when are you planning to get it?

cpu: either e6850 or q6600 RM 930
ram: 4gb value ram 800/667 if not going to do oc. both ddr2 667 & 800 doesn't differ much in performance but their price doesn't far apart. so..up to you. RM 80 each for ddr2 800, RM 70 each for ddr2 667 (1gb per stick)
hdd: wd/seagate 320gb RM 275
dvdrw: any.. RM 130
8800gt RM 950
mobo: gigabyte P35-ds3 RM 385
PSU: silverstone 560w RM 350
casing: from cheap casing RM 80 to few hundred.

approximate total: RM 3420 w/o lcd.

LCD: depends... some like this some like that.. you need go to see by yourself. i like samsung most. i have no idea on RMA issue. (allow 1k budget here)

ANY brand of 8800gt, unless you wan go for pre-oc vga. like zotac amp, asus top, xfx xxx edition, etc.

used to be recommend of gigabyte p35-ds3...but i heard it's not going to be available anymore..

well...personally i dun like samsung and LG dvd-burner. i heard ppl recommended on Pioneer and asus... LiteOn is noisy while running(my gf using)...

This post has been edited by stanley85: Dec 21 2007, 08:10 AM

i agree with joenjill partly. if your new pc is for gaming only, then base on current situation, it's not necessary to get quad core, since better cpu (faster core or more core) will only help reduce a bit loading time, and maybe minor help while gaming. so, get dual core instead of quad core.

if you also do rendering, video editing, do many zip (rar) files, then q6600 might be the best choice for you.

anyway current intel quad is made of 2 dual core, which claim by amd it's not a real quad core cpu...


I'm sure you buy those thing to suit your need but not benchmark yeah? no?
so it doesn't matter whats the score you got from vista. it just give you a rough idea.

This post has been edited by stanley85: Dec 21 2007, 06:48 PM