Complete PC Spec, advice please =)

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:57

Hi there my first post is pretty demanding i know but i would really like some help

I'm going to uni next year and need a new rig to see me through, here's what i'm thinking:-

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS (£56.39)
Intel DP965LT Mo/Bo (£82.24) <---- least sure about
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (£215.01)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (£173.89)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 XT ICEQ3 Turbo Silent Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (£196.21)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache (£85.76)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro (£84.59)
LiteON LH-20A1P 20xDVD+-RW (£25.13 x 2)
OCZ ModStream 520W ATX2.2 Power Supply (£58.74) <---- big enough?

Any comments and suggestions are more than welcome and gladly accepted

Do you think this rig will last 3 years at uni without significant upgrades? Many thanks

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 19:21

Atm i use a resolution of 1280x768, in game i use 1024x768 usually (my x600 cant handle much more :rolleyes:

) And i dont plan on overclocking for the time being, the main reason is that i dont know where to start! lol
Is the Gigabyte DS3/4 that much superior to the Intel?

EDIT: I'm going for the retail CPU as i want the 3 year warrenty as apposed to 1 year on the OEM. I'll get a different CPU cooler though

Although, don't these C2D processors run pretty cool, so its not esential right away?

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 19:33

Lolcb said:
Get a new monitor. There are good 19" Widescreen monitors available.

That's easier said than done when your spending £1000 on a pc with a students budget

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:25

Thanks for everyones input

However my dad isn't too keen me taking an expensive PC up to uni :mad:

I need to start a new post about upgrading my current rig