£400 Gaming Spec

pastymuncher · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:12

xb8browney said:
I have had a Hiper and it is still going strong in a friends computer it's over 2 years old now as well.

As I have said above I used to have a desktop same mobo (lower chip set) and ran my E6300 at 3Ghz

That's what everyone says until they blow up.

Hiper Explosive club. There have been loads of other posts about exploding Hipers before that was set up. There have been at least two failures this week!!

smyth · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:13

xb8browney said:
Thinking how to save more money. Instead of getting the E7200 2.53Ghz would it be worth getting the E2180 2Ghz and artic cooling freezer 7 pro and over clocking to 2.5-3Ghz saving £22?

If your budget is really tight go for the e2180, btw what ram did you end up buying?

xb8browney · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:15

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) as they were "This week only" price

pastymuncher · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:26

xb8browney said:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) as they were "This week only" price

Good stuff. They work well with the P31 DS3L too.

xb8browney · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:19

I've seen a Asus P5N E-SLI 650i motherboard for £32 incl should I go for this over the Gigabyte GA-P31 DS3L?

Pilky01 · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:23

xb8browney said:
I've seen a Asus P5N E-SLI 650i motherboard for £32 incl should I go for this over the Gigabyte GA-P31 DS3L?

No!

neon.uk · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:23

I like the case you have gone for

. Looks very stylish - i know people say antec 300 but that doesnt have a nice window in it with some lights, well that would certainly persuade me

xb8browney · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:24

qwerty321 said:
No!

Noted

thanks. Any reason? I read a review and it seemed ok :confused:

xb8browney · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:25

neon.uk said:
I like the case you have gone for . Looks very stylish - i know people say antec 300 but that doesnt have a nice window in it with some lights, well that would certainly persuade me

Yes that was something I wanted as you can see from my old rig I do like a window

neon.uk · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:28

Very Nice

I was gutted when i went for the hush instead of the alpha but oh well. Shame NZXT dont sell windows. Might have to chuck some perpsex as a window

xb8browney · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:30

neon.uk said:
Very Nice

I was gutted when i went for the hush instead of the alpha but oh well. Shame NZXT dont sell windows. Might have to chuck some perpsex as a window

You sure? I read a review that said they do one with a PSU and no window

neon.uk · 12 Jun 2008 at 17:39

xb8browney said:
You sure? I read a review that said they do one with a PSU and no window

Don't understand what you're saying sorry - I want a window but the hush doesnt have one

look what they said on the NZXT forums in like november last year

"Around time for CES last year, johnny put out word that they were working hard to release a new side-panel for the Hush with a window due to the high demand. i would expect it should be available soon"

CMON WHERE IS IT? LOL

EDIT: well I've sent an email to NZXT querying it.

Pilky01 · 13 Jun 2008 at 10:52

xb8browney said:
Noted thanks. Any reason? I read a review and it seemed ok

Nforce chipsets. esspecially the 6 series are terrible compared to intel chipsets. If you dont want sli stay well clear.

xb8browney · 13 Jun 2008 at 10:55

qwerty321 said:
Nforce chipsets. esspecially the 6 series are terrible compared to intel chipsets. If you dont want sli stay well clear.

Great thanks.

I've managed to get a lot of gear now

Case
RAM
DVD Drive
CPU
PSU

I have got the gfx and mobo sorted but wont be able to buy them till next week.

smyth · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:27

xb8browney said:
Great thanks.

I've managed to get a lot of gear now

Case
RAM
DVD Drive
CPU
PSU

I have got the gfx and mobo sorted but wont be able to buy them till next week.

sounds good, what parts did you end up getting?

xb8browney · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:30

CASE - NZXT Alpha Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case
RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
DVD Drive - Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
CPU - E2180
PSU - Tagan 480W

The gfx card will be a BFG OC 8800GT 512mb for £75 posted

smyth · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:34

xb8browney said:
CASE - NZXT Alpha Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case
RAM - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
DVD Drive - Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
CPU - E2180
PSU - Tagan 480W

The gfx card will be a BFG OC 8800GT 512mb for £75 posted

that looks very nice, did you manage to keep to the £400 budget?

xb8browney · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:37

Yes I managed to save on the PSU, GFX and CPU also the motherboard if the seller gets back to me Saved about £100 :O

Bonjour · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:38

xb8browney said:
I do not see the need in 6400 if I wont be overclocking? i dont think i'd notice a difference.

Can you link me to the new cards due to come out please?

It's definately worthwhile.

At the very least you'd be able to run the memory at a faster ratio (say 3:4).

xb8browney · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:41

Bonjour said:
It's definately worthwhile.

At the very least you'd be able to run the memory at a faster ratio (say 3:4).

I went for the lower CPU to OC in the end