Final Spec Check Before Purchase

CliffyBiro · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:02

OK here's the basis of what I'm thinking of:

E6600 - Certain purchase - £50
POV 8800GT - Certain purchase - £30
OCZ 4GB - £45.99
CoolerMaster Dominator Case/CoolerMaster Real Power 520w PSU - £93.98
Asus PK5 Intel P35 - £66.99
Tuniq Tower 120 - £27.99
Samsung Spinpoint 250gb HDD - £42.29
Samsung Writemaster DVD/RW - £14
2 Purple Cold Cathode Neon Lights - £7

I am undecided on if I need 4gb... maybe the 2gb would be sufficient...

Also, I'm not sure if I should go for the PK5 with WiFi or just continue using my WiFi USB dongle.....

Any comments or suggestions before I buy?

Kearney_1988 · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:11

if you are after a quiet system the hard drive isnt very quiet, ive got the same one and its very noisy compaired to my last hard drive

Lee

CliffyBiro · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:14

Noise won't really be an issue.... well, to an extent.

semi-pro waster · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:14

If your USB WiFi dongle works then I'd just use that, I've long since accepted that the less I have to mess with wireless products the better.

Some of the parts you are buying are remarkably cheap, I can only assume you are buying secondhand and from someone who either wants to give you a great deal or has no clue about what they are worth.

What OS are you going to be using? If XP then 2gb is easily enough for most uses, if Vista then 4gb might be a better option.

CliffyBiro · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:15

I think I may go with XP unless I need to go back to Vista.

As for the cheap parts, they are from good friends.

Skeeter · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:41

I think its all rubbish and you should just give me the contact details of your friends instead.....

I went from 2GB to 4GB RAM and actualy lost scores in 3DMark, but at that price they are worth it just to have and stick in.

CliffyBiro · 14 Mar 2008 at 13:06

Bump.

Buying next week.

OLDPHART · 14 Mar 2008 at 13:33

Samsung hard drives very quiet.

Pulseammo · 14 Mar 2008 at 15:06

I wouldn't buy the Hitachi Deathstar as a matter of principle tbh. Some people claim their days of high failure rates are over, but I don't see the point in taking the risk.

CliffyBiro · 14 Mar 2008 at 15:07

Oh, yeah, forgot to change that to the Samsung 250gb