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Chris1712

Chris1712

Chris1712

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Morning all, putting together a rig for my housemate and looking for a check over from you lot.

Its just really for general use, but looking for a good lifetime from it and plenty of oomph. Lots of relatively intensive CPU stuff (par repairing/extraction etc.) The Q6600 will be enough at 2.4, but i would like to aim for an easy 3.2 is the spec allows for it.


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Don't need a HDD/DVD or a particularly good graphics card, most strenous thing will be watching HD films, hence the ATi selection.
OcUK value ip35 was first choice but no news on stock for that (Gibbo?) so i figure the gigabyte is the closest thing, will i still be able to get a stable oc from it?

Case/PSU selection is up in the air, started with an antec 300+corsair 520 but tried to cut back a bit with what looks like a good bundle from ocuk.

Monitor wise, 19/20" with DVI, cannot decide. Hyundai ImageQuest N91W / OcUK value 20", varying reports on whether it has dvi.



Errrm, yeah so suggestions peeps?
 
Hello there :)

This should get you to 3ghz with the quad and most ppl use this card for HD Playback with films but the 256mb is gonna impact games, but its in budget :cool:

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £123.99
(£145.69) £123.99
(£145.69)
Asus VW202S 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black Asus VW202S 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £121.99
(£143.34) £121.99
(£143.34)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Sub Total : £498.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £89.58
Total : £601.46

I am sure a few more ppl will recommend stuff ;), good luck on your new PC
 
How about...
  • Antec NSK 6580 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W Earth Watts PSU £57.99
  • Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £11.99
  • Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.99
  • AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.40GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £119.99
  • Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664AR804) £64.99
  • Dell SP2208WFP 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor with Webcam - Arctic Silver £179.99
  • Sub Total : £487.94
  • Shipping : £14.95
  • VAT : £88.01
  • Total : £590.90
Onboard GFX on 780G chipset is pretty decent from reviews ;)
 
That case choice looks bang on the money, only that asus monitor has no DVI input which is really a must.

hp7909: As much as the new Phenoms have improved, Q6600 is really my prefered.
 
maybe have a look at the following swapped the q6600 for the 8400 wolfdale, could always replace it with a 7200/8200.

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £69.99 (£82.24)

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £39.99 (£46.99)

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £51.99 (£61.09)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99 (£17.61)

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Extreme 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £74.99 (£88.11)

Hyundai ImageQuest N220W-A 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £124.99 (£146.86)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £114.99 (£135.11)

Sub Total : £491.93
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £88.35
Total : £593.23
 
tbh what you want for the money amd might be the best route, they are solid processors and coupled with the better overall spec by doing it that way you are likely to have a faster system.
 
Just ended up ordering this......

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Everything together i think its the best system, thanks for the spec help. Sacrificed the DVI connection but stayed closer to budget. Ended up getting him a hdd because the 120 i was gonna donate is a bit old skool, so i didnt want it dragging down the whole system.
 
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