Gaming PC (Spent less than $500) How is it?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
ECS 671T-M
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 DUAL CHANNEL GOLD GX XTC C4 OCZ
CoolerMaster Mystique 632S ATX Mid Tower Case
LG 18X SUPER MULTI DRIVE INTERNAL (SATA) DVD-/+RW BURNER
Antec Basiq 500w
Maxtor 300GB Serial ATA/300 16MB Buffer L01F300
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OC Graphics Card

Total cost (before Mail-in Rebate): $610.02
Total cost (after Mail-in Rebate) $485.02

How is that? I'm aware the motherboard isn't all that great so that needs to be replaced. I'm looking at either:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Is there a big difference between them? Would you guys recommend something else? I don't know much about motherboard (PCs for that matter), so I just want to go the cheapest route. Any help would be much appreciated.

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wow. i spent 3000+ on a similar setup just 4 months ago! Well done, glad to know what i'll be able to get for my money the next time i upgrade (i'm a poor student now so i won be able to pound down 3k next time).

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Reply to eric54

Wow, nice build :sol:

The difference between the two motherboards is:
1- The R has 4 more SATA ports
2- The R has eSATA connections
3- The R has an ICH9R Southbridge (a bit better than ICH9)
4- The R supports 1066 MHz DDR2 RAM (from their list)

And all of that doesn't matter for your gaming PC setup.
Gigabyte is a good well known company and you can't go wrong with them.

I advise you to find a HDD better than Maxtor like Seagate or WD.

Reply to good_man

did you get the Q6600 with the mobo at fry's on blk friday?
I was in line to get one for my GF and the guy in front of me got the last one. OMFG!!@@11 I almost cryed in front of all these ppl.
It was a great deal at 199.00usd

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cherie22984 wrote :

did you get the Q6600 with the mobo at fry's on blk friday?
I was in line to get one for my GF and the guy in front of me got the last one. OMFG!!@@11 I almost cryed in front of all these ppl.
It was a great deal at 199.00usd

Wow! You could throw the mother board away and still have a great deal. I'm sad, that we have no Fry's around here.

Reply to MintCondition

Ditto

------------------------------ Antec Nine Hundred, Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Intel Q6600 @ 3.2 Ghz, Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, eVGA 8800GT 512MB, G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-800 4-4-4-10, Seasonic S12 ATX 650W, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA, 26" LCD Monitor (1900x1200), Windows XP Pr
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aren128 wrote :

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
ECS 671T-M
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 DUAL CHANNEL GOLD GX XTC C4 OCZ
CoolerMaster Mystique 632S ATX Mid Tower Case
LG 18X SUPER MULTI DRIVE INTERNAL (SATA) DVD-/+RW BURNER
Antec Basiq 500w
Maxtor 300GB Serial ATA/300 16MB Buffer L01F300
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OC Graphics Card

Total cost (before Mail-in Rebate): $610.02
Total cost (after Mail-in Rebate) $485.02

How is that? I'm aware the motherboard isn't all that great so that needs to be replaced. I'm looking at either:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Is there a big difference between them? Would you guys recommend something else? I don't know much about motherboard (PCs for that matter), so I just want to go the cheapest route. Any help would be much appreciated.

Wow... that's got to be the deal of the century. That really is impressive.

Reply to rodney_ws

Thanks for all the commets about the deal. I got all the items fom Fry's on Black Friday except the 8800 GT. I got that from Best Buy using my employee discount and store credit. All I had to pay was like around $140.

So there is no different between the 2 motherboards, right?

Message edited by aren128 on 11-27-2007 at 09:09:53 PM

Reply to aren128

yeah thats pretty sweet

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Reply to spentshells

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Wow! You could throw the mother board away and still have a great deal. I'm sad, that we have no Fry's around here.

Yeah, I was almost tempted to go by that combo and just trash the mobo... lazyness got the best of me though. Lazyness: 278347209823 - Me: 3 .... Damn you Lazyness!

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