About To Buy...

Jimmy T · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:44

Hi

I've been putting this off for about 2 months but I've finally decided on the following spec, any thoughts before I go ahead?

Cheers

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £47.49

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) £107.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99

Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £18.99

Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter £14.50

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £95.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99

Team Elite 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TEDD2048M800HC5DC) £129.99

Sub Total : £672.90
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £119.67
Total : £803.52

Zefan · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:45

TOP system

Note Vista OEM won't be able to be transfered to any other motherboard.

Jimmy T · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:51

Thanks Zefan

I've gone ahead and ordered. I've not really done overclocking before but I'm hoping to start with this system to get the most out of it. I'm hoping to break 3GHZ... :eek:

Zefan · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:52

Jimmy T said:
Thanks Zefan

I've gone ahead and ordered. I've not really done overclocking before but I'm hoping to start with this system to get the most out of it. I'm hoping to break 3GHZ...

You should get 3.6 with no problems

Jimmy T · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:52

Zefan said:
Note Vista OEM won't be able to be transfered to any other motherboard.

Yeah, I'd read that in another thread but I doubt I will be upgrading for atleast a couple of years.

Zefan · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:53

Jimmy T said:
Yeah, I'd read that in another thread but I doubt I will be upgrading for atleast a couple of years.

Yeah, but I doubt there'll be a new OS you want in 2 years time. Think about how long XP has been around for, 5 or 6 years.

squiffy · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:54

I would have plumped for 320GB, better value for money. Only a tenner for 70GB more.
And I would stick to XP, Vista isn't mature enough. performance is worse.

Jimmy T · 27 Jan 2007 at 16:03

Zefan said:
Yeah, but I doubt there'll be a new OS you want in 2 years time. Think about how long XP has been around for, 5 or 6 years.

Well what I should have said is I probably wont upgrade at all. I will use this system until it's obsolete and then get a new one which will hopefully be a good few years away. In any case it would be cheaper to get another oem rather than retail.

squiffy said:
I would have plumped for 320GB, better value for money. Only a tenner for 70GB more.
And I would stick to XP, Vista isn't mature enough. performance is worse.

True but I set myself a limit of 800 and I probably wont fill 250GB let alone 320. I have a copy of XP also but I thought I would give Vista a go and see what it's like. Thanks for the comments tho