Advice on this PC Build Needed

strocky · 15 Dec 2007 at 13:22

NZXT HUSH Silver ATX Classic Series Gaming Case
Corsair HX620w 620w Modular PSU
Gigabyte GA P35C-DS3R, iP35, Sok 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2/DDR3
Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
2 x 2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)
1 x 750GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200rpm 32Mb SATAII Hard Drive
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme 7.1 Audio PCI-E Soundcard OEM

Thoughts please

Ben M · 15 Dec 2007 at 13:28

no graphics card? or am i blind?

strocky · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:55

Ben M said:
no graphics card? or am i blind?

already got one from my old rig which will do for the moment

semi-pro waster · 17 Dec 2007 at 13:02

strocky said:
already got one from my old rig which will do for the moment

Just to check, it is PCI-E, isn't it?

Other than that it looks fine, a 620w PSU is perhaps slightly overkill when the 520w will easily do but it won't do any harm either.

strocky · 17 Dec 2007 at 13:06

semi-pro waster said:
Just to check, it is PCI-E, isn't it?

Other than that it looks fine, a 620w PSU is perhaps slightly overkill when the 520w will easily do but it won't do any harm either.

Yep it's a 512M MSI ATI RX1950PRO-VT2D512E

Any issues with the motherboard?

semi-pro waster · 17 Dec 2007 at 13:23

I don't really see the point in DDR2/DDR3 capability since it only has 2x DDR3 slots and by the time you need to replace them you'll probably be replacing the whole system but other than that it is solid enough.

Aero · 17 Dec 2007 at 14:27

semi-pro waster said:
I don't really see the point in DDR2/DDR3 capability since it only has 2x DDR3 slots and by the time you need to replace them you'll probably be replacing the whole system but other than that it is solid enough.

I second that I'd choose a different motherboard and stick with DDR2.

Aero

strocky · 17 Dec 2007 at 15:42

semi-pro waster said:
I don't really see the point in DDR2/DDR3 capability since it only has 2x DDR3 slots and by the time you need to replace them you'll probably be replacing the whole system but other than that it is solid enough.

TBH I picked that MB for the fact I can pick it up for £70, any other decent MB's with OC capabilty about that price range?

Aero · 17 Dec 2007 at 15:44

IP35

Thats about..ish

Aero