Do I have enough power? UPDATED

**Pois0n** · 09-10-08, 09:50 AM

(SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151171

(COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119137

(Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073

[CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

(ASUS P5Q SE/R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131335

(Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037

(Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488

(PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133232

(Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182032

EDIT: Got rid of original set up, heres the new one. Now this is all for $793

**K0nTANK3Rous** · 09-10-08, 09:59 AM

You'll be fine with 600W. I do however question your HDD choice. Why IDE if your MOBO supports SATA (hence your getting the Sammy 223F [nice DVD burner BTW])? If you are looking for speed for gaming, one of the inherent (bandwidth) hogs (no i'm not talking about internet bandwidth) is your HDD. I'd go with the new Velociraptor unless your trying to maintain a certain price point.

I'm also a HUGE fan of separation...all my core procs and games install on C: which is a Velociraptor, all my media data, is stored on separate RAID array drives all SATA Samsung 500Gb HD502's, you don't have to go that far, but i'd at least keep things separate as stated. Maybe keep your 500Gb but switch to SATA, then add the Velociraptor?

**Pois0n** · 09-10-08, 10:02 AM

yeah i wanna try to keep this price

EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136178
do you think that HDD would be better or no because its 8mb

**triggerhappy2005** · 09-10-08, 10:06 AM

600W is plenty for that system.

Do yourself a favor and get this vid card-> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133232

It's an 8800GT for $9 less than that 9600GT and is about 10% faster.

Also take a look at this hard drive-> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152098

500gb, 16mb cache and SATA for $69.99.

**Pois0n** · 09-10-08, 10:15 AM

what makes it faster?

**triggerhappy2005** · 09-10-08, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Pois0n

what makes it faster?

I can't give you a technical answer but every review has the 8800GT about 10% faster than the 9600GT.

**Tractorpull** · 09-10-08, 10:19 AM

Because the 9000 series Geforce cards aren't that great of a leap forward.

**triggerhappy2005** · 09-10-08, 10:26 AM

And another thing, lol.

This M/B-> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131275

Save yourself another $30. It's stable and runs great. The M/B you picked, G45, has integrated video which you don't need. So why not save few bucks b/c you won't miss it.

**triggerhappy2005** · 09-10-08, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Tractorpull

Because the 9000 series Geforce cards aren't that great of a leap forward.

Yeah tractor nailed it. The 9000 series are just a die shrink on the same architecture of the 8000 series.

They might run cooler but heat was never an issue to begin with.

**Mojo** · 09-10-08, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Pois0n

yeah i wanna try to keep this price

EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136178
do you think that HDD would be better or no because its 8mb

The 8MB is the cache size of read/write operations, most HDDs are 8MB unless you spend large $$.
Yes, that SATA drive you mentioned is faster, becuase it's a SATAll drive:

HDD Bandwidth:

PATA IDE100 100MB/s
PATA IDE133 133MB/s
SATA 150MB/s
SATAll 300MB/s

The Mobo you showed supports SATAll, so get fastest HD you can afford in price range you have.

As for 9600 / 8800 speeds, the 9600 has less shader pixels, and slightly less fps in shader intensive games (Crysis, for example).
In Counterstrike (for example), you won't notice any difference, unless you watch FRAPS for scores. Remember, anything over 100fps is all braggin' rights, not performance you can "see".
I owned 9600's, first single, then SLi, was disspointed with them: (upgraded one to GTX260, with a single 9600GT in closet now).
As for Power, you have plenty @ 600w, unless you decide in future to go SLi, where it could become and issue then.