Should be able to get an OEM copy of nero for under 10 whereas the retail version is 30+

So everything looks okay then i guess?

Ill have to look on another site because tiger direct doesn't seem to have/do OEM...

I seems fine to me. But the responsibility for being sure that the components are correct and will work together has to rest with you, not me. This is a serious investment in cash and assembling a computer carries risks even if you're a professional system builder.

Outside of that disclaimer, good luck