new pc!

[Sytse]

OK. I'm going for this:

Asus P5B. P965 (ATX. PCI-e. Sound. LAN. SATA II. RAID)
Intel Core 2 E6300 ( 1.86GHz. . 266MHz. QDR FSB. 64Kb. L1. 2MB L2)Boxed
Kingston 1024MB DDR2 (2x512) PC5300 667MHz CL5 (KVR667D2N5K2/1G)
Seagate 200GB SATA II 7200RPM 8MB Barracuda 7200.10 (ST3200820AS)
Asus GeForce 7900 GS 256MB DDR3 (PCI-e. 2x DVI-I) EN7900GS TOP/2DHT/256M
NEC ND-5170 18x (Dual-layer. Black)
Antec Case Sonata II Black ATX MidiTower True Power 450W

Hope to recieve it within 2 weeks!  :)

Thanks for all the help guys!

[ctjoyce]

The only things I noticed were these. Use OCZ or Corsair RAM insted of Kingston. The quality is soo much better. Also ASUS GPU's are way overpriced, use eVGA or Leadtech. And finally, the PSU in the case is a tad bit unstable and underpowered. Look at throwing a Hiper in there ASAP

Cheers
Cameron

[GeForce]

Only thing I would say is that the E6300/6400 seem to overclock better on the 975X chipset, from what I've heard.

If you're going to be overclocking, I'd recommend a Gigabyte DS3 board.

Jon

[cheesegrater]

If you're on a budget you need to make sacrafices somewhere.

However, looking at the RAM prices I don't know why you would buy this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820144199
Over this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231096
Or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145566
Unless prices in Europe are much different?

Otherwise it looks good. 450W should be enough for your setup. Antec is not bad, although a lot of people would not use an OEM PSU.

[Sytse]

I'm not going to overclock, so I don't need other chipsets or RAM. Kingston is cheaper than OCZ or Corsair over here. And there also seems to be a problem with OCZ RAM and the ASUS P5B board. eVGA is more expensive than ASUS over here too. I guess it all depends on the place where you live eh?  ;D

[flymo]

still mate from what ive heard asus GPU's are not that great, go with a better brand, i just bought a 512mb MSI 7900GTO for

[Sytse]

Well... I hear a lot of god things about the Kingston RAM so I'll stick to that, unless you can show me some evidence of better performing RAM for the same price. Your good experience with Corsair doesn't necisarilly mean that Kingston isn't good.

And about the GPU, I think this is one of the best for this price. If you guys know of any other cards of the same price that are way better, please tell me!

[cheesegrater]

Kingston and Asus are fine. You could go on for days discussing what brands are the best based on your personal experiance and what "you've heard", and it won't really say much.

[Sytse]

OK...

What about the Radeon X1900 GT instead of the 7900 GS? I read it's better and it's a little cheaper over here...

Any thoughts?

[ctjoyce]

X1900 is a good card. If it were a tossup between the two (and I didn't already have one 7900 and a SLi board) Ide probibly go for the ATi card.

Cheers
Cameron

[Sytse]

Now I did too. Thanks again for your input Cameron!  :)

[Sytse]

Finally got it and installed my new rig tonight! Yeah! I'm super happy with this!  :D

[ctjoyce]

So whats your 3DMark score?

Cheers
Cameron

[Sytse]

My 3DMark score? What is it and where can I find it?  ::)

[ctjoyce]

www.futuremark.com

Download and run 3DMark05

Cheers
Cameron