ok I've got to build 3 PCs, I've got somewhere in the order of £700 and £750 to spend on each system, but this may change depending on the insurance co (this is for an insurance claim).
I have cases for all these systems.
PC 1 is mine, gaming mainly, large hard drive needed (250+) with a wadge of ram needs to be good for folding.
PC 2 is mums, office work mostly, a little gaming (had a x700 before, was fine), 160gig drive would be fine. needs to be good for folding.
PC 3 is the office spair, this is used about once or twice a week, the rest of the time its just folding, no games other than freecell. must be good for folding!
Lee gave me this starting point on the DC forums there are a few things I'm not into tho.
a) not a Thermaltake fan, AT ALL, I'd love to avoid this if posable,
b) I'm not sure about using Value ram, I've been using OCz Platinum untill now, this is my first venture into DDR2 so I'm unsure what to look for.
c) I'm ok with a slower processor if it meens a larger hard drive.
d) I will be overclocking these systems as much as I posably can, so bear that in mind.
its just a pitty I can't use my old water cooling on my system (got a maze 3 setup, 1/2'' pipe, 120.2 rad, works quite well on my 2500XP at 3200, but I realise the fittings are different for these new systems.
I'm ok going for AMD setup, but I understand that Core Duo are better (at the moment).
also it would be realy cool if eveything was in stock atm (so I can get on with the order)
so guys, can you help me?
PS Gibbo, if you wanna put the items on my list on the this week only bit that would realy be nice!
I have cases for all these systems.
PC 1 is mine, gaming mainly, large hard drive needed (250+) with a wadge of ram needs to be good for folding.
PC 2 is mums, office work mostly, a little gaming (had a x700 before, was fine), 160gig drive would be fine. needs to be good for folding.
PC 3 is the office spair, this is used about once or twice a week, the rest of the time its just folding, no games other than freecell. must be good for folding!
Lee gave me this starting point on the DC forums there are a few things I'm not into tho.
lee87 said:I would get something like this for your gaming machine. Change the gfx card to a 7600GT for your mum and 7300GS for the folding one and get Geil Ultra Low latency ram instead.
This mobo should let you overclock the conroe over 3.5ghz. These systems would be great for folding
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT) 1
£24.95 £24.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA) 1
£25.95 £25.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) 1
£89.95 £89.95
CD-035-NE NEC ND3550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-035-NE) 1
£19.95 £19.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£126.95 £126.95
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS) 1
£39.95 £39.95
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL) 1
£94.95 £94.95
Subtotal £637.60
VAT £111.58
Total £749.18
a) not a Thermaltake fan, AT ALL, I'd love to avoid this if posable,
b) I'm not sure about using Value ram, I've been using OCz Platinum untill now, this is my first venture into DDR2 so I'm unsure what to look for.
c) I'm ok with a slower processor if it meens a larger hard drive.
d) I will be overclocking these systems as much as I posably can, so bear that in mind.
its just a pitty I can't use my old water cooling on my system (got a maze 3 setup, 1/2'' pipe, 120.2 rad, works quite well on my 2500XP at 3200, but I realise the fittings are different for these new systems.
I'm ok going for AMD setup, but I understand that Core Duo are better (at the moment).
also it would be realy cool if eveything was in stock atm (so I can get on with the order)
so guys, can you help me?
PS Gibbo, if you wanna put the items on my list on the this week only bit that would realy be nice!
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