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Heya guys, look im building my 1st comp an need some spec advice. ive already ordered the x6800 but aint got a clue on what to buy nxt. alls i need is a stack so can any of yous spec me up....plz
 
Do you have a monitor or is that in with the budget. Do you want 20" -24"

ATI or Nvidia

SLI or Crossfire or 7950

£3000 is a decent budget for a high end specification, why dont you try to come up with something and see if others here can improve on it.
 
TBH £3000 for a PC is overkill, if you want to blow £3000 I would spend max £1800 for a PC, and spend the rest on large display and/or decent audio system. ie £1000 of a 2 channel audio system (£500 amplifier, £500 speakers)
 
Spend £1500 tops.

In 12 months time it will be outdated and you will still have £1500 in your pocket.

Cheers,

Mark
 
Depends really as unlike a majority of people, don't tend yo upgrade to the latest every 12 months.

Similar with me, i'll only upgrade when/if my computer starts to suffer running new programmes which require that much processing power etc.

Then again £3000 is a little overkill but as long as its fast yet future proof i don't see a problem spending that much.. and IMO if i was him, i wouldn't upgrade for at least 3-4years depending on the spec.
 
mrdbristol said:
Spend £1500 tops.

In 12 months time it will be outdated and you will still have £1500 in your pocket.

Cheers,

Mark
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Sound advice, here's the system i'd use:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN) 1
£129.95 £129.95
MY-011-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-011-GS) 1
£149.95 £149.95
GX-022-BG BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-022-BG) 1
£359.95 £359.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD) 1
£28.50 £28.50
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) 1
£64.95 £64.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£21.95 £21.95
CA-027-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL) 1
£109.95 £109.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS) 1
£84.95 £84.95
Subtotal £1,165.10
VAT £203.90
Total £1,369.00

Then get a beefy 24" widescreen and some a decent speaker layout.
 
MY-011-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-011-GS)
£149.95 £149.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
GX-084-XF XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 Extreme Edition 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71U-ZDF9) (GX-084-XF)
£389.95 £389.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£103.95 £103.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£64.95 £64.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£21.95 £21.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£66.50 £66.50
MO-010-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2007FP 20.1" Performance LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-010-DE)
£359.95 £359.95
SP-027-CL Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX® Speakers - Retail (SP-027-CL)
£224.95 £224.95
Subtotal £1,746.00
VAT £305.55
Total £2,051.55

i like the look of that - any changes you'd lot make? maybe cheaper speakers but they're amazing speakers :p and keyboard/mouse if u need them obviously...
 
Syk3 said:
MY-011-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-011-GS)
£149.95 £149.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
GX-084-XF XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 Extreme Edition 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71U-ZDF9) (GX-084-XF)
£389.95 £389.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£103.95 £103.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£64.95 £64.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£21.95 £21.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£66.50 £66.50
MO-010-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2007FP 20.1" Performance LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-010-DE)
£359.95 £359.95
SP-027-CL Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX® Speakers - Retail (SP-027-CL)
£224.95 £224.95
Subtotal £1,746.00
VAT £305.55
Total £2,051.55

i like the look of that - any changes you'd lot make? maybe cheaper speakers but they're amazing speakers :p and keyboard/mouse if u need them obviously...
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Scrap the last two items (the GX2 is overkill for a 20" screen) and go for the 24" Dell instead and get a decent 5/6/7.1 surround amp and some proper speakers (even if you get mini ones they will sound a lot better than any creative or other brand PC speakers)
 
ok now this looks nice :cool:

CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£21.95 £21.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
MO-009-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-009-DE)
£649.95 £649.95
GX-084-XF XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 Extreme Edition 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71U-ZDF9) (GX-084-XF)
£389.95 £389.95
SC-034-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail (SC-034-CL)
£66.50 £66.50
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£103.95 £103.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
Subtotal £1,794.05
VAT £313.96
Total £2,108.01
 
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£65.95 £65.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£23.50 £23.50
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£254.95 £254.95
CA-087-CM CoolerMaster Praetorian 732 Aluminum Case (No PSU) - Black (CA-087-CM)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£299.95 £299.95
MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025wm 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£259.95 £519.90
SC-041-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-041-CL)
£123.50 £123.50
KB-058-LG Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
SP-027-CL Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX® Speakers - Retail (SP-027-CL)
£224.95 £224.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-046-LC Lacie TwoBig 1TB eSATA II External Hard Drive (HD-046-LC)
£463.95 £463.95
Subtotal £2,549.25
VAT £446.12
Total £2,995.37


Reackon he should buy an ATI since he's getting a crossfire board, 2 20" screens would give more space and yeah that external hard drive is not needed but don't we wish we all could afford one ?
 
