budget build help

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 17:59

hey guys

well, i'm new to this whole, building your own computer thing so if this sucks, then could you please bear with me

I am wanting to build a whole system (including montior, keyboard etc..) for about 650 pounds.

I'm also thinking of running another 8800 GT in SLI mode later on when i get the cash, but I cant tell if the motherboard can support more than one so any help there would also be great

could this bare with any overclocking? i am very new to all this so any info on overclocking itself would be useful, but i could read elsewhere on the forums for help there.

If any of this sucks or could be improved on then i ask for you're help in doing so, thanks

Case - Coolermaster Centurion 5 + 550W eXtreme Power Plus PSU - 74.86
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 112.21
Graphics Card - nVIDIA GeForce XFX 8800GT 512MB - 145.99
Hard Drive - Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB - 43.99
Motherboard - ASUS P5KC AiLifestyle Series - 77.06
RAM - OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) - 54.99
DVD Drive - Samsung SH-D162 - 9.99
Monitor - Hyundai H94W 19" TFT Monitor - 94.47
Mouse/Keyboard - Labtec Media Wireless Desktop 800 - 11.99
Speakers - Logitech X-140 Black 2.0 PC multimedia speakers - 20.20

Total 645.75

Kearney_1988 · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:37

you need a mother board which is SLI capable something like

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I would ask in the motherboard section tho because im not really up to date with them. Other than that seems ok, you will need a heatsink if you are overclocking

PS. welcome to the forums

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:48

Kearney_1988 said:
you need a mother board which is SLI capable something like

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I would ask in the motherboard section tho because im not really up to date with them. Other than that seems ok, you will need a heatsink if you are overclocking

PS. welcome to the forums

Thanks dude

this one look cool? its definately SLI compatible and actually cheaper than the other one

PwnDirect · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:56

why are you going for a 8800gt when for the same money you can get a 4850 or for a bit more a 4870 which we be much better or even a 260

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:59

Remove that competitor before a don / mod see's it!!

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:04

so would you recommend the 4850 rather than the 8800GT? bearing in mind this is lasting me 3 or so years

also would an AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU be better?

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:07

Personaly stick with the Intel and go for the 4850.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-wolfdale_6.html#sect1

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:09

RJC said:
Personaly stick with the Intel and go for the 4850.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-wolfdale_6.html#sect1

thanks man, so if i swap those GPU's then everythings cool?

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:10

anxious_gamer said:
thanks man, so if i swap those GPU's then everythings cool?

You will have pretty good rig

(PS - Remove that competitor link)

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:14

RJC said:
You will have pretty good rig

(PS - Remove that competitor link)

sorry dude, didnt realise thats what you were talking about

so will the, XFX 680I LT edition SLI mobo be ok aswell yup?

PwnDirect · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:19

if your going for a 4850 reamber to get a crossfire motherboard

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:27

could you recommend one by any chance? i dont know what a crossfire motherboard is lol

edit - how about a "MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775"

PwnDirect · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:32

crossfire mobo

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:36

thanks man

you think i could overclock the CPU to about 3.2Ghz?

PwnDirect · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:37

you could get 3.5 easy imo

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:40

without damaging anything? because if i could do that then, crysis on max settings wouldnt look so bad after all

and would i have to up the power supply? and get better cooling?

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 20:06

You will only need a crossfire board if your planning on adding a second card later, but the Intel boards overclock quite well.
The P45 board which PwnDirect recommended is pretty good.

After market cooler I recommend this ONE
PSU this ONE

Edit: The psu you original specified should be ok

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 20:19

edit - didnt get what you meant before

so all i need is that fan and i'll be fine?

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 20:45

Sorry I am getting myself confused :eek:

.

If you want to run dual ATI 4850 at a later date then you need a crossfire motherboard like the Asus one couple posts up (#13)

If you want to run SLI then ie 2 x GT'S then you will need a Nvidia board like the one you original posted in the link.

The PSU you quoted in your opening post should be fine with the Asus xfire board and should be able to cope with 2 x 4850.

If you want to overclock then I would recommend changing the CPU cooler to the AC7 I linked above.

anxious_gamer · 28 Sep 2008 at 20:48

haha right man i get you

is 3.5Ghz a safe enough OC?