Final Spec Check

Jameslee

Jameslee

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Just about to order this lot off OCuk, and am after final words on the spec before I buy. Good to go you reckon? :)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £174.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £81.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £21.99

Sub Total : £843.89
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £149.95
Total : £1,006.79
 
It all looks good except for the fact that some GSkill doesn't play nicely with the DS3 so you could either change the motherboard or the Ram.

I'd also buy an OEM 6300 since you are getting an aftermarket heatsink anyway. :)

//edit actually don't bother about the OEM since it is the same price and only comes with a 1 year warranty rather than 3 on the retail.
 
melbourne720 said:
I'd swap the RAM out for this , I think G.Skill had some problems with DS3, but otherwise a brilliant spec :cool:
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Cool, I wanted the OCZ stuff but its shot back up :(

Swapped the ram.

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £174.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £94.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - retail £101.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £21.99

Sub Total : £856.89
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £152.22
Total : £1,022.06
 
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Just out of interest, why only 8MB cache on the HD - is it budget reasons? Get the 16MB if you can afford it.

Oh, and you might want to swap the AC Freezer for a Tuniq Tower, Scythe Ninja or Noctua.

Otherwise perfect :D
 
Unfortunately 20 quid over budget already. Ideally I'd have a tower on it, would go for the better ram and would get the 16mb cache HDD, but it's gonna be way over budget then :)
 
You could swap the case for an Akasa Zen which is only £29 and absolutely solid, with excellent airflow. It looks pretty hot as well. That way with the money saved you could upgrade the cooler :)
 
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £104.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99
Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £174.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99 1 £13.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99 1 £24.99
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £21.99
Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £53.99

Sub Total : £852.89
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £151.52
Total : £1,017.36

I've gone for the zen case, upped the ram to the OCZ stuff and got the 16mb HDD. Its either that ram with 16mb cache, or geil with 8mb cache. Not sure which one is the better option really.

There's that, or OCZ ram, 8mb HDD, and a tower CPU cooler. Just trying to decide the best combination, cant really go too far over that 120 mark.
 
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £101.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £97.99
Dell E207WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £174.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £53.99
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £29.99 1 £29.99
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £163.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £61.99

Sub Total: £858.89
Shipping: £12.95
Total Vat: £152.57
Total inc Vat: £1,024.41

LOVE the new this week only! Ordered :D
 
Thanks guys, for the comments and the help. Just waiting for it to be delivered now! Should be here some time today :)

I'll set it up and run it on stock to begin with, then next week I'll begin the overclocking!
 
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