2 GeForce 8800 GTS's

Oh yes! Count'em, 2 GeForce 8800GTS's. These are the G92 chip revision. They should use a little less power and put out a lot more polygons.

I guess we'll see when I get them installed.

CPU SLACR

Of some importance when buying a Q6600 cpu is getting one with G0 stepping. You can see the SLACR engraved on the head spreader on this chip indicating G0 stepping.

In case anyone is trying to locate one like this, I bought this one from NewEgg.com in the retail box. It shipped out of New Jersey.

The Q6600

The CPU arrived today. It is a Core 2 Quad Q6600, and I chose it because I believe it is the best value in CPUs right now. Some might argue that a Quad is overkill for a home PC because not enough applications are written to take advantage of that many cores.

But, because of its low price and high overclock ability I chose it anyway.

The 500 watt Antec PSU

This is the 500 watt psu that came with the Sonata III. It is not a bad psu at all, but it is not rated for SLI, and would be iffy for SLI and an Overclocked quad.

Anyway, it will be replaced with something that isn't here yet.

Case accessories

Here are the accessories that come in the case. Again, this is pretty standard. The manual is a little sparse, but what do you expect? The case is pretty self explanatory.

Sonata III Interior View

Here is a pic with the side panel off. Pretty standard for an ATX case. I do really like the HD trays on these. They have little rubber grommets that cut the noise from the HDs a lot.

The back of the Sonata III

Here is the back panel of the Sonata III case.