Another OCUK Noob

[ten80p]

Hi, following the death of my faithful Abit NF7-S rev2 of 3 years I've been visting OCUK for several weeks after deciding I'd build a new rig from scratch, and have just registered

Have been running above motherboard, XP 2500+ mobile @ 2.4, Asus X800XT-PE, 1.5Gb DDR-400 Ballistix on a 19" CRT and played most FPS's up until August

OCUK website and forum is awesome, spent hours searching through threads and am now only a few mouse clicks away from ordering, have only held off for past 2 weeks awaiting to decide on 8800GT, HD3800's or new revised 8800GTS

Well looking forward to December and getting back into the o/c bug, but things have moved on a lot since I built my current rig

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Welcome.

Claimed!

 

[ten80p]

Have now got an idea on which core components, but would appreciate some advice before I order

ps I've got a Thermaltake Tsunami dream case and Antec TruePower Trio 650W already, also got XP Pro 32bit and got Creative speakers PC5800 5.1

Monitor - Samsung SM-226CW 22" LCD
Board - Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4
CPU - Q6600 but am I better off with either a E2180 or E6750 for now ?
Cooler - Arctic Freezer 64 Pro or Tuniq Tower ?
Sound - Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1
HDD - WD SATA-II 500Gb AAKS
Memory - GeIL DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 (2Gb or 4Gb)
** Even though 32 bit will only see approx 3Gb, is it worth it over 2Gb for £40 ?
GPU - 8800GT 512Mb
** On a 22" LCD at 1680x1050 would the upcoming new 8800GTS be any better or would that only be on a 24" at silly res ? can't help feeling I'll want one by xmas

Thanks

 

[wolvers]

I'm pretty sure that Asus are making the best mobos right now, especially for oc'ing, and Samsung are making the best hard drives short of a raptor.

2gb is enough if you're gonna run xp and I'd hold out for the new GTS if time and money alows it. I can't help with the cpu choice I'm afraid.

As for for cooling........well I've just gotten wet and wouldn't go back!

The rest looks pretty sweet. I hope I've been of some help.

 

[ramsden]

I think you need the arctic freezer 7 rather than the 64, have a double check I have the freezer 7 and temps are low and it was easy to fit. Price is good too

 

[Dingleberry88]

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