Brainstorming: Build my rig!

sprognak

sprognak

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Alright, I've been drumming up for months all the options and am still undecided so time to let anyone here have a go at building me a new rig!

Here's the rules:

  1. Budget is £1200 (Excluding VAT - that' £1410 with VAT)
  2. All spec's must include a Monitor of at least 20" (With minimum 1600 resolution on the horizontal) (Been thinking NEC here but open to input)
  3. All designs must be *severely* overclockable. If possible, watercooled but this is not a "must".
  4. 2Gb RAM minimum.

I'll leave it at that to allow a bit of flexibility. Over to you all!
 
Its a tight budget for this kinda spec to add in watercooling, maybe getting a cheaper graphics card or screen...
Not sure if yir wanting to include speakers, keyboard & mouse with the price.
but here goes...

Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU £62.99
(£74.01)

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21)

Coolermaster Wave Master - Black (No PSU) £74.99
(£88.11)

NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96)

Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £10.50
(£12.34)

NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £299.99
(£352.49)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £289.99
(£340.74)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM £44.50
(£52.29)

Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
(£52.86)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £164.99
(£193.86)

Sub Total : £1,166.91
Shipping : £24.95
Vat : £208.58
Total : £1,400.44

Or change the motherboard to a " Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard "...
Sub Total : £1,206.91
Shipping: £24.95
Vat : £215.58
Total : £1,447.44
 
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No keyboard/mouse/soundcard required.

I'd drop the Sony DVD-ROM off, downspec the case, switch the hard drive to a Seagate 320Gb...

Not sure on graphics... 8800 while an exceptional card is not (in my opinion) value for money yet. I'd have to steer more towards an X1950XT or XTX...

Any more thoughts people?
 
I'd go with the gigabyte DS3 over the asrock if you can. The DS3 should overclock great with that cpu and ram.
 
I'd say drop the DVD-ROM and the X-Fi and put the £50 into a DS3, I'd say get a cheap 1950pro / XT first until ATi released the R600 then decide which one you are going for next.

I have one of those Tagan 530 easycons and the 12V rails tend to drop under load, still a solid PSU though, but it'll be better to go for a Seasonic / Corsair.

Nobody said anything about the cooler!! I'd say put in extra £15 for a freezer 7 pro.
 
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