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mcgriffo

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Festive greetings - and a festive question.

My current rig is a P5B Deluxe WiFI mobo, E6600 processor, 8800GTS 640 o/c,2gb OCZ RAM, 500GB Samsung HD, 250GB Seagate HD, 1 x DVD RW drive - all housed in a LianLi V2000b and watercooled by the Apex Ultra + kit (running XP SP2) - oh, and a Viewsonic 20" LCD

I need to put some items on my list for Father Christmas and wondered if anyone had any ideas what I could add to the above or replace?

I thought:

Quiter fans to cool the rad
LCD temp monitor for drive bay
Maybe replace certain bits of the Apex kit

I don't really want to ask Papa Noel for REALLY expensive stuff, so all items under £100 would be great.

So - if it is to be from that little list above, suggestions would be good, or even something I haven't thought about maybe?
 
Good suggestions both.....

I don't really have desk space for another monitor though, and when I said £100 i was thinking more of a few different items totalling this...

..that's not to say it has to be that way, tho....

what about my fan and temp monitor ideas? Can anyone recommend good ones for either of these?

And if I had to replace anything in my apex ultra setup, what would be the first thing you'd choose?
 
LCD Temperature monitor seems quite pointless as tbh your not exactly going to be focusing on it all the time, and when you want to know the temps you just open TAT for accurate temperatures.

I'm not really sure about the watercooling as I've never experienced it first hand, however if you want quieter fans there's no stopping you there - it sounds like a sensible upgrade.

Everything else seems fine, spend your left overs on something other than your computer as that looks like a good setup - unless you wanted to go quad core & 4gb?
 
What about a TV (and radio) card?

What about a quality headset of earphones and mic.

What about a soft fluffy stuffed toy dog to sit on your system to keep you company? Mine's called "Lucky".
 
Some really good suggestions here - really tempted by the fluffy toy. Suppose I could get a second DVD drive to copy disc to disc...

I've looked into the vista / 4gb thing and it's something I'll definitely do sooner or later, but may be a tad too early at the moment. I think Home Premium would be the best as Ultimate seems to be not much more (that I'd use) for quite a bit of extra cost.

And the headphones ARE already on the list!!!!! Those Beyer DT770 80 ohm ones....
 
This is what i would do in order of best performance.

1) sell GTS and get a GT
2) sell E6600 and a get a Q6600
3) Vista 64 & 4gb
 
Garyj881 said:
This is what i would do in order of best performance.

1) sell GTS and get a GT
2) sell E6600 and a get a Q6600
3) Vista 64 & 4gb
Click to expand...

Sounds like a wise option to me, I'd suggest if you waiting till Christmas time ish then look out for the new GTS, see how that performs when it comes out then if it's better than the GTX/Ultra and at a good price snap one up - I know I sure am :)
 
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