DDR2 Gaming rig...

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Hi all.

First time in here, hope you can give me a moment of your time.

Been `speccing` a DDR3 based machine for some while, then realised I dont think that I need one yet, so back to DDR2. (maybe late next year)

Here`s what I`ve chosen for a gaming rig to hopefully play most of the current crop af games. Please feel free to point out the errors of my build (never built one before).
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Asus Crosshair II Formula nForce 780a SLI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)
Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/AM2+/AM2/939) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GT ZL OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £79.99
(£93.99) £159.98
(£187.98)
Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 1200W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant PSU £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £89.99
(£105.74) £179.98
(£211.48)
Sub Total : £732.92
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, WR135HH with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £130.00
Total : £872.87

Just done a copy `n` paste hope this works.

I know the PSU is way over the top, but as they are quite expensive I thought I`d just get on with it for future proofing.
So do you think this would all run together nicely, and be up to running the modern games ( COD4, Crysis, etc.)

Many thanks in advance.
 
Cheers guys.
Phaded. Core 2 was my first choice, but....I thought AMD was the gamers preferred choice.

Persia. OS ive got, case ive got, and xfi . One stick of RAM dropped. You reckon one 4870 will beat 2 8800`s. fair enough, I will check them out.

Thanks for replies guys. :)
 
Bengaboy.
Definitly go down the C2D route and also...claimed... ? eh, `claimed`

fobose. prob` just use PSU ive already got, its around 600.
 
Hi newbe5.
I was reading your thread about an hour or two ago, glad you got it sorted. Pretty much what I had in mind apart from ATI GPU and Mobo, for some reason I dismised ATI and went straight for nVidea.
Have you got it running yet, whats it like.

fobose....... I take it if I were to put the word `pointless` in here, then I could search it out later. Hhhmmm, idle hands and all that. No offence Bengaboy.
 
Good one guys, Core 2 duo Q6600 it is. Aswell as the ATI 4870X2. Gaming speed is what its all about.
Havent quite decided on which Mobo yet or RAM. Going to read through your thread again newbe5. Interesting review link, I can see why you changed your mind.
 
Oh yeah, newbe5, I am also looking to maybe getting ( dependent on reviews) a Samsung SM-T260HD 26" LCD Monitor/TV/Freeview hybrid thing. But it does have a 6ms response time which is a little worrying.
 
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Defo with you on the wheres and whys of your choice of GPU. Check out that TV thing. what do you reckon. BTW Q6600 on offer at mo`
 
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Thanks for info newbe5.
Wont be making a purchase untill reviews have been read. The one thing that has been putting me off that Hybrid TV thing was its response rate (been lucky and only played on low response time monitors) but your Dell seems to run at the same RT 6ms. So do you have any probs with ghosting , motion blur on yours ?.
Appreciate what you say about the screen poss being at bit big, and having to move my head more than just my eyes. mmmhh, more thought required.
 
Thanks Rick. Good build thread (shiny boxes of lovlyness). Well done on your build and overclock, congrats.
Nearly purchase time I think.
 
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