Check my rig please.

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:16

Okay so this is my £700 rig

Asus P5N-D nForce 750i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £88.11
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz £105.74
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Maxtor Diamondmax 21 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £30.54
Maxtor Diamondmax 21 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £30.54
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £117.49
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator £52.86
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £58.74
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI £32.89
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black £25.84
Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - 1 Pack £77.99
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Controller £19.96
Total £694.72

What you think?

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:21

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz old tech, get an E7200 for less or an E8200 for a bit more

Maxtor Diamondmax prone to failure, a nice samsung drive would be a wiser choice

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 old tech, not as good as an 8800GT, but personally I'd get neither for now, and wait a month until the new cards are out

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:22

Ben M said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz old tech
Maxtor Diamondmax prone to failure, a nice samsung drive would be a wiser choice
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 old tech, not as good as an 8800GT, but personally I'd get neither for now, and wait a month until the new cards are out

I dont wana go over the prices of what ive got, i originally said 400-500 but to be honest, for what i want that price is more realistic..

Can you help the search for better at the same price? Im pretty noobish now, aint done this in years lol.

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:24

James07 said:
I dont wana go over the prices of what ive got, i originally said 400-500 but to be honest, for what i want that price is more realistic..

Can you help the search for better at the same price? Im pretty noobish now, aint done this in years lol.

I edited in alternative CPUs, and 8800GT cards can be had for ~£105

are the HDDs for a RAID0 setup?

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:29

Ben M said:
I edited in alternative CPUs, and 8800GT cards can be had for ~£105

are the HDDs for a RAID0 setup?

Nah sata.

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:31

James07 said:
Nah sata.

You've confused me slightly there, do you just want 500gb of storage? You don't want a RAID array?

In which case I'd recommend:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...nt F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ)

Also, you specified a sli mobo, do you intend to ever use multiple cards?

Pranksterr · 23 May 2008 at 22:32

I'd personally go for:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £39.99
(£46.99)

Asus P5K Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS Extreme 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £119.99
(£140.99)

Newer and slightly better alround CPU, better chipset for the Mobo , 2 hdd in raid are very slightly better than just one and a better GPU.

Just my 2 cents

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:33

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008965)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...T 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

u recon?

Ben M said:
You've confused me slightly there, do you just want 500gb of storage? You don't want a RAID array?

I want 2 hds.

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:35

don't get an 8800GS, that's a different card altogether

I'd go for the OcUK value one, you should be able to overclock it to the same speeds as the other cards yourself.

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:40

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...oint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD250HJ)

??

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:41

Revised:

Asus P5K Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82.24
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz £111.61
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.06
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.06
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI £105.74
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator £52.86
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £58.74
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI £32.89
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black £25.84
Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - 1 Pack £77.99
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Controller £19.96
£690.01

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:43

this psu:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...name=Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU

is meant to be very good, corsair have a very good reputation, and it is the same price as the one you specified.

I don't understand why you want 2 HDDs though still.

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:46

Ben M said:
I don't understand why you want 2 HDDs though still.

One for personal data, pics, files, games like css, bf2, quake 4 insted of saving them to the other HD.

whilst the main HD holds the os and all the things i install. I dont like partitioning so this is easier.

Deal of the weeks wont really do me tbh as im buying weekly over 3-4 weeks..

Once again revised:

Asus P5K Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82.24
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz £111.61
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-4200C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) £27.01
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.06
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.06
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI £105.74
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator £52.86
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £58.74
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI £32.89
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black £25.84
Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - 1 Pack £77.99
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Controller £19.96
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £4.69

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:48

James07 said:
One for personal data, pics, files, games like css, bf2, quake 4 insted of saving them to the other HD.

whilst the main HD holds the os and all the things i install. I dont like partitioning so this is easier.

Ah okay, thanks, I was well curious then

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:50

Ben M said:
Ah okay, thanks, I was well curious then

Lol no worries man.

Hows that system look then?

I think it looks okay

Anyone know where i can get some mobo pillars from? Actually dont know who sells them..

Pranksterr · 23 May 2008 at 22:52

Only need 2GB for xp. So go for the slightly faster Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) . Or some such make/specs

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 22:53

Pranksterr said:
Only need 2GB for xp. So go for the slightly faster Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)

4gb is an investment.

Plus im doing gaming.

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 22:57

James07 said:
4gb is an investment.

Plus im doing gaming.

4gb of DDR2 isn't really an investment, it's not long before DDR3 is the one everyone uses. It is worth using 4gb though, even though you are on a 32 bit OS, and so it won't see all of it.

I do think that it's a better idea to get 800mhz RAM though, it'd be worth the pennies.

James07 · 23 May 2008 at 23:00

Ben M said:
4gb of DDR2 isn't really an investment, it's not long before DDR3 is the one everyone uses. It is worth using 4gb though, even though you are on a 32 bit OS, and so it won't see all of it.

I do think that it's a better idea to get 800mhz RAM though, it'd be worth the pennies.

Meh, depends how much more to be honest, i mean 700 is a lot of money, its going to take my wage every week for a few weeks lol atleast 4.

580 to get it up and running, 120 there after, thats without the little extras ill want..

4gb will make my system run without any bloody issues compared to my laptop!!! I cant stand waiting around, i move around the comp too fast for that..

What you recon to this? I actually think its crap due to the price/make..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

Ben M · 23 May 2008 at 23:05

James07 said:
What you recon to this? I actually think its crap due to the price/make..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

out of stock =(

but I havn't heard much bad about Gskill