Check my spec [quiet £800 rig]

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adsmithy

adsmithy

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Hi,

I'm just trying to put together a nice new rig for roughly £800 [excluding keyboard/mouse + monitor].

So far I've got..

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £324.99
(£381.86) £324.99
(£381.86)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99
(£96.34) £81.99
(£96.34)
Sub Total : £830.92
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 : £147.33
Total : £989.20

As you can see I've failed miserably going way over budget :rolleyes:

I just wanted to confirm a few things.

Crucial or Corsair ram?
The ram and the cpu are 1066MHz, but is the motherboard able to run at this speed?
I've always had Abit motherboards in the past [NF7-S], how good is the Gigabyte? Is there an equivelent Abit available?
Can somebody advise me on which case fans and CPU h/sink and fan would be best to use [I want it to be as quiet as possible].
I will probably load the system with Vista Business - Do I need a floppy drive? I know in the past with XP I've needed a floppy drive to install hard disk controller drivers at Windows setup.

I think thats all, I appreciate any help! Cheers
 
here you go mate awsome gaming rig, proccesor will clock well and you get the awsome 8800 gtx :cool:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £304.99
(£358.36) £304.99
(£358.36) Sub Total : £685.92 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 : £121.95 Total : £818.82

this ram is great mine went to 900 mhz which will get you over 3 ghz

i swear by the ocz psu's
 
here's my attempt, it's very similar to the build the guys here helped me with yesterday so it's a wee bit over.

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £67.99

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £79.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £107.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99

Sub Total : £734.89
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 : £130.87
Total : £878.71

for a bit more could get a nice akasa pro fan controller too :) go on you know you wannit hehe

edit; the Akasa case i bought here last week came with two case fans but the one i bought ages ago did'nt come with any so i dunno if you'll need to get 2 120mm case fans or not? i swapped the supplied case fans for 2 scythe 1600rpm 120mm fans mounted on akasa rubber mount things and connected to an akasa fan controller.
 
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Heres my attempt friend.........hope it fits what your looking for!

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Samsung SH-S182MBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sony Floppy Drive - Beige £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £194.99
(£229.11) £194.99
(£229.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)
Sub Total : £627.91
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 : £112.15
Total : £753.01

This system will rock and leave enough money for you to celebrate afterwards as well :D
 
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99 (£58.74)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £164.99 (£193.86)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £67.99 (£79.89)

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99 (£38.76)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99 (£52.86)

Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£19.96)


Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £81.99 (£96.34)

Scythe S-FLEX 1200RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin £10.99 (£12.91)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99 (£72.84)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99 (£148.04)

Sub Total : £658.90
Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £117.22
Total : £787.07
 
Thanks for this. I don't mind going a bit over budget.
Why are people suggesting to go with the slower speed crucial ram?

truebluecfc said:
What will you be using it for and if for gaming what res will you be using?

And also do you intend to overclock?
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It will be used for everything inc. games. I will probably look at 24" screens, so I wanted the GTX to cope with the higher res. I do want to overclock up to a point where I don't need to speed too much £££ on cooling or noisy fans.
 
adsmithy said:
Why are people suggesting to go with the slower speed crucial ram?
Click to expand...

because it overclocks well

but i got some last and it wont go over 930 @ 5-5-5-15

so id get the cheaper geil ram as my set did 898 4-4-4-12
 
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