Double check my spec

aphillippe

aphillippe

aphillippe

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Impatience got the better of me, and I ordered yesterday. Could you guys just double check the kit I bought and let me know what you think? I wanted to upgrade my rig, hopefully lasting the next three years or so (maybe with a graphics card upgrade in 18 months time), so future proofing was necessary. The main uses are gaming, image editing and video editing, with the focus on the first two. I might overclock a bit (within the stock voltages).

Existing kit:
Athlon 64 3200 newcastle
Gigabyte K8n Pro Mobo
1gb corsair value 3200
geforce 5900 128mb
corsair hx 620 psu
samsung spinpoint 250gb hard disk
samsung 226bw monitor
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Vista 32 Home Premium

New kit:
Intel q6600
Abit fatal1ty in9
2Gb OCZ 8500 reaper hpc edition
bfg 8800 gtx oc (600mhz core)

Total Price £804.95 Ex VAT (no VAT payable, I live in the channel islands)

The 8800 gtx is overkill for the 1680x1050 monitor at the moment, but it needs to cover Crysis, Bioshock, UT3 etc. And I really wanted quad core, as it seems to be the trend over the next few years.

I know it's a bit late now, but is there anything I could have done differently?

Any tips for the build (especially the vista installation)?

Big thanks in advance for any help.

Andy.
 
stickroad said:
How much are you looking to spend on the upgrade and what parts will you be keeping from your old rig?
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I beleive he has already ordered those parts mentioned above :)

Unless i read it incorrectly.
 
masslac said:
How is decent RAM overkill for a rig with a Quad Core CPU and an 8800GTX?
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he said he's only going to do a limited amount of clocking and given the price iirc £120, could have bought cheaper RAM.
 
I wanted to have the option of overclocking in the future if I wanted to, so went for the high speed ram. It's so cheap these days that I thought what the hell.
 
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