I Intend To Build This. Please Give Opinion (Gaming PC)?

Question

CASE: Zalman GS 1000 (Black)

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

MOBO: Asus Strike 2 Formula nVidia 780i

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

CPU FAN: Thermaltake Blue Orb 2

RAM: 4GB 1066MHz Corsair Dominator

GFX: ATI HD4870 x2 (2GB)

HDD: (2x) Seagate Barracuda 250GB (32MB Cache)

DISC DRIVE:Asus 20x DVD Re-Writer with Lightscribe

$2153.52 - I'm English and over here parts are more expensive...

Please recommend any changes you think would be helpful, a bigger power supply, a different case, switch to the GTX 280? any opinion is appreciated.

Thanks

(Only have $2182.69 to spend)

Answer 1

Looks sweet from where I am sitting. With the 2 gfx cards and 2 hdd, you MAY find 750 watts  to be just making it. You can call the mfg. and ask their opinion on that. I run an aptiva beast 680w and it does wonders with this pig, but I only run 2 raptors in RAID 0 and one 512mb gfx card by ati. I called them and they said the 680 is fine for this but if i drop in another card with this one i'll need at least 750w to make it run right. Your gfx cards are way more powerful than mine.

Let me know how this sweet beast turns out will ya?

Answer 2

the 780i isn't a great board nvidia chipset are c**p i own a 780a an cant overclock any good try an intel chipset one that supports crossfire in case you want add another one of them video cards that will be awesome