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What do you think? (before I got and blow all my money!)

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So I've pretty much decided on the parts I'm going to order. I wanted to build a pretty nice gaming rig without spending too much money, and I've pretty much hit a wall with my budget now so there isn't much room to change things round. Anyway, before I go and order all these parts in about 30 minutes, I'd like a bit of feedback on them...I'm pretty happy with the decisions I've made but I can't help but second guess EVERYTHING because I'm spending so much of my hard-earned cash it's difficult to part with, haha! Sooo what do you think?

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320gb
Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe / WIFI-AP
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Video card: XFX 8800 GTS, 640MB
RAM: Crucial Ballistix, 2x1GB, DDR2-800, PC2-6400, CL4, DIMM
Heat sink: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme
PSU: Silverstone Olympia OP750, 750W
 
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What about your display?If u r not gonna use a display more than 21" 320MB would be enough.In DX10 u hav a bit advantage but still there r almost nothing DX10.I recomend a 19" LCD.
 
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all looks pretty good ,tho maybe a bit expensive.
i wanted to get a q6600, but i think im gonna go with something cheaper.
considered a raptor for hd ?
 

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all looks pretty good ,tho maybe a bit expensive.
i wanted to get a q6600, but i think im gonna go with something cheaper.
considered a raptor for hd ?

Yeah I might get one later down the road once I start overclocking and refining my specs. to get more performance. I already ordered all these parts, now I'm poor but hopefully I'll have a sick PC :p
 
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Meh I am gonna hang out for a little while myself and wait for the Graphics cards to get cheaper before I go all out on a system like you have.
Still Nice selection on hardware what O/S Are you going for?
 
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those are some nice bits man.... I can't see any probs there at all. Good to see you are not skipping on the psu like most people try and do...

Go for it...

Oh and try and get a GO stepping cpu, apparently they are the best ones to get and oc like crazy....
 

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So I've pretty much decided on the parts I'm going to order. I wanted to build a pretty nice gaming rig without spending too much money, and I've pretty much hit a wall with my budget now so there isn't much room to change things round. Anyway, before I go and order all these parts in about 30 minutes, I'd like a bit of feedback on them...I'm pretty happy with the decisions I've made but I can't help but second guess EVERYTHING because I'm spending so much of my hard-earned cash it's difficult to part with, haha! Sooo what do you think?

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320gb
Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe / WIFI-AP
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Video card: XFX 8800 GTS, 640MB
RAM: Crucial Ballistix, 2x1GB, DDR2-800, PC2-6400, CL4, DIMM
Heat sink: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme
PSU: Silverstone Olympia OP750, 750W

Nice parts, go for it ;)
 
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