What do you think of my specs?

sychnant · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:21

At the moment i am gaming on a Toshiba laptop with a Nvidia 9700 gs card and a HD with a 4200 spin speed so any dektop is going be mindblowing to me with or without a Ram upgrade

I think i need to keep 100 back for speakers and keyboard and mouse, even if i just use onboard sound

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:22

I take it you are going to overclock?

sychnant · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:25

maybe just the CPU, i have no experience whatsoever of overclocking...

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:27

Okay, in that case, allowing overclocking & a little bit more noise:

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual 2x
Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Razer Diamondback 3G Green 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard (B2L-00005)

£991.49

Within budget

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sychnant · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:34

PS sorry i didnt see the PSU top of thelist
Thanks for all your input so far I am going to have a little think about everything and have some dinner ( here in Liverpool)
Does that case come with a PSU ? and OS ?

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:35

sychnant said:
Thanks for all your input so far I am going to have a little think about everything and have some dinner ( here in Liverpool)
Does that case come with a PSU ?

Which? The PC7+? No, ive listed the Corsair 520W.

sychnant · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:45

what was wrong with the choice of the sonata? was it to cramped or was the PSU not powerfull enough ( i thought the psu was a rebadged good make)?
thanks again for your input that MB choice save a lot in itself..

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:46

sychnant said:
what was wrong with the choice of the sonata? was it to cramped or was the PSU not powerfull enough ( i thought the psu was a rebadged good make)?
thanks again for your input that MB choice save a lot in itself..

The reason is, the PC7 has a good air flow, and the PSU is one of the best going.

Its for extra safety too, as you do indeed get what you pay for. Id take the £60-65 PSU over a £60-70 Case/PSU any day.

sychnant · 17 Nov 2007 at 21:22

New specs..
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2
BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM X2
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Corsair HX620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU(CMPSU-620HXUK)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM
915 Pounds inc vat.
I havent decided on sound card yet. I noticed in the reviews for the MB that it unfortunatly doesnt support firewire

any suggestions? Do i just plug a pci firewire card in? and certain ram needs to have the voltage altered is that easy to do? or should i try this MB Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard ?