Conroe System Check

Griffyn · 10 Sep 2006 at 22:29

Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6600 2.40GHz Retail / Asus P5B Deluxe / 2GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-043-OK) - £552.21

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) – Retail - £217.36

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - £31.67

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - £31.67

Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower – Black - £75.14

Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU – Black - £64.61

Artic Cooling Accelero X2 Cooler (X1800/X1900 Series) - £16.39

Razer Diamondback Plasma 1600dpi Gaming Mouse Limited Edition – Retail - £35.24

Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - £2.34

Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - £3.51

Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - £3.51

Total Inv Vat = £1,017.27

Is this all compatible? The two 80gb drives will be in a Raid 0 array. Is there anything I have missed out or should consider changing? I have a 20.1" widescreen Viewsonic VX2025 so will the system have enough juice for Doom 3, Half Life 2, Battelfield 2 and new games out now at 1680x1050 with eye candy? Or should I get a more powerful GPU such as the X1950 XT or is the extra £110 really not worth it?

I will also be installing the NEC ND4571, 2x300GB Maxtors (1 IDE and 1 Sata) 1x250GB (Sata II), a floppy drive and a Creative Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX for my 7.1 Gigaworks from my current pc.

Is it worthwhile putting the Audigy 2 in instead of using the onboard sound? Main usage is games/watching media.

Last off whats the best quiet cooler for the CPU which will also let me overclock down the road (since it seems this cpu performs very well in games at the moment)

Thanks in advance

syke · 10 Sep 2006 at 22:37

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) as the CPU Cooler.

That spec looks great, and will be amazingly fast.

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Edit: although, personally id go for a Seasonic S12 PSU.

Griffyn · 12 Sep 2006 at 00:12

hds (2x80 for raid 0)
Sapphire Radeon X1900 XTX
Extra Value IDE cable Rounded UDMA Ultra 133/100 24" Black
Extra Value High Quality rounded floppy cables Double head 24" Black
LG GSA-H20L Black Lightscribe 16x16 & -RAM ±R Dual Layer DVDRW Writer
Mouse (diamondback plasma)
Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer Accelero X2 AC-ATIS-X2 X1800/X1900 Series
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
50cm SilverStone SATA-II (3G) Cable Black
ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533 667 800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 S775, 2.40Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, Conroe Core, 4M Cache Retail
2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC6400 (800), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-12
Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream Black

Total for all incl delivery + Vat = £1110.7

I have now added the AC Freezer 7 Pro, 4 Sata II Cables in black, a DVD-RW and changed the X1900 XT for a XTX.

Now will the PSU have enough juice for all the above plus 3 other hds, another DVD-RW and the Creative Audigy 2 ZS? I know many people on here recomend the Seasonic but the Type-R is modular and does a good job from reviews I have elsewhere (seems a lot of people on here dont like the Type-R too much).

I had a look for a similar spec Alienware (minus monitor, speakers, keyboard) it was roughly £900 more than my system which is nice to know!

Now any problems I should be aware of before purchasing since I will order the above when I get back from work 2moro (prob around 9 :rolleyes:

)

Plus any recommendations on hardware changes?

Thanks for your help

Combat squirrel · 12 Sep 2006 at 00:42

DONT GET MAXTOR HARDDRIVES, ANYTHING ELSE, best of all get some seagates

Griffyn · 12 Sep 2006 at 12:36

Is the PSU going to be powerful enough for all the spec below?

Plus is the ram a good choice for overclocking the e6600?

I have used maxtor in my last few pcs and had no troubles whatsoever, they have all run cool and quietly. What more can you ask for?

Also is this better than the corsair stuff?

Geil® Ultra DDR2 2.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 1GB) 800MHz (4-4-4-12) Since its lower Latencies...........but will it overclock as well? Want to try and get 3ghz from the e6600.