Hi there,
I feel ashamed as I only seem to post on this forum when I need advice on new pc's but you guys really are helpful!
I've been saving to buy myself something nice for my birthday.. my current PC is still no slouch (x2 3800, X1800xt, 2 gig ram) but will be donated to my loving girlfriend to upgrade her WoW to slight prettierness.
I can feasibly spend £1200 or so without being scared of my bank statement - not that there won't be regret but!
So! This is what i've picked out for myself so far: any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm trying to make a semi quiet machine.. anythings better than what i've got going on now.
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard- £88
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retai £146.86
Thermalright Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink - £35
Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin - £14
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU £70
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - £21
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache x2 - £178
Akasa AK-ICR-01 Internal Card Reader - £12
Now for the case.. i'm torn - i'd really like a black Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS - however... at £130 it's kinda expensive in my mind for a case! .. I've had enough of cheap horrible cases though so it's between that and one of the cheaper Lian Li's.. would it be much nicer than the pc-60 plus? I notice thats quite small.. and not as pretty! but - is it servicable? would save me £60.. which is the long run isnt that much I guess!
I need ram and a graphics card - I have no clue on the ram.. can you buy decent ram for around £120? if so can someone suggest some? I get quite confused by the speeds of it all.
The graphics card.. now i'm torn.. between the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB and BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB - there is a difference of around £140 ... now my real concern is about the eventual dx 10 performance.. is the gtx going to last 2-3 years? I feel that if the GTX will make a sizable difference with its extra pipes etc maybe its worth the expense.. but if i'm going to have to upgrade my card in 1 year.. - 1 1/2 years to play with all the bells and whistles then I may as well stick with the GTS since the DX 9 performance is going to be great anyway regardless of which card I choose at the resolution i'll be gaming at! (1600x1050) Plan on playing some of the newer up and coming mmorpg's.. and crysis of course etc
What are people's feelings about this? I hope to do my gaming on this Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen if that helps! (this will be arriving at a later date.. can't afford all of it at once.. well I can but.. said lovely girlfriend might not be so lovely after that!)
Sorry about the gigantic post - hard to condense my questions!
Cheers in advance
I feel ashamed as I only seem to post on this forum when I need advice on new pc's but you guys really are helpful!
I've been saving to buy myself something nice for my birthday.. my current PC is still no slouch (x2 3800, X1800xt, 2 gig ram) but will be donated to my loving girlfriend to upgrade her WoW to slight prettierness.
I can feasibly spend £1200 or so without being scared of my bank statement - not that there won't be regret but!
So! This is what i've picked out for myself so far: any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm trying to make a semi quiet machine.. anythings better than what i've got going on now.
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard- £88
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retai £146.86
Thermalright Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink - £35
Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin - £14
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU £70
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - £21
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache x2 - £178
Akasa AK-ICR-01 Internal Card Reader - £12
Now for the case.. i'm torn - i'd really like a black Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS - however... at £130 it's kinda expensive in my mind for a case! .. I've had enough of cheap horrible cases though so it's between that and one of the cheaper Lian Li's.. would it be much nicer than the pc-60 plus? I notice thats quite small.. and not as pretty! but - is it servicable? would save me £60.. which is the long run isnt that much I guess!
I need ram and a graphics card - I have no clue on the ram.. can you buy decent ram for around £120? if so can someone suggest some? I get quite confused by the speeds of it all.
The graphics card.. now i'm torn.. between the EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB and BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB - there is a difference of around £140 ... now my real concern is about the eventual dx 10 performance.. is the gtx going to last 2-3 years? I feel that if the GTX will make a sizable difference with its extra pipes etc maybe its worth the expense.. but if i'm going to have to upgrade my card in 1 year.. - 1 1/2 years to play with all the bells and whistles then I may as well stick with the GTS since the DX 9 performance is going to be great anyway regardless of which card I choose at the resolution i'll be gaming at! (1600x1050) Plan on playing some of the newer up and coming mmorpg's.. and crysis of course etc
What are people's feelings about this? I hope to do my gaming on this Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen if that helps! (this will be arriving at a later date.. can't afford all of it at once.. well I can but.. said lovely girlfriend might not be so lovely after that!)
Sorry about the gigantic post - hard to condense my questions!
Cheers in advance
Hopefully it still looks nice? less scratches anyway I suppose! It just looks nice to my eyes.
