check'a'spec please

negger · 17 Nov 2007 at 17:32

Antec NSK 4480 Mini Tower Case (Silver) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £54.04
Netgear WG311T 108Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £29.36
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £55.21
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK) £64.61
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £76.36
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR) £176.24
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £65.79
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.61
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - Retail £21.14
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £70.49

Total : £643.72

I'm trying to keep it cheap as possible but with a mind to putting a quad penryn in when they fall to about £100 hence the gigabyte motherboard.

Any advice ?

Cheers.

Gunther · 17 Nov 2007 at 17:37

Looks good except from the PSU, seems a little low.
would go for something like the Corsair HX520, looking at that you're going to upgrade to quad in the future

negger · 17 Nov 2007 at 18:58

Thanks for the advice - i'll checkout a different case and the corsair you've recommended.

Cheers.

Kelt · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:12

As I've mentioned in another thread, I would change the memory from: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-087-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

to: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Only around £17 more for faster memory.

EDIT:

Ah, ok, you can't cut and paste links!

Links fixed.

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:14

He means the OCZ 4GB 6400 RAM, but id possibly get the GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit, and get two kits.

negger · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:40

Updated spec -

Netgear WG311T 108Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £29.36
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £55.21
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £76.36
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E801-AR) £176.24
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £65.79
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.61
Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - Retail £21.14
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £70.49
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £82.24
Corsair VX 450W ATX PSU (CMPSU-450VXUK) £43.46
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £31.71
Total : £682.49

I've changed the ram to the ocz 6400 and changed the psu and case. Is the psu ok, I'm not planning on going sli or crossfire but as in my original post I may fancy a quad penryn at a latter date.
What oc could I expect to get with the above ?

Cheers.

syke · 17 Nov 2007 at 19:44

^

I'd try get the Corsair 520W, as its future proof.

With that spec, people have got 2.6-3ghz with a retail cooler.

With stock cooler, id say 2.4-6ghz at a guess.