My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

[Roberts91]

Okay tommrow I'm going to purchase my new gaming rig from cyberpowerpc.com and no do not say go build your own at newegg.com or purchase it from somewhere else you will NOT change my mind !

So tonight I'm trying my best to get all the parts I want in my new rig this is what I come up with.

PU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 CPU @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

Can I go with the 500 watts and it run just fine.. Or 600 watts? Or maybe even 750 watts?

Also it's a 200$ diffrence between the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB 16X PCI Express (XFX Extreme Edition Powered by NVIDIA)

and the

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

should I just go with the 640 or is the 768MB one that much better aka worth the 200$?

[linuXBOX]

Re: My new gaIming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

I got the GTS and its honestly more than enough for me (right now, gaming req's are always going up) unless you got the extra 200 to throw away, I'd just go for the GTS. You can save some money by going for the second best. Top of the line always has a mark up more than just what its worth.

500 should be enough I think, unless you want to do SLI with more than one card, and at 8800 prices, I doubt it.

I have a C2D 6600, an 8800 gts, 3 hard drives, 2 cd/dvd-rom drives, other add-ons, and I think I'm using a 380 or 420 or something like that. And even that is probably more than enough. I'm not overclocked.

Ya know I've never gotten a real guide to determine how many watts you actually need, or use. Should you look at the wattage of each device and add it all together? If it works, its fine by me.

[solofowaffles]

Re: My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

I would get a 500watt QUALITY PSU :)

[Corkum]

Re: My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

Just get a GTX, the Ultra isn't worth the extra dough.

[=98=]

Re: My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

I'm moving this to the tech centre.

[megawhompertoo]

Re: My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

the ultra is a much better card compared to the gts, but if you can get a gtx cheaper, then you should do that.

having said that, if you've already convinced yourself to waste money having someone else put it together for you, then you shouldn't be deterred from wasting more money on other unnecessary luxuries.

go hog wild! after all, it's only your money!

[camper.]

Re: My new gaming rig (NEED HELP PLZ!)

Get a GTX and buy a Q6600 cpu. The first wave of multithreaded games are here.