I just ordered the parts for my new PC. Its going to be my 1st self build so I'm preemptively making a post as I'm sure to have problems :s (also I just want to show off )

Cooler Master Stacker 830 Special Edition PC Tower Case

Real Power 850 W Modular Power Unit

ASUS Striker II Extreme - LGA775 Socket for Intel - nForce 380i SLI

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 2.4 GHz, cache L2 8 MB

Corsair XMS3 DHX 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-SDRAM CL9 PC10666

Creative 7.1 PCI Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series

ZOTAC GeForce 8800GTS 512 MB

WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar SE16 - 500 GB - 7200RPM - 16 MB

Vista Ultimate 64 bit

got the floppy and dvd writer ordered too but still need to sort out the cooling. Gonna stick with air coz this rig is very overclockable without liquid cooling apparently. Been advised to get an OCZ Vendetta CPU fan. Not sure what else I'll need tbh......


Feel free to make suggestions/offer advice/drool in envy*


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make suggestions/offer advice/drool in envy

The way I've always seen it, unless you have a great setup of speakers/headphones, soundcards can be a bit of a waste.

Very nice Jesus. Funnily enough, I have an almost identical setup, although I didn't have enough faith in my abilities to build it myself.

Enjoy your new setup!

Congrats! So how much did it cost?

Nice! I have the Stacker 830 Evolution and it's a very versatile case. I probably would've gone with 4GB of DDR2 memory though to save a bit of cash. Saying that, I haven't checked memory prices in a while so I'm not sure how much DDR3 is now anyway.

Also, how does the 8800GT stack up against the 8800GTS?

If you get an after market HSF (I use a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, by the way, which I can recommend but it's a little pricey) you'll need some sort of thermal compound. Being your first build, just getting the usual Arctic Silver 5 would probably be your best bet.

You might want to get an extra case fan or 2 as well. I currently have 7 in my Stacker (although 2 are 80mm), and I have room for at least another 4 more!

I'm curious though, why the expensive sound card? I have that same card actually and I got it for the front I/O bay, but I have to say that now it gets very little use and I probably would've been better to save the cash and get a cheaper one.

Anyway, good luck with the build and have fun!

(Remember to earth yourself!)

Very nice dude, congrats

Thanks guys. Cant wait til it all arrives.



Its coming in around the €1600 mark.



The GTS outperforms the GT, not by a huge amount but it does have the edge on it.


Yeah think so, it does have 3 fans fitted but can take a max of 9. I'll need to check out temps once it's finally built I reckon.



Funny you should ask that. I do listen to a lot of music on my PC. I have a pair of Logitech 2.1 Z-2300 speakers (200W, 8" subwoofer) so thought it was worth getting a decent card to power them. Although after doing a bit of reading it seems like the sound card that comes with the striker II is pretty good so I've cancelled the soundblaster until I've checked the other one out.

64 bit

Yeah good luck with that one, we might need to make you a whole new forum section for your tech problems