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Snotuk

Snotuk

Snotuk

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Hi,
I'm after buliding meself a new pc.
I've been out of the game for 4 years now.
And would like a little help.

I have a buget of £1000 - £1200

What i cannot make my mind up with is

What


Motherboard & Ram


Here's what i will be getting to go with the above.

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

XFX GeForce 7600 GT Fatal1ty Video Card

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3750640AS SATA-II 16MB Cache

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB ST380815AS SATA-II 8MB Cache


I'm gonna duel boot with XP & Vista on the 80gb Seagate.

I have 3 Pioneer ide roms which i would like to add also.

So some advice on the Motherboard and Ram would be great.

Thanks.
 
Couldn't fit a quad core and 22" Widescreen monitor into that, but you can get the 6600 and a 640MB 8800GTS which would be better than a 7600GT for sure. As you've got 3 IDE ROM drives, go for the P5N-E SLI, as it gives you 2 IDE channels, whereas boards like the Gigabyte only have 1 IDE channel. If I were you I wouldn't get the 80GB drive, I'd just partition the 500GB one, but that's up to you. The memory specced will overclock very well.

Here's the spec I just made up - within your budget.

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)

Comes to £1124.
 
This is what I would get:
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The only issue is that you would be limited to two IDE devices unless you decided to get a PCI or PCI-e PATA host card.

However it has a quad core processor, very overclockable RAM, a new chipset motherboard which should be highly future-proof, the best case, an 8800 series GPU with sufficient memory for the resolution of the monitor, a fantastic power supply, and support for up to 8 SATA devices.
 
Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£244.99
(£287.86)

Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£87.99
(£103.39)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
£67.99
(£79.89)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£171.99
(£202.09)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM£63.99
(£75.19)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
£79.99
(£93.99)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£61.99
(£72.84)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
£32.99
(£38.76)

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
£224.99
(£264.36)

Sub Total : £1,036.91
Shipping : £14.95
VAT : £184.08
Total : £1,235.94

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I'll go with the 8800 GTS.

2 Psu only need 1, guess i clicked twice. Thanks you just saved me £72.84 lol.

Thanks for your help.
 
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