The Final Build (Good things in small Packages)

[Soultribunal]

Okay, this is the Rebuild of my Current System.
Budget will be 1k+ (Will be selling a lot of stuff I have) roughly to Make this System Work for Me (April probably because of tight finances).
I play games, nothing like Crysis but still to be Capable would be cool too.
I Don't do much Multi-Media on it, just Games games and more games.
The only thing is, I am keeping this Case for the sole Purpose of just doing it.
There are 10000 better cases to set this up in, but, I like sometimes just being Unique.


Current System:
NZXT Apollo Case / Ultra LSP750W Power Supply
DG35EC Board / E8400 3.0GHZ
4GB Corsair Dominator @ 800Mhz
2 Raptor 300Gig Non-Raid
HIS 2600 XT @ 900mhz Stable
iStarUSA Mobile Rack w/80mm AeroCool Fan
3 x Aerocool Xtreme Turbine Fans
MassCool CPU Cooler / Samsung All in One Drive with Lightscribe!


The Final Build!
NZXT Apollo Case / Ultra X-3 850W Fully Modular Power Supply
Asus P5Q-E Green Mother Board (yes, finally no more Intel!)
Core 2 Duo, E8600 3.33GhZ (OC here I come) 1333FSB, 6M L2 ( I got it free so...)
Corsair XMS2 Dominator Memory, 4GIG @ 1066mHz
2 Raptors 300 GiG (Might Raid, no idea how the board supports it yet..)
2 X iStarUsa Mobile Racks w/80mm AeroCool Fan
3 x Scythe S-Flex Fans (or might keep AeroCools depending)
Full WC System (see that section for details)
1 X 4850 ATI Card (HIS or VisonTek, haven't decided)
Samsung Drive!

That will be the Final Rebuild on this system.
After that, I stamp it "DONE!" and close the door to anything else.
Next System will be Brand New Chassis Up, but We'll worry bout that when the time comes.
Again, just as a disclaimer, I know its not the best case to do it in. But, for somethings, I just like to be me!
Thanks to all the advice from everyone here who made these decisions possible!!!
HWC Forums FTW!!!!!!!!!


Best Regards Always,
ST

[Dashock]

I got the Asus P5Q-E motherboard as well very good motherboard lots of features. Im using Kets Modded Bios as i felt it was the most stable with my Mushkin Ascent Ram and a very good Overclocker.

[geokilla]

Assuming you didn't buy yet, change the RAM to G.Skill or OCZ 4GB kit that's under $60 at the NCIX sale.

Also, you may want two WD Caviar Black 640GB instead of the dual Raptors.

[Chilly]

I just re-read your post and updated my below post, I had a blond moment.

Over all your build looks great but heres what I'd recommend;

Sell:
DG35EC Board
HIS 2600 XT
MassCool CPU Cooler
Ultra LSP750W Power Supply
4GB Corsair Dominator PC 6400
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Buy:
Asus P5Q-E
ATi 4850/70 1GB
G.Skill PC8000(1000MHz) 4GB (2x2GB)
WD Black Edition 640GB
Corsair TX750 750Watt PSU

Keep/Free:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
WD VelicoRaptor 300GB x2
NZXT Apollo Case

Looking good? So far it looks like a great (re)build. As for why I threw a WD 640GB Black in, if you decided to go all Raid 0 with your VelicoRaptors, it makes for a nice high performance back up drive, feel free to take it out, if you don't think you need it. Hell, if you wanted to, throw in another 4GB(2x2GB) kit for a total of 8GB, its cheap enough, even if you'll never really use it.

Edit - Durrr, I didn't see the part about the E8600 being free.

[enaberif]

Depending on the chip I can't see a 8400 reaching 4.6+ ghz without crazy voltage.

[Chilly]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Depending on the chip I can't see a 8400 reaching 4.6+ ghz without crazy voltage.

Where in his post did he say he expected/wants a 4.6GHz OC. Perhaps I'm blind because I can not see it?

EDIT - He got the E8600 for free, durrrrrr.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Chilly

Where in his post did he say he expected/wants a 4.6GHz OC. Perhaps I'm blind because I can not see it?

EDIT - He got the E8600 for free, durrrrrr.

You said the 8600 can clock as high as the 8600 :P

[rjbarker]

You said the 8600 can clock as high as the 8600 :P _______

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He said the E8400 can OC as high as the E8600...agree..in some cases maybe, but in most cases the E8400 nees way too much Voltage to get to 4.2 Ghz.

[Chilly]

Originally Posted by enaberif

You said the 8600 can clock as high as the 8600 :P

Whats a few MHz between friends.

I fixed my post, an E8400 can clock pretty high, but yes your right, an E8600 can go a bit higher thanks to its better bin and multiplier. My point's moot now thou, since he got an E8600 for free.

[Soultribunal]

Thanks Everyone. Its interesting to rebuild After Only 6 Months of Full Operation on this rig. But at that Time I was strapped and getting new Car instead.
Now I can devote some resources to this Build and make it fly for a change.
I love my case enough to keep it, even though I know I am going to have to get fancy to get it all in there!
If I RAID 0 Chilly, I'll take your advice and get the WD Black Edition for Backup/Storage. I haven't quite decided on that yet.
The Raptors already Exist in the case, so no point letting them go to waste.

I was very Lucky to get the E8600. Long Story, but someone wanted a Quad And got a dual. So, yeah now its mine lol!

I love my Corsair RAm, but I will look into G-SKill.
Unless I go to 64bit XP, getting 4gig should suffice, or Vista for that matter.

TIme will tell.
Thanks Everyone, I'll open a Work Log once I start Sourcing Parts!!!

ST