Final Check Before Buying

Mucky_Pup · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:00

Hey, was wondering if you guys could check this out before I actually go throught with buying it:

OK, I already have the Antec 900 for this to go in, specs are as follows:

- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £88.11

- MSI P45 Platinum Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.94

- OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK) £66.96

- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £117.49

- Leadtek GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £240.86

- Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM (x2) £37.58

- Sony Floppy Drive - Black £5.86

- Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £68.14

- Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound 4.69

- Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £46.99

- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £62.26

Total: £879.88

Was wondering if this would all be ok space wise for the 900, aswell as all compatible, etc.

Primary use will be a gaming PC, with other rudimentary stuff like, MSN, listening to music, internet, etc. no stuff like video editing, modelling etc.

I have no prior overclocking experience, so wouldn't be so sure I will be overclocking, but might in the future, with some help.

So I was wondering would replacing the Q6600 with something like a E8500 be better or worse for me? As I don't think quad cores would be off much use to me, because I don't do anything streniuous that would require usage like that, multitasking etc. or should I just keep the Q6600, as a backup for the future etc.

Also I want to order the regular Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler but I can't order it, because the site is being dodgey, or something changed to make it unavailable.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers.

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:04

Swap the Q6600 for a e8500 if you are mainly gaming, and just using msn and what not. Also(this is just on personal choice

) i would go for a asus board instead of the msi one

Mucky_Pup · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:08

What like a P5Q Deluxe or something? Also is the P45 chipset the right one for me or should I be thinking about something different?

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:12

p45 is a good chipset. best one out for the intel chips at the minute.

Kyo Daikun · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:15

If its primarily for gaming then everyone will tell you to get the 8500 dual instead of the quad.

Also the tuniq is getting way too expensive

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:16

It is a popular cooler so they will put up the price and make more money, simple ^^

Kyo Daikun · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:18

Since the beginning of the month its gone up nearly 25% in price, just hitting extortionate levels lol

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:22

TRUE still has the "Uber overpriced" award though in my opinion :/

Mucky_Pup · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:14

What noticeable advantages would the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe have over the MSI P45 Plat?

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:20

Built in wireless, and a hell load of asus features which are always fun to play with every now and then

Mucky_Pup · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:22

Ahh right cool. So is the onboard network stuff sufficient enough and I shouldn't require a network card if I bought it, that the same with the onboard sound aswell?

Vigoro · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:58

THe onboard sound with the asus boards is pretty good comapred to others i have used.

Namistai · 27 Aug 2008 at 13:19

I would recommend swapping the hard drive for either a 640gb or 1tb model as they use higher density platters (and are therefore faster)

Mucky_Pup · 28 Aug 2008 at 08:49

Gonna buy today hopefully, will a regular Tuniq Tower 120 fit on the P5Q3 alright?

Mucky_Pup · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:44

lol, never mind, not buying today, just been refused the finance for it, ahh well, maybe later.

tigerstyle · 28 Aug 2008 at 09:58

ditch the FDD!

AlexTrickle · 28 Aug 2008 at 10:38

definitely go for asus motherboard - imo they are far superior to anything else atm and as stated above they have the best onboard sound by a country mile (that said any dedicated sound card will still be a significant improvement)