Hey guys, i've been thinking about putting together a new PC for a long time but i've been holding out as long as possible. My current PC is on it's last leg and i think i'm gonna have to buy one now. I was wondering if you could give your opinion on the hardware that i've picked out and see if there are any issues or incompatibilities that you notice. The first time i've really chosen all the parts to put together a PC. Mobo - EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard Video Card - EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card Processor - Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ I excluded the other stuff: the case, hard drive, dvd drive, and power supply because i figured it's not really important. Just standard stuff. I also planned on running vista 64-bit on it. I don't know if that would have any issues either. Thanks for all your input guys!
Hi greyghost Sorry I can't offer advice regarding incompatibility issues. In regards to the specs, they look pretty good, you should be able to play games on high quality settings. I'd be looking to run XP rather than Vista. power supply is pretty important these days, consider reading http://www.hardwareforums.com/power-supply-sticky-5218/
Hey Thanks for the input. I actually did think about posting the power supply afterwards. I do have a decent one picked out, its a 700W cooler master. The only reason i'm going to go on vista is because its 64 bit just in case i want more then4gb of ram down the road. I heard the 64bit version of XP was pretty bad, so i guess i'll have no choice but to take my chances with vista64.
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