Check My Spec

nelsby · 28 Feb 2007 at 12:37

Hi

I'm looking at doing my first build and think I have settled on the spec below.

Will it all work together?

I'm thinking of doing some air overclocking (nothing extreme this is also a first) would I be better off with a Tuniq Tower? Would this fit ?

All advice gratefully accepted.

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)
Belinea 2225S1W 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £178.99
(£210.31) £178.99
(£210.31)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £81.99
(£96.34) £81.99
(£96.34)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
LiteON LH-20A1P-487C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer - Retail £21.39
(£25.13) £21.39
(£25.13)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Sub Total : £953.29
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £169.44
Total : £1,137.68

Will_3rd · 28 Feb 2007 at 12:47

Looks good, the Tuniq is better the AC7 Pro though, it should fit on that MB afaik.

nelsby · 28 Feb 2007 at 12:48

Good. Many thanks

melbourne720 · 28 Feb 2007 at 13:43

Will_3rd said:
Looks good, the Tuniq is better the AC7 Pro though, it should fit on that MB afaik.

2nd'd, from a tuniq owner

Nick1881 · 28 Feb 2007 at 14:19

wow, nice spce, you've done this before or you done a lot of reading on the forum.

Good luck with it mate.

Dingleberry88 · 28 Feb 2007 at 14:31

You could save £50 by going for the E6400. Apparantly there's not much difference and they both overclock well. Just an idea though - don't have one myself.

And I believe the Tuniq comes with some TIM, so unless you really want it, you don't need the AS5.

nelsby · 28 Feb 2007 at 14:48

mr_x_plosion said:
wow, nice spce, you've done this before or you done a lot of reading on the forum.

Good luck with it mate.

A lot of lurking asnd reading

Kinda nervous about the building part and still not quite got my head around the overclocking but I hope that will start to make more sense when I am actually doing it :eek:

melbourne720 · 28 Feb 2007 at 15:48

Give us a shout if you have any problems, but if we can build PCs, anyone can.

nelsby · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:27

Thanks will do

Will be a while yet though, I'm having to get the components over a period of a couple of months. I know I'd save money on delivery by saving up but I know I'll just blow the cash if I try that

Plan is to leave things like the processor and gfx card as the last purchases as I think they are most likely to drop significantly in price.

melbourne720 · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:35

If you wait, then you get a chance to test it all together from day 1. Under the distance selling regs, within 7 days you can return all the parts as 'not suitable for purpose'. Up to 28 days I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you can return any broken items direct to the retailer (which I had to do on a recent build) and they will send you a replacement straight away. After 28 days then you have to return it to the manufacturer, a significantly longer, more drawn out process.

nelsby · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:53

Hmm good point

I'll have a think about that.

Thanks.