New SFF Gamming Rig Idea

sounds like an awesome machine
personally i would steer clear of AMD and stay with teh dual core or better yet get a quad core intel chip
the 8800s require a massive amount of cooling
i have 2 8800GTX in a SLI and I ended up putting a larger server case fan on top of the cards to cool them. my case airflow just wasn't enough
let us know what you end up with and post some pics

Yeah, well ATM i am rather broke so the build wont start for a while, it will be starting now with an ASUS TM series case (micro ATX of course) some form of micro ATX mainboard probably an ASUS with WIFI, and a core 2 duo 2140 chip 200gig sata drive 8500 video gig of ram and dvd burner, just to start the build and parts will be upgraded from there

"If I can't be beautifull I want to be invisible"

do you actually know how big those GTX's are? you need a full ATX case for one of those.
as for the OVERKILL factor, i'm running an AMD 4600+, with the lower memory 8800GTS, and every game i have (including recent games such as bioshock) run extremely smoothly at 1680x1050 on my 22" widescreen, (and i haven't been bottlenecked by the CPU), so you may want to tone down your spending. without the screen, this whole machine only cost me $1200.

$3500 is way too much for a computer of any sort. look for $2000 at the maximum, although add extra for the high contrast screens (mine is 800:1 and is perfectly good, but whatever)

EDIT: also, its "Gaming", not "gamming".

glad you realise how big those cards are
but add room at the front end for a 120 cm fan - and preferably one on the side of the case as well
800GTX cards run VERY hot.
I have 3 120mm fans, and a 120mm server fan running at about 8000rpm to keep my 2 cards cool

Hey
Anyways, I don't know if the admin realises, but he implied AMD doesn't even have dual core CPU's in the top post. They do, and price per performance, the AMD's absolutely kick Intel butt all the way to China, cept for the two best intel dual cores (and most expensive) which AMD has no competition for. In quad core, there is the quadfather for AMD... MMMMmmmm. Intel quads are ok atm, but AMD quads will be released hopefully in a month or two, and even if they aren't better, they will reduce Intels prices, as well as begin making them mainstream.
Now onto SSF.. Sorry, but i gotta laugh... I wouldn't get anything that could hold less then 8 drives, and 5 expansion slots.
And penguinboy, its great that you can build acceptable computers for yourself at $1200, but some people aim a bit higher. My current PC cost (over the four years I've had it) is around $4500. And I can still play a fair number of new games to market.
Ninjakid, you should probably get at least 2GB of ram (even if you have to buy it in separate 1GB sticks a few months apart) then just buying 1GB, especially if your considering Vista. RAM is also pretty much the cheapest upgrade to the PC.
Love the idea of a GTX in an SSF though:p
Enjoy.
Cya

Thanks for the advice.

My plan is to go with 4 gig eventualy and yeah i was going with 2 gig at the start of the build, i figuer going intel mainly coz i like the C2D's. . i like AMD and always have, but atm there not cutting it for me, oh and there are better uATX boards for intel chips then AMD chips.

If you can find me a good uATX mainboard for an AM2 chip which im sure there out there, for around 130 bucks id be happy to go with like a 4600+ chip or something, its jstu im aiming at building a budget pc that i can slowerly turn into a gaming rig. .

and the SFF is a must, everyone who knows me understands my obsesion with small but powerfull. .

look at my first car for instance a 12 second mini lol. . sadly to say its up fro auction on Ebay atm though. . *tear*

excuse my bad typing im really tired and busy dnt even know why im typing atm lol

but yeah GTX in an SFF its my new life goal lol

"If I can't be beautifull I want to be invisible"

I just got bored and decided to take a look at pricing on possible parts for the build. .

Altec Lansing FX6021Speaker system $245.00
Logitech G7 Cordless Laser Mouse $102.00
250G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD(16Mb Cache) $84.00 (boot drive)
500G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD(16Mb Cache) $155.00 (storage drive)
Albatron GeForce 8800GTX 768MB $696.00.00
SilverStone TJ08 Black Micro ATX Case $119.00
Vista Ultimate 64bit version $269.00
Intel CORE 2 Q6600/2.4Ghz/2x4MB/1066FSB/LGA775/QUAD CORE $369.00
Pioneer DVR-212BK 18x Dual Black OEM - SATA $45.00
DDR2 4G(2x2G)PC6400 800Mhz Heatspreader G.Skill $355.00
Thermaltake Tough power 1200W with PFC cable Management PSU $423.00
Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard $125.00
Intel DG33TLM LGA775/ mATX MB(OEM) $159.00

Asus ASUS VW222U 22 WIDE X2 $738.00 (coz i can!)

Total $3884.00

so looks like i better sell my car fast. . .

obviously parts will change for when i acctualy buy the pc, all those prices are Umart prices, and i most likely will buy from Umart so yeah. .

any aprts you want to critisize go ahead as that is jstu fro referance sake, i probably will end up with a GTS card instead anyway. .

and maybe with a C2D instead of C2Q probably go with a Abit Fataly MB isntead, maybe differant branded Memory. . . and maybe a single 24" LCD isntead of dual 22" LCD's atm im running dual 22" flat CRT's and i ahev another 4 indenticle ones in my cupboard best screenes ive ever used, pure flat Sony Trinitrons, Dell badged. better picture then most of my friends LCD pannels,

anyway that is all i have to say for now