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SH4RKY

SH4RKY

SH4RKY

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Haven’t got round to sorting my PC out yet, but a friend has asked me to spec and build him a system for under 800 quid. How does this sound:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£122.19) £103.99
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£15.85) £13.49
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)
(£44.64) £37.99
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£88.11) £74.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£187.99) £159.99
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)
(£58.74) £49.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
(£17.61) £14.99
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
(£46.99) £39.99
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
(£64.61) £54.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)
(£74.01) £62.99

Total = £720


He wants a BIG screen... he is looking at the OCUK 28" thing. That spec should be able to handle 1900x1200 fine shouldn’t it? He will be playing WoW, Spore, some RTSs etc.

Can’t really wait around for i7, but I think that rig should last a good couple of years with maybe a GPU upgrade later on when needed.


Oh and anyone know what that 28" screen is like? He isn’t interested in colour reproduction/viewing angles etc, just for games (non FPS).


Thanks, just wanted to check this over before spending someone elses money >_< haha
 
You might want to change the ram as Asus boards do not officially support OCZ ram. Apart from that it looks good although a E8*** series dual core would be better for gaming, especially when clocked to 4Ghz.
 
Will look into overclocking it... but to be honest if I do it will be a low and stable overclock that probably wont be touched again by the end user. So i'll try and hit 3ghz on the q6600 and leave it at that. Never really overclocked so will be experimenting on this pc before I build my own.... hahah


Interesting point about the ram and mobo. Never come across that before.

Although, that reaper ram is often in the sales and is recommended, and likewise the Asus PQ5 series is heavily recommended so is it safe to assume enough people have the combo and it works fine for it not to be drawn to attention in a big thread somewhere....?
 
Is Corsair fully supported by Asus?

How about this ram instead:
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)


Also... would a 550w PSU be capable to run that spec??
550w Corsair VX Series PSU
Or is it just a safer bet just to go with the 650 to give more headroom for overclocking / future upgrades. Only 10 quid difference in price... Guess the 650 is a safer bet.
 
I have never had a problem with DDR2 OCZ and Asus boards, although some people have.. I think most of the Issues are with DDR3 OCZ although I could be wrong..

The corsair should be fine.. might want to have a look at the GeIL or Gskill as well
 
Thanks for the input guys. Ordering it for him soon I think.

It will be about £1000 all in with a 28" screen too! :)
 
Apparently he isnt interested in space so updated spec to include:

320 GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms

or maybe a 640gb actually...


640 is 10 quid more expensive... so in terms of value - the 640gb drive costs 7.5 Pence Per GB. The 320 drive costs 12 Pence Per GB.
 
IIRC the 640GB (2 platter) is faster than the 320GB (single plater) as western digital limited it, could be wrong though. I dont think its 100% guarneteed you will get the single platter 320GB either.
 
ulgh... screw it, the 640 WD is only 4 quid more expensive than the original Seagate I specced so he can have the 640 to save me the hassle! haha

640 GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms


Thanks again for the input :)
 
You have to create a fan profile for it otherwise its really quiet by default, but runs really hot. Once you create the profile it will drop the temps quite a bit but can get very noisy (anything over 40% fan speed annoys the hell out of me)

Stock cooler does do the job reasonably well though
 
Ah, ok.

Well my friend has picked the case he wants (Thermaltake Shark) and I notice it has an open side mesh panel right next to the GPU area, so ill let him live with the PC for a week or so and see how he gets on. if its too loud / running too hot or we cant sort a profile out, ill look in to the above cool. looks very substantial! :)


The seemingly dodgy 4870 cooler (ive read in a few reviews its good most of the time then turns into a vacuum to cool things off) is one of the reasons im speccing a GTX260 in my machine (I want a quiet pc!).
 
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