Might be worth it to wait for AMD's 4850 card, coming in a week.
Nvidias cost way too much currently.

Thanks for the input.

About temperatures, I have a high tolerance, as long as it doesnt burn down... and is not drastically reducing the components lifetime, its not too hot So that is good to hear.

But do be noted that Die-shrink version will come soon after. Then you have over priced and hot card on your hands. To be fair, we dont know how soon that will be. It could be in some months, it could be in a year, so it will be a gamble to wait. That said, much points toward the GTX280 being highl...

I'll fix the filters in the front, and have a kama bay as intake, not much else. Going for either TRUE-120 or Xigmateks cpu cooler, should be more than enough I think (only added the actual power using hardware in my post ^^). Would obviously add a third party cooler to GPU as well. Not sure if its ...

Have they said when it will be released?

I'm wondering of Zalmans 850W PSU would be a better choice than a 620HX for me. Although both will be more than enough to handle my future system (see below), I'm not sure if the 620HX would ramp up the fan, and thus be noisier than the Zalman. As for price, the 2 PSU's arent that different, its 15-...

So I just realized you can get a Zalman ZM850-HP which should have the same fan as the 1000W MikeC has reviewed. Both 1000W and 850W is of course tremendous overkill, but what was interesting about the 1000W in the review, was the lower noise around 400W usage (which might be possible to reach under...

And on a completely different subject, I brought up the 20,000 RPM hard drive rumor. I should say 'rumors,' since they're nothing new, but always seem more and more plausible. While Ted told me that he wouldn't talk about products in development, he was completely free to talk about products that d...

A few questions again. Slipstream vs. S-Flex (maybe vs. something else) for the CPU cooler. Some says Slipstream aren't as good as S-flex with high airpressure (e.g when placed on a heatsink), while others seems to think it doesnt make much difference = I'm confused. - Would it be better to get a S-...

Considering that the latest game titles take up about 5GB a piece... 20GB is enough for two games at best (after Windows installation and leaving enough free space for healthy operation). 5GB is outdated, Age of Conan takes an obscene 25 GB :S Wouldnt live with less than 60 GB 'system + most used a...

Surely looks like you can expect Nehalem coolers out at release time:
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06/05 ... -coolers/1
Would surely not be in Intels interest to have it in any other way either.

I'm not sure if current GPU coolers fit with the upcoming graphic cards without modifications. Some says the holes are positioned as usual, others have said they are not. Saw this picture from Computex, with a cooler specifying official support for the new cards, so in the case old ones wouldnt fit,...

Its hard to say, but I somewhat doubt DDR2 will go much further down in price, its already insanely cheap. Current CPU's will surely go down, prices should fall in Q3 according to Intel, but for the dual cores its minor changes (like 20$). The current expensive MBs (X38 etc) should go down too, but ...

Btw, so far Intel has only stated Nehalem Extreme Edition will come out in Q4. For $1000-something probably. Then Q1 for the normal prices parts. As it was with penryn. I guess heatsinks could be out at time for release, when manufactures can already have early motherboards around, but 'could be' do...

Its always possible to wait 6 months more for something better. Beside, Nehalem is likely going to be very expensive and low availability for a long time. So that ½ year could suddenly become 1 years wait. Also, CPU is hardly a bottleneck for most usage today. Bying a new PC now, and then upgrade t...

Thanks. Ye, Ive been reading tons of those threads, but there doesnt seem to be any consensus on whether a Scythe Kama bay is of any use? Or instead a fan placed at the upper hard drive chamber? Thats pretty much the only thing I'm not sure about for the fan setup. (well, other than which fans to pi...

My goal isnt near silent, just quiet enough to avoid getting insane (which my earlier PC's have been pushing me toward). But ye, you are probably right the fastest cards will be too noisy (and too expensive, I would never buy a GX2, its performance gain was pretty bad for the extra cost). Its about ...

Afaik, cant you disable indexing and SuperFetch in Vista? XP has indexing too, which is also often recommended to disable. Just before this turns into Vista vs. XP :P Anyone got something to say about the fan choices and placements? SpeedFan is cheaper (free), and automatic. Way better than manual s...

Solution? Get a more efficient CPU and GPU or a monster PSU. :) :) It actually looks like Enermax Modu82 625w is starting to show up here, but the prices are slightly insane ($80 more than 620HX). So its probably the Corsair, unless there are some other good alternatives. Get the most powerful fanl...

Currently E8400 outguns nearly in quad core in almost any game. Just my 2snt's. Ye, I know it does, however gaming isnt everything, and I often have multiple software running in the background at the same time (also when gaming). Most reviews comparing Dual Core and Quad Core unfortunately focus on...

I think the PSU should be more than enough.

Afaik you cant use the 3 antec speed controllers (unless you do some modding with them at least), so its either Fan Mates, a fan controller (of which I havent been able to find any myself :/), or software control like SpeedFan.

Still a few weeks from getting a new PC, but I thought I might as well start to get a few advices. Sorry for the long read, I hope some will get through it :P First of all, some information about the usage and goals for the system. - Gaming PC. It needs some horsepower inside! E.g. I want to be able...

NAU will not succeed nor will EU unless its very loosely made Union. Since they belong western culturies where individual liberties and rights are cornerstone of society, forcing different peoples with different background and diffenrent nationalities work together is very very hard. Earlier Europe...

double post...

Going for a build soon (I hope, "soon" has been slipping away for quite a while now :D), which looks a bit like this, so got a few comments. I agree with you about the moherboard, its nice to know it is quality, and at least where I live, the price difference between a good X48 motherboard (like the...

Seems like a nice system overall. If I should change anything it would probably be: A X38 Motherboard instead of P35. Mostly because its newer, not a whole lot better, but I dont see a reason not to pick the newer stuff unless its way too expensive. Wont recommend any, since it really comes down to ...

I would go for the Quad, when you are building a very high-end machine which should last for while, until more games will hopefully benefit more from it. And since you edit videos and graphics a bit, its a no-brainer as I see it. I'm just wondering how loud 9800GT/X will be compared to the rest of t...