My new machine - c/c needed

[The Philos]

I'm going to be replacing my laptop with a dedicated desktop machine. I was looking for comments on the components and overall quality of the machine.

Here are the specs:

Quadcore Q9550 2.83 GHz w/ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P mobo
2xG.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (8GB total)
Corsair 750TX & COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP
4xScythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Fans
XFX GX285NZDFF GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
3xWD Caviar Black 1TB
2xAcer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms
DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
BYTECC PCIe SATA II 300
EDIMAX EW-7128G IEEE 802.11b/g

All for under $2100.

[doctahjones]

looks pretty good to me. although $2100? is it something you are putting together or buying preassembled?

[The Philos]

Building myself - all of my current prices for the pieces are from newegg as of yesterday.

[Rson]

Change it to a Phenom 940 and MSI k9n2 and same some $$$


I will have almost the same system but with AMD tomorrow if you want some reviews before you make the plunge.

[The Philos]

Not going AMD, my audio hardware has a fit.

[darktiger]

I would build a i7 computer if I was to build one right now.

[Zylone]

This is almost identical to what I just built. Same CPU, mobo, ram. It overclocked to 3.6ghz with ease. Havn't tried for more because it SCREAMS right now, and seems like a sweet spot for this chip. Not to mention, it is air cooled and under full load, the temps are decent.

You will love it, a buddy of mine just built a new I7 and I think he regrets the money spent compared to this setup!

I went with a 265 based video card, and honestly don't think a 285 will show that much more performance unless you are going to do some serious hardcore gaming. I am running dual 22" wide screens with ease. Photoshop loves it!

[The Philos]

I'm going to be doing some gaming and 3-d modeling with it as well so the GPU may be of some assistance. It's also going to serve as my DAW. I'm glad to hear it overclocks to 3.6 well - I wasn't going try to push it to 4GHz or anything; just something stable and fast.

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by ThePhilosopher

I'm glad to hear it overclocks to 3.6 well - I wasn't going try to push it to 4GHz or anything; just something stable and fast.

You could probably push it to 4 as long as you are running it on Castrol.

[davidhood]

Here's a deal on the corsair 1000w for $163

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...id=0&t=1170525


Very slick modular cable system..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-007-_-Product