Building a New Gaming Computer

[marzi12]

Hi guys
i am thinking about buying a new gaming computer and was wondering what you guys think of these parts and if they are all compatible.

Nvidia Geforce 8600GTS 256mb
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 or E6600
Intel P965
Seagate 500gb Hard Drive
2gb of ram(not sure what type,any suggestions are welcome)


Thats what i have in mind at the moment and was wondering what you guys thought and if they are all compatible.
Any suggestions and comments are welcome.


Thanks
Marzy

 

[mammikoura]

looks good.
For ram I'd suggest ocz, mushkin, corsair or kingston, though there are other good brands too. The only one I have personal experience with is kingston, and I've been very happy with their products.

 

[marzi12]

thnx for the input

 

[muz]

id reccomend a good brand for the ram and get dr 800 at the minimum

 

[aCb]

i just built my comp and used 2gb of crucial ballistix it is amazing in my opinion it is the best (i got the 80$ 2GB kit and overclocked it to 800mhz the timings on it cant be beat either)

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearch.hmx?scriteria=crucial+ballistix+2gb&ALL=y&TP=7

i also built my system with an E6420 and its the way to go if your on a budget considering you can overclock it to just as fast or even faster then an E6600 very easily.

 

[marzi12]

Which do u guys think is better the:
Intel P965
Nvidia nForce 680i SLI LT



and thnx again for ur input

 

[Comp_Pro]

if you going to buy 2 gig ram its better to get 2x1gig ram. 2 individual ram sticks work better than 1.

 

[marzi12]

yeh for the ram i am thinking about getting Kingston

 

[freestyler105]

What's your budget?? We can pick you out some quality parts if you give us a budget.

 

[marzi12]

ummm about $1500 AUD
those parts i have mentioned in my first post

i did a rough pricing in AUD and they come to about $1000 AUD