Got about £1500 to spend on a new rig.
My current setup is a Barton 2800 clocked to 215FSB x10.5 on air with 2Gb Corsair XMS 3500LL, The Asus NVidia 6800GT 128Mb (The one that wasn't a 'real' 6800GT as it only uses 128Mb IIRC), 1x40Gb Raptor, 2x WD-JB 80Gb's and a 200Gb Diamondmax 10.
Above rig has served well for around 4 years even with various upgrades during that time but I now have 'permission' to replace the rig after a failed HD and PSU.
So....
Thoughts and opinions on this please - it's based on the Pentium 4 805 after reading reports on Toms Hardware of 4.1GHz. The power demands are insanely high for that speed though hence the PSU and Asus 8-phase mainboard which should have no trouble feeding the beast.
The water cooling rig is self explanatory. When a CPU kicks out 200W+ of heat one needs decent cooling. The RAM is 1066MHz and I can't settle for less than 2Gb.
With graphics I have to admit I've been a hardcore NVidia fan for a long time now, but perhaps it's time to change - thoughts on this selection please!
Main considerations: It has to be quiet! Inaudiable in a room with a little conversation would be nice.
CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£71.95 £71.95
MB-140-AS Asus P5WDG2-WS Extreme Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-140-AS)
£159.95 £159.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
MY-066-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8000 Dual Channel XTC Platinum Series EL-DDR2 CAS2 (OCZ2P10002G-K) (MY-066-OC)
£299.95 £299.95
GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£289.95 £289.95
SP-083-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers - Retail (SP-083-CL)
£83.95 £83.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £119.90
CD-000-BQ BenQ DW1655 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-000-BQ)
£30.95 £30.95
WC-014-SW Swiftech H20-220 Apex "Ultra" Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940) (WC-014-SW)
£128.95 £128.95
Subtotal £1,240.50
VAT £217.09
Total £1,457.59
My current setup is a Barton 2800 clocked to 215FSB x10.5 on air with 2Gb Corsair XMS 3500LL, The Asus NVidia 6800GT 128Mb (The one that wasn't a 'real' 6800GT as it only uses 128Mb IIRC), 1x40Gb Raptor, 2x WD-JB 80Gb's and a 200Gb Diamondmax 10.
Above rig has served well for around 4 years even with various upgrades during that time but I now have 'permission' to replace the rig after a failed HD and PSU.
So....
Thoughts and opinions on this please - it's based on the Pentium 4 805 after reading reports on Toms Hardware of 4.1GHz. The power demands are insanely high for that speed though hence the PSU and Asus 8-phase mainboard which should have no trouble feeding the beast.
The water cooling rig is self explanatory. When a CPU kicks out 200W+ of heat one needs decent cooling. The RAM is 1066MHz and I can't settle for less than 2Gb.
With graphics I have to admit I've been a hardcore NVidia fan for a long time now, but perhaps it's time to change - thoughts on this selection please!
Main considerations: It has to be quiet! Inaudiable in a room with a little conversation would be nice.
CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£71.95 £71.95
MB-140-AS Asus P5WDG2-WS Extreme Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-140-AS)
£159.95 £159.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
MY-066-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8000 Dual Channel XTC Platinum Series EL-DDR2 CAS2 (OCZ2P10002G-K) (MY-066-OC)
£299.95 £299.95
GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£289.95 £289.95
SP-083-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers - Retail (SP-083-CL)
£83.95 £83.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £119.90
CD-000-BQ BenQ DW1655 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-000-BQ)
£30.95 £30.95
WC-014-SW Swiftech H20-220 Apex "Ultra" Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940) (WC-014-SW)
£128.95 £128.95
Subtotal £1,240.50
VAT £217.09
Total £1,457.59
