£1500 Spec Check Please

Meds · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:50

Hi Guys,

Can i have a quick spec check please. Just ordered a dell 2407WFP, and this system is meant to compliment this...

I'm torn whether to get this or a HTPC setup, or just wait for the new stuff coming out a few months but i'm swaying towards just buying a new desktop now.

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £77.99

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (B2M-00008) £27.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £104.99

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £68.99

Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache x 2- OEM £119.98

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £324.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £199.99

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £139.99

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99

Total of : £1,452.09 Inc Vat and shipping.

stickroad · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:52

Meds said:
Hi Guys,

Can i have a quick spec check please. Just ordered a dell 2407WFP, and this system is meant to compliment this...

I'm torn whether to get this or a HTPC setup, or just wait for the new stuff coming out a few months but i'm swaying towards just buying a new desktop now.

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £77.99

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (B2M-00008) £27.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £104.99

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £68.99

Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache x 2- OEM £119.98

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £324.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £199.99

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £139.99

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99

Total of : £1,452.09 Inc Vat and shipping.

Lovely system their perfect. Nothing you should change.

BAMBI · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:58

Perhpas consider going with 2GB of ram 4gb might be overkill right now.

Meds · 2 Jul 2007 at 15:59

LOL @ stickrod!!! I sort of based it on one of your previous suggestions I saw in one of the other posts!!!

2 Quick questions:

1) The RAM is out of stock, any suggestions for something of similar or better performance for a similar price?

2) If you wanted to build a HTPC is around 6 months, would it be worth just getting a standard dual core for now, and then moving that into the HTPC in 6 months and putting in one of the new Wolfdale cpu's in this one??

Thanks again

Alex UK · 2 Jul 2007 at 18:00

In terms of RAM, try this. It's a tad more expensive, but worth it.

Meds · 3 Jul 2007 at 11:33

Thanks Alex,

On paper the Ram seems to be the same spec as the g.skill one.

MrMonkeh · 3 Jul 2007 at 13:10

Sounds cool

The only thing i'd question, and this is down to preference, is the OS - i'd probably go for the 32bit version of vista and possibly go for the non oem version of home premium (so you can rebuild as much as you want - i've already rebuilt vista on 3 different configs)

Up to you tho

Meds · 3 Jul 2007 at 15:13

Thanks MrMonkeh,

From what i have read in the OS forum is that Windows 32 bit only handles upto 3gb?? which is why i was going for the 64 bit...

OCUK doesnt sell the retail versions of Vista

Meds · 4 Jul 2007 at 13:12

Would this Ram be better than the OCZ stuff?>>

Geil Black Dragon

sanaxe1 · 4 Jul 2007 at 13:26

I would go With the Black Dragon.

Meds · 4 Jul 2007 at 14:20

Thanks for that, trying to hold off until the 22nd July for the price cuts, but i'm getting weaker day by day!!!!

If i wait until then i should be on paternity leave, so that will give me a chance to build and test the new rig!!! (just as long as me mrs dont find out, lol)

melbourne720 · 4 Jul 2007 at 14:36

for 4GB on a budget, I'd get 4 x 1 GB of this

Meds · 4 Jul 2007 at 14:42

I just noticed that the timings are the same as the black dragon, therefore other than costs is there any real world differnce to these???

melbourne720 · 4 Jul 2007 at 14:54

I'd imagine the black dragon clock better, but do you really need you ram faster than 1066MHz? I think for the price they cannot be beat.

Meds · 8 Jul 2007 at 11:38

One last question before i order:

is this compatible with the motherboard

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC)

The only reason i ask is that its not on the Gigabyte compatibilty list.

Thanks for all your help guys.

ALso i'm thinking whether to go for the E6850 or the Q6600???

Aelred89 · 8 Jul 2007 at 11:41

looks pretty darn sweet! Reading threads like this makes me extremely jealous

*Chris · 8 Jul 2007 at 12:49

It's only a couple of weeks until the price cuts -- you can hold out!!

djcj · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:08

Dont buy that cooler with that motherboard, i was going to buy the same combination until i found out they are not compatible due to the large heatsinks on the motherboard

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_nh_u12f&lng=en

stickroad · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:15

Hey Meds, change the CPU cooler to this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-SB&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

The Noctua wont fit on that DS4 Motherboard.

Meds · 8 Jul 2007 at 19:33

Thanks Stickrod and djcj, have now changed the Cooler, to the Tuniq Tower.

Now just need to confirm the Ram and i'm good to go...