Desperatly need a new PC.

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After playing the Crysis demo I have decided I want a new PC to play the full game on. I have spec'd up this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail (£169.19)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£99.86)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) (£129.24)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21119-00-40R) (£164.49)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£68.14)

I already have 2x 500Gb hard drives (Using as RAID 1 atm). Is this spec a good choice? Are all the components compatible and is it best to go for 2x2GB or go cheaper with 4x1GB?

I am an nvidia fan boy but I dont want to spend loads of money on the graphics card and this ATi one looks like a good deal.

Do I need a 3GHz CPU or should I save a few quid on a slower one? Any advice would be great, I am totally out of "whats hot". Oh and also dont want to overclock yet but might do in a year or so.
 
Pre-order the 8800 GT 512mb.

A friend of mine bought a 2900 PRO and OC'd it to like 800/2000 and it wasn't running Crysis very good on High with like 4x AA/AF.

Get the 8800 GT, you'll thank me later.
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) -OEM (£159.79)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£99.86)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) (£129.24)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (176.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£68.14)

Those would be my alterations. :)


Liam
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-172-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

cheaper and quad core

what OS you running and is it 32 or 64bit? cause 4gb wont work with 32bit, you'll only get 3.2.

do you need the wi-fi on the mbord? cause otherwise you could get one of the new ones that take ddr3 and ddr2 just to make it that bit more future proof.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-243-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

edit, bugger by the time you write out your post two others have already beaten you.
 
liam8582007 said:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) -OEM (£159.79)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£99.86)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) (£129.24)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (176.24)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£68.14)

Those would be my alterations. :)


Liam
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^ Bang on. 4 gig is overkill, but hey if you've got the money to spend why not.

EDIT: I'd prefer the eVGA version of the 8800 GT though. 10 year warranty for the win.
 
EDIT: I'd prefer the eVGA version of the 8800 GT though. 10 year warranty for the win.
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I just went with what was in stock at the min, as there are 4 this second and they are going while they're hot. :) ...plus he said desperately need a new pc...


Liam
 
Thanks for the replies. Will be using Vista 64. Isn't quad core a bit pointless, I mean I am just going to be playing games, surfing and MSN? Also is the "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" less watts than the core 2 duo? I dont want to be spending a fortune on my leccy bill ;)

I swap the 2900 to the 8800GT then :) I dont need the wifi but I do want as many SATA ports as I can get, current board only has 4 and its not enough, I want atleast 6 internally. One last thing, the ram deffo compatibile with that motherboard, no known issues?
 
I have ordered the following tonight;

Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £79.30 £79.30

Core 2 Duo E6750, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £99.10 £99.10

520W Corsair HX Series Modular PSU, ATX, EPS12V, whisper quiet, 5 year warranty £53.89 £53.89

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready £12.49 £12.49

512MB BFG Technology 8800GT OC, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1800MHz, GDDR3, GPU 625MHz, 2x Dual Link DVI-I, Fan £154.88 £154.88

Optiarc (Sony/NEC) AD-7170S-0B 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM £14.75 £14.75

Net Total £414.41
Carriage £9.93
V.A.T £74.26
TOTAL £498.60

and 4Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 PQ CL5 Series £103, so a total of about £601.
 
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