Originally posted by: Schmide
Regardless of what you do, drop the 7200 GS and get a 9600gt or something. If you end up getting a nVidia card later you can use it as a physx processor. Or actually sell it or give it away as it actually has value.
1st thanks to every one who has replied and stuff
Schmide I took your advice and upgrade to the 9600 GT ...though I need to figure out how to use is as physx processor (any ideas on how to do that ?)
So here is what I bought from zipzoomfly and new egg
ORDER CONTENT:
1 x (10009631) ASUS P6T Deluxe v2 Intel X58 Core i7 Socket 1366 PC3-12800 (DDR3-1600) ATX Motherboard Retail @ $279.99
1 x (10009642) INTEL BX80601920 Core i7-920 2.66GHz Intel QPI 4.80 GT/s Socket 1366 Desktop Processor Retail *** Free Shipping*** @ $287.90
1 x (10009746) ASUS DRW-20B1ST 20X SATA DVD Burner Black Drive Retail @ $26.99
1 x (10006939) ULTRA Lifetime Series Professional LSP750 750W Power Supply Retail @ $59.99
1 x (10010084) WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Green WD5000AACS 500GB SATA II 7200 RPM 16MB Buffer Hard Drive Bulk ***Free Shipping*** @ $58.99
1 x (10009728) CORSAIR TR3X6G1600C9 6GB PC3-12800+ (DDR3-1600+) CLTriple Channel Memory Retail ***Free Shipping*** @ $109.99
1 x (10008633) GIGABYTE GV-NX96T1GHP GeForce 9600 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 (2.0v) Video Card Retail @ $98.99
the case I got from new egg was this one :
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Total cost of every thing with shipping etc $1040.58
Oh yes I plan to use Windows Vista Ultimate and dual boot to my old IDE hard drives with Windows XP on them.
If any one has any suggestions on no return the hard drive get this or that (for a lower cost) then let me know or any other opinions would be welcomed !