I know that this is asked all the time, but I really want to help my son and this forum always has the best advise to give. My son is redoing his computer and I wanted to help him make sure he was getting the best products for the money. He is a heavy gamer and wants to have the best performance for that purpose. He is what he is thinking about:
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 2.66ghz 8mb Cache, 1066FSB Motherboard
OCZ SLI 2048mb PC16000 DDR3 2000mhz Memory All for $580.00
XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512mb GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready Video Card - $99.00
or
BFG GeForce GTX280, OC Edition w/ 1G GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready - $440.00
He already has a Fantech Aeroflow FX120 CPU Cooler / A good DVD player / a Antech Cooling Case / and a Rosewill Turbo Series 550W PSU.
He is still deciding on a Hard Drive, but I thought maybe the WD Veloociraptor VR150 300GB 10Krpm.
Thanks for all the advise. I know this question probably gets old, but I want to make sure that he get the best computer he can. If I left anything out please let me know. Oh by the way he is now running Windows Vista, but I think he'll be going to the new Windows 7.
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 2.66ghz 8mb Cache, 1066FSB Motherboard
OCZ SLI 2048mb PC16000 DDR3 2000mhz Memory All for $580.00
XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512mb GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready Video Card - $99.00
or
BFG GeForce GTX280, OC Edition w/ 1G GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready - $440.00
He already has a Fantech Aeroflow FX120 CPU Cooler / A good DVD player / a Antech Cooling Case / and a Rosewill Turbo Series 550W PSU.
He is still deciding on a Hard Drive, but I thought maybe the WD Veloociraptor VR150 300GB 10Krpm.
Thanks for all the advise. I know this question probably gets old, but I want to make sure that he get the best computer he can. If I left anything out please let me know. Oh by the way he is now running Windows Vista, but I think he'll be going to the new Windows 7.