shattered

After what has seemed like an eternity, all of the parts for my future computer are close to being released. This computer will be used almost exclusively for gaming. Please check out the parts listed if you have the time, and send any recommendations my way.

Here are my problems. The new GF 8800GTX is going to be 11 inches in length. With the case listed, do you all think it will fit? I assume the 680i chipset will be standard ATX, but I still don't know if the vid card will fit. I am afraid it might hit one of the internal drive bays.

My other concern is that I do not know which media drive to get. I keep reading reviews of Plextor on newegg, and they don't seem to bode well (lots of them failing after 250 or so DVD burns). NEC keeps coming up as a good brand, but I can't find any particular models that I know are going to be pretty good. So, which media drive would you all suggest for me?

All prices are in United States Currency.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (Kentsfield) $1000

Motherboard: nforce 680 SLI $200

Ram: [COLOR=#0000ff]2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 kit for $260[/COLOR]

Power Supply: Enermax (EGA1000-EWL) Galaxy Modular PFC 1000 Watt Power Supply- SLI Ready RoHS
[COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.sundialmicro.com/enermax_ega100...s_1786_796.html[/COLOR] $340

Video Card: Geforce 8800 GTX $650

Hard Drives: 2 Western Digital Raptor X 150 gigs on Raid 0
[COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136011[/COLOR] $400
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
[COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003[/COLOR] $100

Sound Card: X-fi [COLOR=#0000ff]XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series[/COLOR] $150

Case: Apevia (aspire) X-pleasure Full Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144132 $115

Media Drive: Possibly a Plextor 760a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827249003 but I am not sure...

The total price comes to around $3215 without the CD-RW/DVD-RW drive.

I will eventually be getting another video card, which is why I went with the 1000 watt 12v rail PSU.

BlueMak

Is that the quad core cpu? IF yes, good move.
Get more memory if you can.

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It is....Teh Pwnzorz, do you really need our help, I mean come on lol. And this is one of those dream PC's that you will probably never buy...

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shattered

This is indeed my dream setup. It will become reality on the 8th of November whenever the 680i and 8800GTX are relased for sale. With my new job, I can finally build a true gaming rig.

My main reason for posting was to see if yall could help me determine whether or not the video card would fit into the case I am buying. The other question was about whether or not the Plextor 760a was a good media drive.

Just in case there was any confusion, I am actually purchasing these parts to build a computer.

Oh and the processor is quad core.

Should I get 4gig of ram BlueMak?

F1N3ST

The best option you could possibly get would be a Blu-Ray Drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827131034

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Randomletters

Youll be fine just remove the second internal drive bay, Incredible Rig BTW

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BlueMak

4GBs of RAM would be great.
I disagree about the blue ray drive. Don't get any next generation drive yet, waste of money IMO.
I don't know about the case's size, sorry.
Plextor have a good reputation, but I have had bad luck with them, not going to get one again. I don't follow the specific market anymore, but I always liked Philips and NEC drives.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

hackerx

the 8800 gtx is long but it should be able to fit into any full tower ATX case.
U might wanna look at the antec 900 case instead though there's nothin wrong with this.
Don't get a blue-ray drive just yet.Its extremely expensive and theres no media to run on it.
Other than that perfect build.U might wanna get the xi-fi elite instead of the fata1ty.(unless u want the funky lightning emblem on the front bay)
And just curious.What exactly is ur new job?(u don't need to answer if u don't want to)

H3X4D3C1M4L

Avoid BluRay like the plague....expensive, no support, HD-DVD is coming out and may prevail...

At least the +/-R DVD thing was sorted, this looks to be a nightmarish format war for consumers