Building a New Computer

[gamer007]

Hey guys, I know I haven't been posting very much. School has been getting to me. You may've also noticed my crunching very low/halted for some time. My CPU (Pentium 4 3.0GHz) likes to hover around 95 degrees Celsius, I'm surprised it's still running. But surely no one is surprised a P4 is that hot.

If I try crunching, it'll go higher than 100 degrees, and this is bad enough. Since I got a job back late Sept. in McD's, I thought I'd invest my money on hardware for a new computer. And I've now got everything except the motherboard, which my dad will pick up on Thurs.

So enough of the background story and the juicy specs.

Case: Antec P182
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula
CPU: Intel Q6600 2.4GHz (Sorry, decided to go with Intel again. )
RAM: Reusing 2GB of DDR2-667 from this computer
Video Card: XFX 8800GT 512MB
Hard Drives: Reusing current 500GB SATA2 and 250GB SATA from this computer
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

For those curious, the total cost is about $1000 - $1100 Canadian.

I was going for a dual-core and a cheaper motherboard, but my dad decided to buy the more expensive hardware for me while I was at work. I'll be building this after school on Friday and hope to have it up sometime at night. You'll notice it's more for gaming, but I can't wait to try out BOINC on this computer.