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Hi, my friend has £1100 to spend on a pc and would like some advice on his spec. This is what he's decided on so far. He'd like to know if its possible to make it cheaper/better and is there any difference between the Asus P5K pro and non-pro. Thanks for your help.


Asus P5K Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £72.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99

Belkin 4-Socket SurgeMaster (F9H400UK2M) £5.99

Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speakers - OEM £29.99

Asus VW202S 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £119.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £137.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £59.99

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £159.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £55.99

Samsung SH-S203NBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Razer Diamondback 3G Frost Blue 1800dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail £24.99

Cherry Black CyMotion Expert (USB/PS2) Keyboard - Black £11.99

Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL £9.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99


Belkin F5D7001UK 125Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £18.99

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (Deal Product) x2 £79.88

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £22.99

Sub Total : £937.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £23.05
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £168.15
Total : £1,129.00
 
He will be doing some moderate overclocking.

Yeah, its a bit unclear, there is a x2 next to the ram so he'd be getting 4gb. Would you say that kit is better then?
 
Yes, since it's cheaper.

Looks pretty good. The only thing I wonder about is fitting the Tuniq inside the PC-7 on that mobo. You should ask around a bit and see if anybody has the same combo working.
 
Hi, I'm the friend buying the pc, cheers for the advice, would it be worth changing the ram to:
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400C4 (2x2GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL4D-4GBPK)?
It'll save me a fiver but I remember reading a while ago someone (can't remember who) saying 4x1GB had better performance than 2x2GB, is it much of an issue or should i just save myself £5?

As for the cooler fitting in the case, in the latest corsair system build (http://www.corsair.com/systembuild/report.aspx?report_id=78237) they use a Tuniq tower with a Lian Li PC7 so i think it should fit.

Thanks again for the help.
 
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