Shamal Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Can you please provide any input on what kind of hardware I should get for my new system Im building. There is no limit on budget. System will be mainly used for gaming.So far, I've made up my mind about getting the following:Intel Core 2 E6600Seagate SATA II 320GB x 27950GX2 Viper CaseCan you recommend what I should get for the following:RAM (2GB)MOTHER BOARD (Will not be running SLi)7950GX2 (Is there any difference of performance between the brand names i.e.ASUS, XFX, EVGA?Thanks to all of you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benheaven1 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 (edited) Hello,As far as i know you have to have an "SLI Motherboard" in order to use the 7950GX2 i may be wrong thoI would try and get the fastest DDR2 ram that your motherboard can supportNice SetupBen Edited October 5, 2006 by benheaven1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Can you please provide any input on what kind of hardware I should get for my new system Im building. There is no limit on budget. System will be mainly used for gaming.So far, I've made up my mind about getting the following:Intel Core 2 E6600Seagate SATA II 320GB x 27950GX2 Viper CaseCan you recommend what I should get for the following:RAM (2GB)MOTHER BOARD (Will not be running SLi)7950GX2 (Is there any difference of performance between the brand names i.e.ASUS, XFX, EVGA?Thanks to all of you in advance.For RAM I'd go either for Crucial Ballistics or Mushkin with highest frequencies available (and supported by your mobo)For mobo, (OK, I might be biased) go for Gigabyte. Very stable, easy overclocking, plenty of features.For GFX, I'd go for either BFG or XFX.That's my 2 cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 video card is fine, but maybe look into the top of the line ati cards too.for ram mushkin, gskill, geil, corsair, all is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamal Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Thanks for all the info. I was hoping to get some specific models of hardware who's had experiences with a similar setup.I can't choose which one, so what do you think about the following models;RAMOCZ 2GB PC2 6400 DDR2 800 PLATINUM XTC RAM corsair 4-5-4-15 - OCZ2P8002GKOCZ 2GB PC2-5400 DDR2 667 Gold eXtreme faster corsair 4-4-4-12 - OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-KMotherboardASUS P5B i965ASUS P5B DELUXE i965GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 get the pc2-6400 only if u want to overclock, otherwise get the pc2-5400as for mobo, i prefer the gigabyte ds3, but if u dont need all of the extra features then get the s3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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