Building new rig

[hneaz]

My friend wants to build a computer for gaming, multimedia, etc. His budget is under $1600. We research parts last night and we came up with this. Mainly, he wants a system that will last for the next 3-4 years. He wants to play Crysis and Far Cry 2, as well as World in Conflict. We are not sure if getting the new intel i7 would be a good idea, cuz the motherboard is about $300 and the memory is alot for more than 6gb. What do you guys think?

Here are the parts.

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache
LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail

Video Card - 2x(EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit
GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card -
Retail)

Motherboard - EVGA nforce 780i SLI Motherboard - A1 Version, NVIDIA
nForce 780i SLI, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Gigabit
LAN, S/PDIF, USB

2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID

Power Supply -ZALMAN ZM1000-HP 1000W Continuous @ 45?C (Maximum
Continuous Peak: 1250W) ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified
CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS

Certified Modular Active PFC Modular Heatpipe-Cooled SLI Power Supply - Retail

Cooling -ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Memory -2x (CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2
1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail )

Hard Drive -Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB
Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

LCD Monitor -Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300
cd/m2 2500:1 - Retail

Sound Card -Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels
24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

 

[Escaep]

That is a really good, solid rig. The only thing I might consider is changing out those 260's for a GTX 295. A single 295 is about $40 cheaper and offers roughly the same performance as SLI 260's. In game's such as Far Cry 2 the difference in FPS between the two is only a few. In Crysis Warhead the 260's beat the 295 buy about 1.4 fps. Something to consider.

Benchies:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/nvidia_gtx295_full/

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYwOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

[hneaz]

Actually, the GTX 260 cost $185 each after rebate so that is $370 compared to the $500 GTX 295.

We were not really sure if the motherboard is a good model.

 

[Escaep]

Actually, the GTX 260 cost $185 each after rebate so that is $370 compared to the $500 GTX 295.

We were not really sure if the motherboard is a good model.

Ahh. Nevermind then, I only glanced at the search results in Newegg and didn't bother looking for the lowest price.

 

[Eejit]

No case listed there. Does he already have one? Is it spacious enough?

 

[Tyguy]

only thing i might reconsider is the 1000W power supply.

Also It's crossfire ready which means nothing since you have two geforce cards. How much is it?

 

[The Brick]

It doesn't mean much anyway. A 750W or more power supply will be more than enough to handle that rig. You can save a bunch there.

 

[hneaz]

Oh yeah, forgot to include the case. it is a full tower.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

 

[Tyguy]

that case looks....loud

but nice