Check my rig please.

[James07]

out of stock =(

but I havn't heard much bad about Gskill

Wont be purchased for a while anyway so theyll be in stock when i get them hopefully.

Might just go for it..

Or shall i go for this "Corsair 4GB 2 x 2GB PC5300 667MHZ DDR2 Value PC Memory" which i can get cheeper.

 

[Ben M]

Wont be purchased for a while anyway so theyll be in stock when i get them hopefully.

Might just go for it..

Hmm fair enough. To be perfectly honest I know very little about RAM. It may be worth taking a trip to the RAM dedicated forum.

 

[JimAroo]

If your gonna run XP 4GB ram causes nothing but problems, plus XP can only see 2/2.5/3GB depending on your board.

 

[Pranksterr]

If you really want to get 4GB then its no big deal, just leave one stick out of your PC and use it when you go to Vista/64bit OS. 2GB really works just fine with XP , just setup your page file well to give you that extra breathing room.

Btw , so that you dont have any problems with your build, have the newest BIOS drivers at hand and on a flash drive/floppy and install it before XP. So that your mobo will correctly see your CPU.

 

[James07]

Hmm fair enough. To be perfectly honest I know very little about RAM. It may be worth taking a trip to the RAM dedicated forum.

If your gonna run XP 4GB ram causes nothing but problems, plus XP can only see 2/2.5/3GB depending on your board.

If you really want to get 4GB then its no big deal, just leave one stick out of your PC and use it when you go to Vista/64bit OS. 2GB really works just fine with XP , just setup your page file well to give you that extra breathing room.

Btw , so that you dont have any problems with your build, have the newest BIOS drivers at hand and on a flash drive/floppy and install it before XP. So that your mobo will correctly see your CPU.

Cheers lads, all taken on!

 

[James07]

I need to get this price down a little. Help spec me.

 

[James07]

I need to get this price down a little. Help spec me.

Anyone?

 

[James07]

Revised and almost final, starting to buy on friday.

Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £76.36
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £89.29
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB) £38.76
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB) £38.76
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £32.89
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £32.89
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.61
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI £105.74
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £35.24
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £46.99
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI £32.89
Samsung DVD RW SH-S223F/BEBN SpeedPlus Black 22x SATA oem 15.94
Samsung DVD RW SH-S223F/BEBN SpeedPlus Black 22x SATA oem 15.94
Micr$osoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black £25.84
Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - 1 Pack £71.55
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Controller £19.96
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £4.69

Up and running price: 560.9 - 1 HD, 1 DVDRW, 1x2gb ram, 1xtv card, 1xmedia centre remote
Grand Total: 701.34

 

[mp260767]

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB) £38.76
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB) £38.76

if you mean to post it twice (ie 4x1gb), change it to 2x2gb, corsair is about £70.

 

[James07]

if you mean to post it twice (ie 4x1gb), change it to 2x2gb, corsair is about £70.

Money wise its easier the way im doing it, im gonna buy 1x2gb to start with and then buy another 2gb once i have everything for the comp and its up and running, then ill add the extra ram, hdd, dvdrw, mce remote fans etc.

What fans shall i get if i get the Antec 300 case.

 

[mp260767]

i'd swap the rear 120mm fan to the front as an intake and leave the upper 140mm as outlet to start with.

if you find u need more have a look at the yate loons.

 

[James07]

i'd swap the rear 120mm fan to the front as an intake and leave the upper 140mm as outlet to start with.

if you find u need more have a look at the yate loons.

Orite, nice one.

 

[V|per]

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)

That ram is very good ram, the make is very good, and it overclocks very well, £60 is a good price, and it's cheaper than what you have specced (£8x2 = £76...) 2x2gig sticks will put less strain on your northbridge and cause LESS problems than 4x1gig, so there is absolutely no reason at all to not buy that...

If your gonna run XP 4GB ram causes nothing but problems, plus XP can only see 2/2.5/3GB depending on your board.

This is a load of BS tbh, 4gig in xp has caused me NO prblems for the last 2 years of using 4gig... XP can detect all 4gig, as long as you are running 64bit version (same goes for vista, vista will not detect all 4gig if it's the 32bit version, but it will if it's 64bit...) Also, if running 4 gig on 32bit windows, it's not the motherbaord that determins how much ram is seen, it's how much video memory you have (mainly)


Why don't you like partitioning hdd's? 1x 500gig samsung F1 will save you a good £20 over 2x 250gig drives...

Rest of the spec looks pretty good =)

 

[James07]

Snip

Im gonna run MCE not XP Pro, ill get the 2x2gb sticks then if theres gonna be a big diff..

Is there such a thing as MCE 64? I aint heard of such a thing, just wondering if its hovering around.

I dont like partitioning at all, i dont like the process of it i never have done, plus i find it better and safer just to have one drive as a backup.

 

[James07]

I remer doing this ages ago, it changes so much towards the end, getting excited now.

This is it so far, almost complete..

Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £76.36
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £89.29
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £70.49
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £32.89
Samsung SpinPoint S 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £32.89
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.61
Gainward GeForce 9800 GT "Golden Sample" 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £123.36
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £35.24
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £46.99
Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable £3.51
Akasa 20/24-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable £4.69
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI £32.89
Samsung DVD RW SH-S223F/BEBN SpeedPlus Black 22x SATA oem 15.94
Samsung DVD RW SH-S223F/BEBN SpeedPlus Black 22x SATA oem 15.94
Akasa Hard Disk Cooler - Blue £4.69
Akasa Hard Disk Cooler - Blue £4.69
Yate Loon D12SH-12 120mm Case Fan - 3 Pin £5.86
Yate Loon D12SH-12 120mm Case Fan - 3 Pin £5.86
Yate Loon D12SH-12 120mm Case Fan - 3 Pin £5.86
Micr$osoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black £25.84
Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - 1 Pack £71.55
Microsoft Media Centre Remote Controller £19.96
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £4.69
Mobo pillars (help?)
Mobo screws (help?)

Grand Total = 755.31

Few extras that are in the list but not needed to get it up and going = 128.64

Up and running for = 626.67

 

[bledd]

change the ram, get 2x2gb sticks instead, £55 ish