Conroe - Spec check for me please?

gooner_47 · 14 Oct 2006 at 11:13

Hey guys, if you could give this the once over for me I'd appreciate it:

-Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black)
-Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
-Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
-GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
-Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
-Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755)
-Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
-x2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
-Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - Retail
-Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail
-Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

Few q's - will the power supply be adequate? Should I get that memory or the G Skill HZ (I do not plan to overclock)?

Thanks in advance!
Luke

semi-pro waster · 14 Oct 2006 at 11:27

The PSU will easily be fine for your system. I'd say stick with the Geil and even if you do want to overclock it will be good. I'd normally recommend changing to a motherboard based on the 975 chipset for a 6600 or above CPU but since you aren't planning on overclocking it won't make much difference.

The only other thing I might suggest is to go for a Seagate 7200.10 drive instead of the WD as they are faster but otherwise it should be a nice PC.

gooner_47 · 15 Oct 2006 at 09:47

thanks very much.

if i were to dabble in overclocking at a later date, which mobo would be better?

johnno · 15 Oct 2006 at 11:00

that rig looks brilliant to me and should overlcok very well indeed. but the p180 i would be inclined to change it for a akasa eclipse or something. simply because i heard to p180 seems to fall apart.

semi-pro waster · 15 Oct 2006 at 11:51

The Asus P5W DH Deluxe should be better for overclocking but then it also costs £50 more or so. This isn't to say the Gigabyte won't be able to overclock the 6600, just that it might not be as good as one based on the 975 chipset.

hp7909 · 15 Oct 2006 at 12:09

semi-pro waster said:
{snip}The only other thing I might suggest is to go for a Seagate 7200.10 drive instead of the WD as they are faster but otherwise it should be a nice PC.

Second the 7200.10

gooner_47 · 15 Oct 2006 at 17:36

i'd prefer the wd's tbh, think they're quieter