£1500 Spec Check Please

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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.
 
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
 
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 :(
 
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)
 
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???
 
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...
 
Ok Guys,

This is the final spec, might change the CPU to the q6600 if i cant wait until the 22nd, and decide to buy this evening tho.... LOL


So please let me know if i have forgotten anything:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£199.74)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black)
(£21.14)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) (£81.06)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838)
(£123.36)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£381.86)
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (B2M-00008)
(£32.89)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£18.79)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£31.71)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x 2
(£140.98)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04)
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
(£187.99)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£117.49)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£103.39)

Total : £1,465.00 inc VAT and Shipping
 
Since the drives are kinda cheap at the moment i thought i'd get 2, just makes things easier when your copying etc...
 
Hey Dudes,

I think i'll stick to the 2 x 2gb, as it will allow me to upgrade to 8gb easily at a later date if required.

TBH i shall probably just wait and get the e6850 in 2 weeks, as i'm starting to sway towards it. As i beleive the speed increase will benifit me more than 4 cores. Since i dont really do anything that intense, other than some basic photoshop, the odd VPC, and then Gaming.

So we'll see, the only thing that i'm thinking will have benefit from the 4 cores is the Virtual PC sessions......

I'll give you all an update once i've bought the machine, which will hopefully be prior to the 22nd.

Thanks to all of you
 
Guys,

Thanks for all your help, finally took the plunge and ordered....

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £314.99 1 £314.99
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £11.99 1 £11.99
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £52.99 2 £105.98
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £169.99 1 £169.99
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail £66.99 1 £66.99
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (B2M-00008) £26.99 1 £26.99
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99 1 £94.99
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99 1 £26.99
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £169.99 1 £169.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £99.99 1 £99.99
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £68.99 1 £68.99
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99 1 £19.99
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.50 1 £15.50
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99 1 £74.99

All in for £1519

Once again thanks for all the advise.

Meds
 
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