It's been awhile since I upgraded. A long time, so I've decided to build a new gaming rig. Did a quick configure at Newegg and came up with this.

Case:


http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-156-062-18.jpg

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811156062

Hard Drive:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/22-152-052-01.jpg

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148152

Videocard:


http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-130-072-12.jpg

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130072

PSU:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/17-703-005-09.jpg

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817703005

RAM:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/20-145-033-04.jpg

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145033

Motherboard:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-131-142-09.jpg

ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131142

CPU:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/19-115-003-01.jpg

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115003


Grand Total of $1,597.85

at least your living up to your name....


so will at that stuff make it good?

at least your living up to your name....


so will at that stuff make it good?

Yes, this build of mine is sold at boutique vendors like Alienware for around $3000. It's nice to know how to build your own. This PC will run graphics the consoles couldn't even dream of like nothing.

how difficult is it to put it all together?

i think you should post stage by stage pics and descriptions as you go so we can all do it!

how difficult is it to put it all together?

i think you should post stage by stage pics and descriptions as you go so we can all do it!

It's easy. Very easy. It's just like putting square pegs into square holes. Circle pegs into Circle holes. You can't go wrong.

When he discharged himself at the beginning of the video, you can do that just by touching any part of a metal case. You'd want to discharge static from your body.


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Sweet looks like a beast!