Advice on building a custom computer

Hey guys, wouldn't two 6600s in SLI be better than a 6600GT? If so, woot has them for $69 a piece http://www.woot.com/ (but you have to get them by tonight. at 12:00, they're gone)

I was wondering about the SLI, because I was hoping to do some extensive gaming. So, the one 6600 will be enough?

And what do you think about the water cooling?

Last edited by KoolDrew on Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:23 pm; edited 1 time in total

SLI is a complete waste of money, unless you can buy dual 7800GT/X's. Otherwise your money would be better spent on a faster single card.

Also, isn't this your first build? I would start with air cooling then. :P

I figured this would be the main response to it. It was just a thought. :)

Ok, here are my updated specs:

With that RAM, you won't be able to do much overclocking at all.

That's real helpful. Care to ellaborate?

Last edited by Josh on Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:12 pm; edited 1 time in total

That ram runs at 3-3-3-8 timings. That's as high as most ram will go, and as high as most motherboards allow. To overclock, you need to loosen the timings to get it to work, or you'll get errors. So, what you want is some ram that is like 2-3-3-6. The best is 2-2-2-5. That way, you have alot of room to loosen the timings.

Last edited by KoolDrew on Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:02 pm; edited 1 time in total

OK... umm... yea.

KoolDrew, what type/brand of PSU would you suggest and how much watts should it provide?

This will be fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817104954

So, now that I've got everything configured perfectly(atleast, somewhat perfectly), I need the cash to spend for it.

I have about $260 dollars in the bank for it right now, and I have a tutoring job that pays $5 per hour for one hour, 3 days of the week. Gonna take some time for me to get $764 plus shipping.

Anyone know of any legal ways I can get some quick cash?