Hello all new rig

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Hell oagain all after my socket 939 mobo gave up the ghost i have gotten a new laptop and still need a gaming rig well i ahve inherited a small amout of money hopefully if all goes well i will the moneu soon this is like the third build i have looked at any tips and hints welcome
For gaming

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017

i know ther out of stock right now but hopefully they will ge tmore lol


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131393

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130478

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136298
if you find a better video card for cheaper that almost as good let me know





Also looking for new keyboard looking at mostly fps here is what im looking at any hands on experience appreciated
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823239006
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823114009
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823114008

[x88x]

No experience with any of those keyboards, unfortunately. Personally I prefer ergonomic keyboards. The MS Natural 4000 is my favorite so far.

As for the other parts, you've picked some pretty good stuff, but some outdated stuff.

I really don't know why so many people are still so enamored with the Q6600. Sure, it was a great proc in it's day, with lots of overclocking potential, but....not so great anymore.
You can get a helluva lot more performance out of the Q9550, for only $20 more. Higher clock, way bigger L2 cache, cache shared between all 4 cores instead of the split deal that the 6600 has, smaller die size, at 45nm instead of the 6600's 65nm, so it'll run cooler and consume less power.

You've got a good GPU there, though the Radeon 4890 will give you similar performance for a bit cheaper.

For RAM, go ahead and get another 4GB. The performance increase that it'll give you for the small price increase is more than worth it imo.

For a HDD, really with prices where they are now, I wouldn't recommend getting anything smaller than a 1TB. I also wouldn't recommend running your OS off a Green drive, especially with the other components you're getting.

For MBB, you've picked a good quality board, that's definitely a good one for the price.


One thing you might consider, for longevity of the system, is bumping up to an i7 setup instead. That way you'll have the option to upgrade incrementally instead of being near the max potential of your MBB/RAM.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

hey thanks man that gives me some stuff to think about +rep

[apbrit2009]

why get the q6600 when you can get the phenom 2 955 for the same price?
the 4890 performs the same as the 275
and don't get ddr2, get 4 gb ddr3

[x88x]

and don't get ddr2, get 4 gb ddr3

Ok, first off, DDR3 won't work on the board he linked, so not an very clear suggestion. Second off, getting 4GB of DDR3 wouldn't be a very good idea; you want to use DDR3 in multiples of 3 sticks, or you won't be able to run it in triple channel mode, which is the main benefit of DDR3.

IIRC, the 955 has similar performance to the Q9550, but consumes 30W more, so really I guess it depends what platform you're more comfortable on.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

hey thanks guys i do like the Amd stuff i just havent had an intel for a while want to try something diffrent thanks again after considering i probably will go with the Q9950 the ATI nothing really against ATI i have bought a few always had problems with drivers but that has been a while so i may look into that

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

those Z-boards r rly long.... i had... the non-stealth version

[Liquid_Scope_99]

did you like it

[aintnothang]

post pics when built.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

cool i hope its sooner than later