A little advice on some components please :-)

Dodgey

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Hi all. My Dell XPS 700 has died. I'm now left with some good-ish components in a totally non-upgradable case/Mobo, so I'm going to salvage the good bits and build a new PC.

I'm having to do this on the cheap as I'm not earning at the moment.

Here is what I have that is useable:

Intel E6700 (LGA 775) Core 2 Duo 2.67
2gb 667 DDR2 Ram x 2 (4Gb)
500Gb SATA2
dvd rom and burner
XFX Geforce GTX260 Black edition

I have had a trawl and found a motherboard or two that seem fine. My requirements are obv. socket, Sata 2, and an optical SPDIF

ASRock P43DE Socket 775 1600FSB ATX DDR2 Motherboard
OR
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Socket 775 DDR2 mATX Motherboard

They are the same price btu the only difference seems to be the Nvidia chipset. No idea which one is a better bet.

As far as coolers go:

Akasa AK-965 Intel LGA 775 Heatpipe Cooler

Seems cheap - I don't mind paying a little more for a quieter life if you have any suggestions.

Finally, although I have my HDD I'll need a new one to install the OS on so I can preserve my old data. Any recommendations on something fast and not nescessarily large (160Gb will more than do)?

Any advice would be grand - I've been out of the loop for a while.

p.s. I'm looking at a 550w PSU - I assume this should be enough for my GTX260. When it was in my Dell (700W) I plugged in a friends power meter and I only ever drew about 350W at peak
 
So your after mobo, cpu cooler, case, psu, hdd?

Also whats your budget?

My choices for a lowish budget would be.

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply

Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Xigmatek Achilles HDT-S1284C Heatpipe Cooler

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black

£210.96 inc VAT

& If you could go to say £250 go for a p45 mobo & a scythe mugen II cpu cooler

Also the two mobos you picked arent worth the silicon there printed on avoid!!!!!
 
Thanks! - I'll look those items up. My budget - well, as little as possible without buying crap :-) - you know - at the price point that is good value without being junk.
 
Dodgey said:
Thanks! - I'll look those items up. My budget - well, as little as possible without buying crap :-) - you know - at the price point that is good value without being junk.
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Thats pretty much the price point ive speced.

Mobos solid p43 good clocker.

Psu gd wattage & cheap

Cpu cooler one of the cheapest that uses a bolt through get & a 120mm fan

HDD one of the most populour & well respected drives & only £7more that cheapest thing ocuk have & its 3 times the size with twice the cache.

Case its low end but still a coolermaster.

This spec will give you plenty of upgradabilty.

The mobo will let you get a any 775 chip & some 8500+ ram

The psu could handle any single highend card or a pair of low/med range cards
 
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