Buying a rig to support 8800, phase 1 almost complete

[DEATH eVADER]

So Phase 1 is almost at an end. This phase consisted of getting the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Socket 775 2.13GHz

Gigabyte S775 Intel 965P ATX GLan HD 8Ch Audio ATX S/Pipe

Crucial 1GB 240Pin DIMM PC2-4300 Non-ECC Unbuffered

DabsValue NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE 256MB DDR2 PCI-E DVI (testing puposes, first time I am getting a PCI-E enabled mobo, my frined can buy it off me after (Swindle him into buying it ))


Next month, I'll have enough money to get

Crucial 1GB 240Pin DIMM PC2-4300 Non-ECC Unbuffered

XFX GeForce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 PCIE Dual DVI TVo


But before I do, I might need to buy a new PSU with the two sli power connectors. I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions?

 

[Griz]

You'll probably want to pick one from THIS list.

edit: assuming you'll want to keep the option of having two 8800's in SLi

 

[G-Dub]

Sounds superb mate, what HDD's are you going for? or already have?

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I'll be using my current 120GB HDD at the moment.

When I buy Vista (a few months down the line) I'll be getting a "Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB S300" to install onto.

I won't be using SLi, its just I heard a single 8800 unit requires two power connector inputs.

I guess this means that there will be benchmark results at the beginning of February to share on this forum

 

[antimatter]

Try to get the Nvidia 680i chipset.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Unfortunately the mobos sporting the 680I chipset is out of my range on what I was expecting to pay. Unless you could link me to a particular site that sells them at a reasonable price, I won't be purchasing one.

 

[Nabobalis]

Anyone of these I hope. Might be the wrong section though.

 

[hungryduck]

its ok, i heard the 680i chipset was kind of buggy at the moment....

 

[Griz]

its ok, i heard the 680i chipset was kind of buggy at the moment....

Some still are, but i know that the EVGA board has a BIOS update solving most of the known / widespread issues. I would assume that other board manufacturers are working on similar updates....