Sorry to be a noob and to add another spec check thread but i suspect my Inspiron 8200 has only days left to survive and i can't wait!
This is my first attempt at building a desktop so i'd appreciate you comments as regards to compatability, if i've gone overkill/underkill on components etc.
Main use will be photo editing in Photoshop and gaming (Dragon Rising and similar at 1920x1200)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £133.99 (£157.44)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99 (£152.74)
Memory: OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £32.99 (£38.76)
Graphics Card(s): BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £229.99 (£270.24)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £69.99 (£82.24)
Optical Drive(s): Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 (£15.26)
Cooling: Tuniq Core Contact Freezer CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £22.99 (£27.01)
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): NEEDED?
Sound Card: NEEDED?
Controller Card(s): NEEDED?
Case: Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £64.99 (£76.36)
Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £69.99 (£82.24)
Keyboard: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £31.99 (£37.59)
Mouse: Microsoft HABU 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse (9VV-00003) £29.99 (£35.24)
Headset:
Speakers: Will get seperately
Monitor(s): Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £349.99 (£411.24)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £75.99 (£89.29)
Total : £1,462.64
£1500 is pretty much my limit and i'd like it to last a while/be upgradable. Does that look like it would work? Anything else i need?
Thanks,
Andrew
This is my first attempt at building a desktop so i'd appreciate you comments as regards to compatability, if i've gone overkill/underkill on components etc.
Main use will be photo editing in Photoshop and gaming (Dragon Rising and similar at 1920x1200)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £133.99 (£157.44)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99 (£152.74)
Memory: OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £32.99 (£38.76)
Graphics Card(s): BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £229.99 (£270.24)
TV Card: NO
Hard Drive(s): Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £69.99 (£82.24)
Optical Drive(s): Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 (£15.26)
Cooling: Tuniq Core Contact Freezer CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £22.99 (£27.01)
Water Cooling: NO
Cable(s): NEEDED?
Sound Card: NEEDED?
Controller Card(s): NEEDED?
Case: Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £64.99 (£76.36)
Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £69.99 (£82.24)
Keyboard: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £31.99 (£37.59)
Mouse: Microsoft HABU 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse (9VV-00003) £29.99 (£35.24)
Headset:
Speakers: Will get seperately
Monitor(s): Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £349.99 (£411.24)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £75.99 (£89.29)
Total : £1,462.64
£1500 is pretty much my limit and i'd like it to last a while/be upgradable. Does that look like it would work? Anything else i need?
Thanks,
Andrew
