Final Spec Check please

barf0r · 24 Oct 2006 at 11:58

How does this spec look for a gaming PC? Everything compatable? Any suggestions anyone? I have absolutely nothing so far so mention if I've forgotten a component I'll need please!

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case - No PSU
Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
Papst 3412 N/2 GLLE Silent 92mm Fan - 3 Pin (two of for the front of the case)
Cherry G83-6105 PS2 Keyboard - Black
Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM
Hyundai ImageQuest N91W 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter

Subtotal £918.89
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £163.43
Total £1,097.27

The monitor comes with speakers built in so I'm going to use them until I've saved up for a proper set of speakers. Will the monitor or the motherboard come with the cables I need to do this or will I need to buy speaker cables seperately?

Also, for building it will I just need one crosshead screwdriver?

Thanks everyone!

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 12:06

Looks good

Cables should come with monitor

One philips screwdriver should do it.

barf0r · 24 Oct 2006 at 12:14

Ok, that is a crosshead yeah?

If I order tommorow morning what time should I expect the stuff to arrive on thursday? Cheers.

semi-pro waster · 24 Oct 2006 at 12:33

barf0r said:
Ok, that is a crosshead yeah?

If I order tommorow morning what time should I expect the stuff to arrive on thursday? Cheers.

Yep, phillips is crosshead. You can just as easily do it with a flatheaded screwdriver of the requisite size, I've built more or less every PC I've made with a flatheaded screwdriver that I got from a Christmas cracker.

The delivery time depends on your local depot.

Everything looks good, some monitors come without cables but they tend to say specifically if they don't have them. You can always buy a DVI cable pretty cheaply now anyway.

barf0r · 24 Oct 2006 at 12:42

semi-pro waster said:
Everything looks good, some monitors come without cables but they tend to say specifically if they don't have them. You can always buy a DVI cable pretty cheaply now anyway.

Oh, so a DVI cable would carry the sound and picture signals while a analogue input would only carry the picture? Is that what you are saying?
I wouldn't need seperate speaker cables if I used a DVI link from vid card to monitor?

cheers

semi-pro waster · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:00

barf0r said:
Oh, so a DVI cable would carry the sound and picture signals while a analogue input would only carry the picture? Is that what you are saying?
I wouldn't need seperate speaker cables if I used a DVI link from vid card to monitor?

cheers

Not quite, a DVI cable is for video only also. They come in 3 flavours - DVI-A which is analogue only, DVI-D which is digital only and DVI-I which is both digital and analogue.

What I was trying to say is that some monitors will come with a DVI cable(of whatever is the correct sort) and some won't, they should at least come with an analogue cable. If you don't get a DVI cable then I'd buy one later on as I personally think that they do improve picture quality but it depends on how good the digital - analogue convertor is in the monitor. The folks in the monitors forum are far more knowledgeable than me on this area, Baddass is especially clued up.

Goodeh · 24 Oct 2006 at 17:42

barf0r said:
Oh, so a DVI cable would carry the sound and picture signals while a analogue input would only carry the picture? Is that what you are saying?
I wouldn't need seperate speaker cables if I used a DVI link from vid card to monitor?

cheers

AFAIK hdmi carries picture and sound.

barf0r · 24 Oct 2006 at 19:33

right ok, the monitor doesnt have a dvi cable with it im sure. but will i have to purchase speaker cables from somewhere do you think? i cant find out if the monitor or motherboard comes with one

hyper_piper45 · 24 Oct 2006 at 19:47

Yep spec looks good, and you will get cables with your mobo and monitor.

semi-pro waster · 24 Oct 2006 at 19:53

barf0r said:
right ok, the monitor doesnt have a dvi cable with it im sure. but will i have to purchase speaker cables from somewhere do you think? i cant find out if the monitor or motherboard comes with one

Sorry I didn't twig at first that the monitor has an inbuilt speaker, the monitor will come with the necessary cable to connect the internal speaker to the soundcard(inbuilt on the motherboard here). The sound is likely to be pretty poor for anything other than casual listening though at only 2w.

If you have a spare hifi knocking about then you could connect that up pretty easily, for mine I just use a phono-3.5mm headphone jack and it is great but it depends on the connections you have I suppose.

barf0r · 25 Oct 2006 at 10:37

semi-pro waster said:
Sorry I didn't twig at first that the monitor has an inbuilt speaker, the monitor will come with the necessary cable to connect the internal speaker to the soundcard(inbuilt on the motherboard here). The sound is likely to be pretty poor for anything other than casual listening though at only 2w.

If you have a spare hifi knocking about then you could connect that up pretty easily, for mine I just use a phono-3.5mm headphone jack and it is great but it depends on the connections you have I suppose.

Yeah I have a HiFi with a AUX part so once the computer is all set up i'll look to using my hifi for sound, just using the monitor's speakers initially until i have the time to work out what cables to get so i can use my hifi.

Cheers to everyone for help

barf0r · 25 Oct 2006 at 11:33

Sorry, final question: is this the DVI cable I should go for
OcUK Value Single Link DVI Cable 1m (CB-000-OK)

The 1m part isn't a problem for me so is that the right cable?

ARGHH!! The case has gone out of stock and says 1-3days!!!
If I place my order today will they wait until the case is in stock and then send everything out together? Or would I get two seperate deliveries? I want to order soon while the cpu and cooler are in this week only.

Cheers.

semi-pro waster · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:03

The cable should be fine although I don't know whether it is DVI-A(bit unlikely I think), DVI-D or hopefully DVI-I.

I think that OcUK normally wait until everything is together before they send it out but I'm not 100% on that matter, the best thing to do is either phone them up and ask or send a webnote. If you order before the prices change then they should honour the prices I believe but legally until they accept the order they are not committed.

barf0r · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:11

thanks mate.