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Hey all,
Finally given in to the temptation and allocated some of my student loan for a thorough upgrade (lasting 2 years with s939 and GF7 has been hard!)
Specs (with blanks) :
CPU: Q6600 (G0)
(Bonus since its on this weeks offers, does this still give best bang for buck compared to the Q9XXX?)
CPU cooler: Got a TRUE, which will do (hey, I can rhyme
)
Mobo: Abit IP35 Pro
(Again, it's on this weeks offer and I've heard good things about this board, but I'm open to better suggestions)
RAM: BLANK
(4gb of DDR2, preferably in 2x2gb for best OC, spec me a decent brand?)
Graphics: My old 7900GT 512mb will last until the new offerings are out
Hard drives: 2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB
(With this weeks offer, 1TB for under £100!
, looks like it gives the best of speed, (near) silence and space, doubt there's any better?)
Optical drive: BLANK
(DVD+RW drive, not sure which ones best?)
Case: Already have a nice P182
Operating System : BLANK
(I have oem Windows XP, and i really don't want to buy a out of date OS, so i'll probably take the plunge into vista (getting it retail, not oem, advice on which package is best?) This also complicates:
Sound Card: I have a Xi-Fi Music, which is nice, but after creative's recent naughty behaviour, and that vista + Xi-Fi = headache i'm tempted to buy an Asus Xonar (will it be much better under vista/in general?)
Power Supply: Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2
(best reliability?)
Plan to overclock the nuts of it, especially the graphics until i get a better card, will this system perform in the overclocking department?
Cheers,
P.S. only 3 blanks!?
edit: minor spelling
Finally given in to the temptation and allocated some of my student loan for a thorough upgrade (lasting 2 years with s939 and GF7 has been hard!)
Specs (with blanks) :
CPU: Q6600 (G0)
(Bonus since its on this weeks offers, does this still give best bang for buck compared to the Q9XXX?)
CPU cooler: Got a TRUE, which will do (hey, I can rhyme
)Mobo: Abit IP35 Pro
(Again, it's on this weeks offer and I've heard good things about this board, but I'm open to better suggestions)
RAM: BLANK
(4gb of DDR2, preferably in 2x2gb for best OC, spec me a decent brand?)
Graphics: My old 7900GT 512mb will last until the new offerings are out
Hard drives: 2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB
(With this weeks offer, 1TB for under £100!
, looks like it gives the best of speed, (near) silence and space, doubt there's any better?)Optical drive: BLANK
(DVD+RW drive, not sure which ones best?)
Case: Already have a nice P182
Operating System : BLANK
(I have oem Windows XP, and i really don't want to buy a out of date OS, so i'll probably take the plunge into vista (getting it retail, not oem, advice on which package is best?) This also complicates:
Sound Card: I have a Xi-Fi Music, which is nice, but after creative's recent naughty behaviour, and that vista + Xi-Fi = headache i'm tempted to buy an Asus Xonar (will it be much better under vista/in general?)
Power Supply: Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2
(best reliability?)
Plan to overclock the nuts of it, especially the graphics until i get a better card, will this system perform in the overclocking department?
Cheers,
P.S. only 3 blanks!?
edit: minor spelling
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