Spec me up baby !!!

sahjin · 5 Apr 2007 at 20:48

Hi

i am upgrading my pc soon and i need you lot to spec me up.. i allready have a processor, hard drive and dvd drive, so what i am looking for is

1) new case.. something quite nice.. not too expensive (big enough for gts maybe)

2) new graphics card (i was thinking GTS 320MB)

3) new motherboard (i definatly want to overclock so...)

4) new cpu cooler

5) new memory (2GB i think..)

and anything else if i have missed it..

The budget... £500

Let the speccing begin.... :cool:

Nymins · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:04

This is the best i could do:

However, you will need a power supply. The Corsair HX 520w is very good, but out of stock: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=823

That brings your total over your budget to about ~£545.

sahjin · 5 Apr 2007 at 21:08

thanks.. i have already had this topic going if you would like to look at this..

other topic

Thanks

mishima · 5 Apr 2007 at 23:43

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS KO ACS3 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £199.99
(£234.99)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £109.99
(£129.24)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36)

Shipping : £8.95
Total : £518.68

PSU? I would wait for the BFG's to come back into stock by the way for the GPU bit - better value for money.

hungryhungry123 · 6 Apr 2007 at 10:54

anyone else come in here thinking he said "spec me a baby"?

sahjin · 6 Apr 2007 at 10:59

really now that would have been odd.. i just want to know if you think of the Enermax CA3030 or the Lian-Li pc-7

Nymins · 6 Apr 2007 at 11:01

Lian Li looks better and seems more sturdy.

sahjin · 6 Apr 2007 at 11:04

yeah ok then what about cooling do you think they are any good.. and also what do you think is better ... DS3 or Asus P5N-E ?

mishima · 6 Apr 2007 at 11:09

DS3? Don't go for the DS3 over the DS3P you would be foolish! The Gigabyte is the better overclocker out of the two boards you suggested above, there isn't a great deal between them really.

sahjin · 6 Apr 2007 at 11:20

So you think that i would be best getting the ds3p ? and how come ?

mishima · 6 Apr 2007 at 11:55

The DS3P is a revision of the DS3 that was released a about a month ago, it was designed to address the issues the DS3 had, which were compatibility issues with certain hardware and it also has added features like the support for Quad core CPU's and firewire support. For an extra fiver you would be silly to just get the standard DS3.

sahjin · 6 Apr 2007 at 12:00

thanks for all of this.. but i think that i might go for the asus p5n-e as it seems similar, get SLI and i hear that Asus are very good