Hey, obviously i'm new to this forum but I found alot of good information here and wanted to see if the Build i'm looking to do is good compatibility wise and good for a little OCing.
FYI this is going to be a comp primarily running WOW so i'd like to get some solid FPS with everything maxed since i've never been able to do that with my trash HP laptop. this is right now about $700 or $900 with the 22" LCD monitor i will get. I'm willing to go to $1,000 for the whole thing though
Setup:
Case
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
PSU
Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2DB 500W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail
Mobo
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GPU
EVGA 512-P3-N873-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
RAM
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Heatsink/CPU cooler since I figure the stock wont be enough for OCing
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
Also on the Heatsink/CPU cooler, does anyone know if that will fit on the board with either of the Video Cards?
BTW the Mobo says it comes with the most updated BIOS, but in the reviews i read people are saying it comes with F5 and they Flashed to F9. would that be the best BIOS to flash to? I figure this board is the best place to ask since people seem to be an experienced on Gigabyte Boards here.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.
FYI this is going to be a comp primarily running WOW so i'd like to get some solid FPS with everything maxed since i've never been able to do that with my trash HP laptop. this is right now about $700 or $900 with the 22" LCD monitor i will get. I'm willing to go to $1,000 for the whole thing though
Setup:
Case
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
PSU
Rosewill Stallion Series RD500-2DB 500W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail
Mobo
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GPU
EVGA 512-P3-N873-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - Retail
RAM
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
HDD
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Heatsink/CPU cooler since I figure the stock wont be enough for OCing
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
Also on the Heatsink/CPU cooler, does anyone know if that will fit on the board with either of the Video Cards?
BTW the Mobo says it comes with the most updated BIOS, but in the reviews i read people are saying it comes with F5 and they Flashed to F9. would that be the best BIOS to flash to? I figure this board is the best place to ask since people seem to be an experienced on Gigabyte Boards here.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.
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