Another Nehalem Build

Infiniti · #1 (**permalink**) November 29, 2008, 03:09 AM

Okay, I missed the other deal, so I'm going to stay away from them now. PM all the way.

Anyways, heres my revised build:
Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan - $137.00 (This is probably silent enough)

EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 260 Core 216 576MHZ 896MB 1.99GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out *IR-$71* -$308.88 (Nothing much, but I'll probably SLI down the road..)

G.SKILL F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ 3GB DDR3 3X1GB DDR3-1333 CL 9-9-9-24 Triple Channel Memory Kit - $109.29 (Not sure about this one, but was the cheapest kit @ NCIX)

Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 3PCI-E SATA Sound 2GLAN 3-WAY CrossFireX SLI Mo *IR-$10* - $395.92 (Read somewhere that it overclocks good, with the silent pipe or something)

Intel Core I7 920 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S - $354.99

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 1366RT Heatpipe Cooler LGA1366 120MM Fan FDB 1600RPM 28.0DBA 63.7CFM - $74.55 (Is this good or bad? Probably would want to replace the fan though)
All the prices are PMed prices. The total, with all my other non-important goodies, comes to $1,491.03, while with tax and all, $1,669.95.

Good, bad, anything to change?

Sniper · #2 (**permalink**) November 29, 2008, 04:02 AM

Looks like a good setup. I'd not go cheap with your ram though. Get the best you can or at least go with 2Gb sticks if you don't want to go faster timings. You won't be disappointed If you did I don't think.

What are you going with for case,hdd ect?

Chilly · #3 (**permalink**) November 29, 2008, 05:12 AM

I agree with sniper about the ram, at least try to fit a 6GB kit kit in your budget, DDR3-1600 as well. As for the heat sink, its an excellent choice, I hear nothing but great things about the Ultra 120(the TRUE is one of the best air coolers around). I'm also assuming your gonna reuse your case HDD and etc correct? If thats the case other than the ram your build looks excellent, good choices all around.

That being said if you can't fit it in your budget for a 6GB kit, the 3GB kit will serve you very well in the meanwhile.

Don't forget to load rosetta up on it once you build it

Infiniti · #4 (**permalink**) November 29, 2008, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper

Looks like a good setup. I'd not go cheap with your ram though. Get the best you can or at least go with 2Gb sticks if you don't want to go faster timings. You won't be disappointed If you did I don't think.

What are you going with for case,hdd ect?

I doubt I'll be able to fit a 6GB kit into my budget, since I already reached my budget.

Also, for case, I bought the MM H2GO from TerenceJ, so I'll be using that.

As for the HDD, since I'm already tight on budget, I'm going to be using some old IDEs for the time being, until I get more money to afford a good hard drive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chilly

I agree with sniper about the ram, at least try to fit a 6GB kit kit in your budget, DDR3-1600 as well. As for the heat sink, its an excellent choice, I hear nothing but great things about the Ultra 120(the TRUE is one of the best air coolers around). I'm also assuming your gonna reuse your case HDD and etc correct? If thats the case other than the ram your build looks excellent, good choices all around.

That being said if you can't fit it in your budget for a 6GB kit, the 3GB kit will serve you very well in the meanwhile.

Don't forget to load rosetta up on it once you build it

Well, obviously I'll load rosetta up, I'm officially addicted right now, since this build is mainly for folding. And I guess a... little gaming..

LCB001 · #5 (**permalink**) November 29, 2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Infiniti

I doubt I'll be able to fit a 6GB kit into my budget, since I already reached my budget.

Also, for case, I bought the MM H2GO from TerenceJ, so I'll be using that.

As for the HDD, since I'm already tight on budget, I'm going to be using some old IDEs for the time being, until I get more money to afford a good hard drive.

Well, obviously I'll load rosetta up, I'm officially addicted right now, since this build is mainly for folding. And I guess a... little gaming..

At least you've got your priorities in the right order, and that 260 will be great for F@H

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