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With this much cash to spend, buy a single large screen and a really nice speaker setup. A few extra fps here and there will be forgotten when you have awesome surround sound and an amazing cinematic experience with a large widescreen monitor.
 
fenderbass86 said:
Sound advice, here's the system i'd use:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN) 1
£129.95 £129.95
MY-011-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-011-GS) 1
£149.95 £149.95
GX-022-BG BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-022-BG) 1
£359.95 £359.95
HD-023-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-WD) 1
£28.50 £28.50
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) 1
£64.95 £64.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£21.95 £21.95
CA-027-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL) 1
£109.95 £109.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS) 1
£84.95 £84.95
Subtotal £1,165.10
VAT £203.90
Total £1,369.00

Then get a beefy 24" widescreen and some a decent speaker layout.
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That's a cool spec, you know that motherboard in the spec, on the intel website it says " Four Serial ATA interfaces with RAID support (four additional interfaces available with optional discrete RAID controller)"

What is the optional discrete raid controller?
 
All specs given look good - i'd think about replacing the HDDs specced with the new Seagate 7200.10's (perpendicular recording). Their performance for price is superb.

M
 
tom_nieto said:
With this much cash to spend, buy a single large screen and a really nice speaker setup. A few extra fps here and there will be forgotten when you have awesome surround sound and an amazing cinematic experience with a large widescreen monitor.
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Agreed, the one thing you will carry with you to future rigs will be your monitor and sound system, so cat the best while you can afford it
 
I can't believe the Overclockers have become frugal.

If you want a 24" Display you are going to then be down to around the £2300, then a decent set of speakers will be £2050.

If you then buy the Conroe x6800 your down to £1300. Then...

Motherboard, Top end G Card, 2GB DDR2 Ram,

PSU, Decent Case. SoundCard, Cooling, you would just about have enough to buy yoursefl a packet of spearmint polo's.

£3000 is by no means excessive if you include a decent Monitor and Speaker set up. I think that is what he requires.
 
GhostRider said:
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£65.95 £65.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£23.50 £23.50
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£254.95 £254.95
CA-087-CM CoolerMaster Praetorian 732 Aluminum Case (No PSU) - Black (CA-087-CM)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£299.95 £299.95
MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025wm 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£259.95 £519.90
SC-041-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-041-CL)
£123.50 £123.50
KB-058-LG Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
SP-027-CL Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX® Speakers - Retail (SP-027-CL)
£224.95 £224.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-046-LC Lacie TwoBig 1TB eSATA II External Hard Drive (HD-046-LC)
£463.95 £463.95
Subtotal £2,549.25
VAT £446.12
Total £2,995.37

Reackon he should buy an ATI since he's getting a crossfire board, 2 20" screens would give more space and yeah that external hard drive is not needed but don't we wish we all could afford one ?
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Best spec here, but i would reccomend a few changes

HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
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Keep this, it's a beast :D :p

Scrap these things:

MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£114.95 £114.95

GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£299.95 £299.95

MO-052-VS Viewsonic VX2025wm 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-052-VS)
£259.95 £519.90

Logitech Cordless Optical Desktop Rechargeable Black/Silver - OEM (KB-058-LG)
£29.95 £29.95

HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£89.95 £89.95

HD-046-LC Lacie TwoBig 1TB eSATA II External Hard Drive (HD-046-LC)
£463.95 £463.95
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and get:

MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95

GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£224.95 £224.95

MO-009-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-009-DE)
£649.95 £649.95

KB-070-LG Logitech Cordless G7 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-070-LG)
£41.95 £41.95

KB-015-SK Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard - Blue (KB-015-SK)
£24.95 £24.95
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- Better Gskill ram used by one of the guys at xtremesystems to get his world record with his core2.

- Saving of ~£30 with a cheaper 1900XT which will be just as fast as the ASUS.

- A single 24" dell monitor will be perfect for the crossfire setup, and better than x2 20" screens. Or you could go for a 30" dell 3007, but that will take you over budget to ~£3200.

- Finally the logitech G7 mouse is the best mouse out there, and the saitek gamers keyboard is excellent.

- No need for a raptor as it's a waste of money. Plus if you want more storage forget the external HD and just get another of the internal seagate 320gigs.

That all comes to around ~£2500 for a killer system or a few hundred over £3K with the 30" dell monitor. I would rather get the 24" monitor, scrap the creative speakers and with the ~£700 spare get a decent hi-fi/av setup to get a much better audio eperience. Go and post in the Hi-fi section and the guys there could help you out in choosing a stunning 5.1 setup.

:D
 
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Spend loads of money on your mouse/keyboard/case and accesories/speakers etc etc.
But one buy a single core amd4000+ and say a 1800xt 256mb, that should tie you over for DX10 then as soon as DX10 is out, splash the rest of your cash.
Or get a powerfull conroe now if you can and skint on the graphics and buy a x1800xt256mb as they are cheap and perform great.
 
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