Final Spec before buying

RudeBwoySoldier

RudeBwoySoldier

RudeBwoySoldier

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Thanks for the advice on my last post. Modified my PC spec abit and think I've got the final spec before buying ;-)

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £93.99
2x Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £23.48
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.89
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £187.99
Asus Silent Square Pro (Socket 478/754/940/775/939/AM2) CPU Cooler £38.76
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £176.24
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10662GK) £146.86
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £58.74
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM £150.39
Plextor PX800A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black,Beige) Retail £39.94
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £64.61
Shipping £12.95

Total : £1076.10
Any other comments or suggestions. Should I go ahead and buy? BTW someone mentioned not to buy the Raptor, any reason for this, as I've heard nothing but good things about the raptor drives.

Thanks in advance ;-)
 
The reason people normally suggest not getting a Raptor is that you are paying a lot of money for not a huge increase in speed, they are good drives but there are plenty of others that are close in speed but cost significantly less and offer more space.

You can also save about £100 and double your Ram. :)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
(£70.49) £119.98
(£140.98)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Pioneer DVR-212D 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £26.99
(£31.71) £26.99
(£31.71)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £9.99
(£11.74) £19.98
(£23.48)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £67.99
(£79.89) £67.99
(£79.89)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £151.99
(£178.59) £151.99
(£178.59)
Sub Total : £812.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £144.52
Total : £970.33
 
Thanks for the quick response. and the advice and have modified my spec:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £64.61
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £176.24
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.89
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.04
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £69.31
2x OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK) £211.48
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £68.14
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £178.59
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18.79
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £93.99
2x Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £23.48
Asus Silent Square Pro (Socket 478/754/940/775/939/AM2) CPU Cooler £38.76

Total : £1045.53 inc p&p

Sticking with the Asus cooler just cos I prefer the look of it and only slightly more expensive (plus the orange colour goes with the fans ;-) and gone for the ASUS dvd+rw cos it's got lightscrib as well for simular price. Doubled my memory to 4gb too :cool:

Any other suggestions before I submit my order?
 
Id say the post made by semi-pro wasters pretty much perfect (subject to preferances in case etc though).

Might have dropped to 2gb of ram though, switched to a p182 and used the savings to get a gtx.

Online gaming (Battlefield 2 ) music production
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Wouldnt you want a dedicated sound card then ? mb a creative card.
 
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RudeBwoySoldier said:
Reason I've gone for the 1066MHz ram is my friend said it could be the bottleneck in my system if I go for slower ram
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Not to put too fine a point on it, your friend is talking mince or at the very least hasn't defined his point clearly. The FSB and Ram speed do not match in that way, although the FSB is 1066mhz the CPU is in effect 'quad-pumped' (my term) so you actually only need Ram running at 266.5mhz (PC4200 speeds) for it to work at the most basic level i.e. 4x 266.5=1066mhz.

I'm certainly not recommending buying PC4200 with a good CPU but good PC5300 (like Crucial Ballistix PC5300), pretty much any PC6400 or the cheap OcUK PC8500 is more than sufficient, unless you are seriously overclocking the OCZ will be wasted. :)
 
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £64.61
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £176.24
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.89
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.04
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £69.31
2x OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit £140.98
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £68.14
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £178.59
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18.79
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £93.99
2x Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £23.48
Asus Silent Square Pro (Socket 478/754/940/775/939/AM2) CPU Cooler £38.76

Total : £975.03

Audio interface : http://www.turnkey.co.uk/web/productAction.do?dispatch=showProduct&SKU=MOTU-828MK2&context=WEB

Thank for all the advice you've all been a great help. Final spec above any other advice before i click the buy now button ? :cool:
 
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