Final spec check

mcgriffo

mcgriffo

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This is the big one before buying... monitor and cooling already bought, gone for Samsung HDDs for quietness. Could spare another £100 if I had too - but is this ok to go? (gonna buy it tonight)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £197.39
Viewsonic TFT 20" VX2025wm (8 ms) £253.40
Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £79.89
Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £79.89
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £270.24
Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra+ Watercooling Kit £203.56
Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Black £162.14
Corsair HX 620W £99.86
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 £152.74
Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz £193.86
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £22.31

Total £1,715.28
 
Looks good, would change the M/B if your not planning on Sli

if so something like a P5B or DS3/DS4 might be better
 
Or the fatal1ty 650i board.

Also, that ram is very expensive. Yes, it's micron 9* ram, but that's not worth the extra 90 quid. Drop to some Geil 800MHZ ram and be happy. :)
 
It just shows you that a little bit of advice is a dangerous thing!!!

From the outset, thanks to you both for your input.

I originally had a P5B Deluxe WIFI AP as my MOBO and the Geil RAM as my RAM - I was adivised that the spec looked good but I should change the MOBO to the P5n32- 680 and the RAM to the Team Xtreem

I know it's all about opinions - and I'm gald people are helping out and offering them

It just feels like I'm doing a component "okey cokey" with "in-out in-out"

Ok... the RAM may be o/kill but I really haven't heard a bad word said about it (Xtreem) whereas there are quite a few people on here unhappy with their Geil (admittedly, a lot that ARE happy as well)

The MOBO situation is a lttle different as I was really hot for the P5B Deluxe WIFI AP until someone said "change it".

If I'm not that bothered about saving a few pence (and I was even willing to spend a bit more) then should I just leave it, or are the sugegsted changes because they are genuinely BETTER alternatives?

Don't even get me started on the case selection dilemma, btw.... :D
 
Well, if you want a cheep cheerful board, OCUK are stocking Rev2 gigabyte DS3's now, I have one and I've ran into some ram voltage problems but nothing a cheep stick of 256 1.8v ram couldn't solve

The absolute best bang/buck board atm is the Fatal1ty 650 board by abit, an excellent chipset, loads of features and only £80!

The ram is more than overkill. Seriously, try this:

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC

Or this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-018-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

I actually recommend the second one cause it's stated to boot at 1.8v (DDR2 standard -- gaurenteed to boot with every DDR2 motherboard.)
 
Followed advice... changed... and now it is this (better??)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £197.39
Viewsonic TFT 20" VX2025wm (8 ms) £253.40
Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £79.89
Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £79.89
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £270.24
Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra+ Watercooling Kit £203.56
Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Black £162.14
Corsair HX 620W £99.86
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £111.61
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 £115.14
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £22.31

Total £1,595.43
 
Drop the GPU to a 320mb version and save a bit. Your monitor won't use much more than 256mb realistically.

Also, you won't need that PSU. I'd drop it to a 500w FSP Blue Storm PSU and save £40 there aswell.

With the extra cash you can treat yourself to a new keyboard and mouse or whatever :)
 
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