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Kozmo

Kozmo

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£212 EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£240 G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ)

£209 Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
£7 Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

£176 Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£101 Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Soundcard - Retail

£106 Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
£53 Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

£20 Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£100 Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

£1224
 
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It is fine but for a couple of points, you are spending over a grand on a PC and £7!! on a CPU cooler, don't be skimp out now ;) At the very least buy the Arctic Freezer 7 for £16 or a Tuniq Tower or something. I'd also possibly suggest getting the Geil PC6400 instead of the GSkill as it has the same specifications but is around £45 cheaper.
 
why are you puttin an ATI card into an Nvidia SLi Mobo?

Even if you don't SLi wouldn't you be better off with an 8800 or even a GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB DDR3
 
Your spec seems good, although I would say personally, unless you are going to be going SLi, then perhaps get a cheaper board i.e. p5w, ds3/ds4 all these boards still clock really well will save you money which you could use elsewhere, such as for your CPU cooler (as semi-pro said). i also agree about the memory as the GeiL stuff is very good.

Kiz
 
£212 EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£182 GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

£209 Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
£16 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

£176 Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£101 Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Soundcard - Retail

£106 Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
£53 Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

£20 Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£100 Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

£1175

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£240 G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ)
£7 Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 CPU Cooler (Socket 775)


Ah, I picked up wrong Arctic CPU cooler, thanks for spotting it.

I picked the G-skill ram since it seemed to be the best overclocker, are u sure Geil will overclock the same?

and yes, I will be switching to SLi cards in future.
 
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I've heard they changed chips on the Geil 6400 stuff since gibbo's excellent review a month or so ago.

I went for the Cellshock (sig), it's a little more pricey but I'm currently 15 mins into a benchmark with it at 1000MHz at 4-4-4-4 latencies...
 
Buying the PC8000 will garentee that you get 4 4 4 12 timings at 1000mhz, where buying PC6400 it might feel like a lucky bag :o
 
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£212 EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£240 G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ)

£209 Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
£16 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

£176 Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£101 Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Soundcard - Retail

£106 Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
£53 Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

£20 Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£100 Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

£1233

Put G-skill ram back in.
 
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