Hinew system i'm building..anyone see a problem here.excepting card which will be replaced when Dx10 arrives..Viewsonic VX2235wm 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSBAbit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-ExpressWestern Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache Plextor PX-760A 18x18 Dual Layer DVD

There is no weak link in that sys :)Looks good, although me personally, I would not even go with that powerful of a vid card given the DX10 situation. I would probably spend <$300 on vid card right now, but if the $$ doesn't matter then go for it.I've never had a good experience with Plextor drives.You realize that you lose some efficiency with a modular PSU. But then modulars are nice for wire routing...pros and cons...pros and consRhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.

I second that about the video card. 7900GT will be just fine for now like I did. Wait and see what happens with DX10.

Yes, a 7900GS is around $200, GT is $270 and 512M GT is $300. I'd be very reluctant to pay much more than this, especially given FS' history of having fairly conservative needs in the GPU department.Gary

Hi Folks, Looks like a great system. But are we sure the motherborad will support a DX10 card? I haven't seen any info on what might be required...Cheers,Noel.

Noel,If DX10 cards don't support PCIe slots then we are ALL SOL. I know a lot of people recently put together new systems including myself and if I had to get another motherboard just for that then I'd wait a while. We MAY need a heaftier powersupply but I can't see a new motherboard as well.

I hope you're right! But then we were told the Core 2 chips would be socket 775 but it turned out only a very few mobos were actually compatible. I'd hate to get a new mobo and find myself in the same situation with DX10. I'm hanging off upgrading until we have some idea of DX10 system requirements.Cheers,Noel.

>I'd hate to get a new mobo and find myself in the same>situation with DX10. >That would certainly be a marketing disaster for the video card companies! I can't concieve that they would make that mistake!

DX10 cards will follow the PCIe standard for hardware.As DX10 is an API, there is no reason to think that current motherboards with a PCIe slot will not accept DX10 cards.

Hi rhettthe card is about 220.00 pounds(not too bad)could be a year before we see Dx10 cards..so i thought...get a decent one and then wait. thanks rhett steve

thanks to everyone for ideas.i'll swap the plextor for a pioneer maybe.. cheers steve

>thanks to everyone for ideas.i'll swap the plextor for a>pioneer maybe..> cheers> steveBenQ or LG - Pioneer not so good either in the DVD-RW stakes....(from what I have heard and read)

>I hope you're right! >He is right, DX10 cards will be PCI-E.If your mb has PCI-E you don't have to worry about that. Power Supply is another matter...we don't yet know the power requirements on these DX10 cards.RhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.