Major Upgrade: Question on Mobo & PSU

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by RavynX, Mar 3, 2007.

  1. RavynX

    RavynX Geek Trainee

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    Hey all, I got the upgrade bug recently and started researching again.

    My current setup:
    AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester)
    MSI M8N Neo2 Platinum Mobo
    2 GB Corsair XMS DDR400 RAM
    eVGA GeForce 6800 GS
    Creative Audigy 2
    120GB WD SATA harddrive
    17" ViewSonic VA720 LCD
    Enermax Noisetaker 420W psu

    It's been a sweet rig for some time now, but the games caught up and surpassed it a while ago and I'm now playing Vanguard which is hungry for video and memory. I'm also getting back into FPS games.

    Proposed Setup:
    Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
    mobo: undecided
    2 GB Corsair XMS DDR800 RAM (or should I go 1066?)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640MB
    Creative X-Fi Fatalit1y
    Dell E228WFP 22-inch WideScreen LCD
    psu: undecided


    I'm in need of help on deciding my motherboard and psu. I'm not sure if I want to overclock, if I do it won't be anything serious requiring a liquid cooling system. I want a mobo that is stable and with not too many bells and whistles; I don't need on-board sound/video or any other special features like wireless or remotes and the like.

    Please feel free to suggest something else from what I have on my Proposed List and what I listed for mobo's and psu's, I'm all ears.

    I've been building my own rigs for as long as I can remember and this would be the first time switching to Intel.
     
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  3. Matt

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    th ats a nice rig. PSU and mobo choiced are good too
     
  4. RavynX

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    I got it all built and set up this past weekend. It's pretty damn sweet so far.

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    I wish I had gotten a modular PSU so I didn't have a ton of extra cabling. I'll have to figure something out to solve this rat's nest.

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    Old ViewSonic VA720 17"...
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    New Dell 22" widescreen...
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    I didn't take pictures through the rest of the process since I was dying to get it put together and get it running. :p Plus the rat's nest didn't look pleasing. :rolleyes:
     

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