My Build

[cobra96]

ok so here's the plan with income tax...

Motherboard - GIGABYTE EP43-UD3L w/PCIe 2.0
CPU - Pentium Dual Core E6500
GPU - Geforce GTS 250 512MB DDR3 PCIe 2.0
Case w/ PSU - Mid-Tower w/550W
DVD Burner - SATA w/Lightscribe
RAM - 4GB DDR2 Dual Channel
OS - Windows 7 64-bit
HDD - 160GB 7200 rpm
Monitor - Old ass 17inch tube monitor :D

and the most important piece...

Modem -56K BABY!!!!!!!!!

[Ayce]

Nice rig, Justin. I know you're on dial-up, but I don't know what your current modem is, 56k has been around as standard for ages, now. :D

[cobra96]

ha...yeah and the thing is im only gettin about 27K lol...slow ass dial up X( makes me want to move :D

and found a better deal on my CPU...E6500 for only 5 bucks more :D

[Pie]

Pretty clean setup. Should be quick. Why not 4GB of ramulage? I'm waiting for my contract to run out so I can upgrade to 5mb! I really don't feel like paying $200 for an early cancellation fee.

[KEN]

If you can swing an extra 50 bucks, then get a Gigabyte MB @ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372

Then get a Zalman fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118034&cm_re=zalman_cpu_cooler-_-35-118-034-_-Product

Then call me on the phone, and I will walk you threw how to safely take that E6500 from 2.93ghz and overclock it to a E6700.

[Pie]

If you can swing an extra 50 bucks, then get a Gigabyte MB @ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372

Then get a Zalman fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118034&cm_re=zalman_cpu_cooler-_-35-118-034-_-Product

Then call me on the phone, and I will walk you threw how to safely take that E6500 from 2.93ghz and overclock it to a E6700.

Indeed. Those Intel's run hot.

[gcountach]

Indeed. Those Intel's run hot.

By comparison to...

Ambient Air? Yes

AMD's? Nah.... :)

[KEN]

You could overclock with the factory fan, I just don't trust em. My CPU never gets above 32c with a zalman fan, and its overclocked to the max. Forget that water cooling business.

[Pie]

You could overclock with the factory fan, I just don't trust em. My CPU never gets above 32c with a zalman fan, and its overclocked to the max. Forget that water cooling business. I've had good luck with MassCool fans. So that's what I always use. I'm sure there are better though.

[cobra96]

Pretty clean setup. Should be quick. Why not 4GB of ramulage? I'm waiting for my contract to run out so I can upgrade to 5mb! I really don't feel like paying $200 for an early cancellation fee.

i thought about it but then i would have to upgrade to a 64bit version of windows and dont feel like spendin more than i have to...plus the programs and games i play dont need that much...fallout 3 would be the only one but it ran perfect on xp with 3GB on my old laptop and a 9500GT GPU

If you can swing an extra 50 bucks, then get a Gigabyte MB @ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372

Then get a Zalman fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118034&cm_re=zalman_cpu_cooler-_-35-118-034-_-Product

Then call me on the phone, and I will walk you threw how to safely take that E6500 from 2.93ghz and overclock it to a E6700.

that board looks to be more suited to what i want to do...might have to pick it up :D

[cobra96]

ok so ive changed my mind...here is the GPU i want now...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4502182&CatId=3670

it has double the memory bus and 20% more bandwidth all for just a few extra $'s...the only downside is it uses about 150W of power compared to 70W for the GT 240