Can you do any better for £700?

nichorob · 26 May 2007 at 10:09

New rig time for me!

After a bit of playing about this is about as good as I can get for £700. The only bits im not too sure about is the Mobo and PSU, could I do any better for £700?

Thanks.

stinka · 26 May 2007 at 10:45

get this and clock the hell outta it

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £191.99
(£225.59) £191.99
(£225.59)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74) Sub Total : £610.91 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95 VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £108.83 Total : £730.69

c2d gotta be overclocked imo, this will clock like hell, all top notch

edit psus are great (600w more than capable) ive had 700w for 6 months love it, also got 2 of these hdd in raid 0 and for a ton, they are soooooooo fast

nichorob · 26 May 2007 at 11:00

I will be clocking it, would be silly not to but wont be too bothered about that side of things. Not sure if that spec warrents the extra £50. Just want to move on from this 2800+ Sempron / 7600 GS system im stuck with at the moment!

Would the DS3 be a better alternative than the Abit FP-IN9? I cant quite forge an opinion on the FP-IN9 after reading reviews etc.

sidefxv1 · 26 May 2007 at 11:06

The DS3P is supposed to be an excellent board, especially at that price, and seems to be the current mobo of choice around here.

Getting that RAM is well worth the extra if overclocking. That CPU should be very overclockable (or the E6420) You can probably drop back down to the 320MB GTS to save a bit more money, depending on what resolution you'll be gaming at?

EDIT: I'd be tempted to swap the PSU to the Corsair 520W one too - it'll easily power that rig and more.

stinka · 26 May 2007 at 11:07

if you want that chipset then this seems to be the better board Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650

but imho sli boards are a waste of money i wish i had got the ds3 over my evga 680i as single gpus are a lot less hassle and the ds3 is maybee the best ocing board for c2d

for gaming i think the chip i specced, clocked over 3 ghz, is no diff to a e6600 for gaming performance hence youll be able to afford a better gpu

also that ram clocks better than the geil which as documented on here and in my expereance runs out of puff at 900 mhz

nichorob · 26 May 2007 at 11:20

Thanks for the advice guys, will go for the DS3 and the E6320 then I think, I assume the PSU is more than up to the job and the PC-7 is big enough to house it all? Cheers.

sidefxv1 · 26 May 2007 at 11:22

Yup, PSU should be more than enough and PC-7 will easily house it all. It's a bloody awesome case. *Points to sig

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nichorob · 26 May 2007 at 11:37

Great thanks a lot, below is my final spec. Will order soon.

sidefxv1 · 26 May 2007 at 11:42

Looks sweet, though I still reckon the ballistix RAM stinka linked to is worth the extra.

Have a look around the forums and see what people have been able to do with it.

nichorob · 26 May 2007 at 11:50

sidefxv1 said:
Looks sweet, though I still reckon the ballistix RAM stinka linked to is worth the extra. Have a look around the forums and see what people have been able to do with it.

Yeah I forgot about the RAM when creating that spec, will look around and maybe change it.

supernova9 · 26 May 2007 at 11:51

Get the DS3P instead of the DS3.

triggerthat · 26 May 2007 at 12:01

This is better:

Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Sub Total : £603.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £107.96
Total : £724.85

stinka · 26 May 2007 at 13:05

triggerthat said:
This is better:

Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Sub Total : £603.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £107.96
Total : £724.85

dissagree as you have no cpu cooler so oc will be limited at best to 2.8 gig

triggerthat · 26 May 2007 at 13:07

You can get a nice clock with the stock cooler

If you want to order now, this get this:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Sub Total : £610.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £109.18
Total : £733.06

Sinny · 26 May 2007 at 16:34

stinka said:
dissagree as you have no cpu cooler so oc will be limited at best to 2.8 gig

i have a e6420 at 3.2ghz on stock cooling, stock cooling is fine, anything past 3.2 is considered adventorus on stock cooling.

stinka · 26 May 2007 at 16:39

Sinny said:
i have a e6420 at 3.2ghz on stock cooling, stock cooling is fine, anything past 3.2 is considered adventorus on stock cooling.

fair play mate, thats a good clock on stock cooling