I've got to build a PC as my brother needs a PC so hes taking my old one. I did all my research and here's the list of all my parts.
Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU £69.98
Zalman Heatpipe CPU cooler with quiet 110mm CNPS9700 LED £34.00
XPro Black Internal 3.5" 17-in-1 Card Reader With USB2.0 Port £10.99
Hiper 120mm Case Fan - Clear HiperFlow Frame & Blades £5.37
Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4) 1024MB, DDR2-5300/5400 £118.16
(667/675MHz), 4-4-4-12, Black Heat Spreader
Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H i965, S775, PCI-E (x16), £74.01
DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
700W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan £64.57
87%+ Efficiency Quad+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E
512MB MSI 7900GTO Silent, PCI-E, Mem 1320MHz, £176.00
GPU 650MHz, 24 Pipes, 2 x Dual Link DVI-I/S-Video SLi
Samsung SH-S183A/BEBN Black £21.56
SATA 18x18 ±R Dual Layer DVDRW Writer OEM UK inc Nero 6.x
Now which CPU should I get? E6600 or E6400? Is the extra £55 worth it? Also my graphics card, I chose it because I read its a 7900GTX in disguise, plus I didn't want an ATI due to reading that their Tuner tool takes up a lot of ram and also that on most X1950 cards the logo and sticker matters. BFG cards look nicer IMO. The ram I found real cheap and with heatspreaders I already bought them. As for the motherboard I wanted to get a cheap ASRock ConroeXFireSATA2 but my dad insisted I get this as PCPro magazine gave it a 6/6 rating. It supports FSB from 200 - 600Mhz but I've never seen anyone OC on it. Anyone has any experience with these components?
Price is £757.64 with E6400 and £823.89 with the E6600, I'm keeping my Hard Drives and Monitor so thats alright.
Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU £69.98
Zalman Heatpipe CPU cooler with quiet 110mm CNPS9700 LED £34.00
XPro Black Internal 3.5" 17-in-1 Card Reader With USB2.0 Port £10.99
Hiper 120mm Case Fan - Clear HiperFlow Frame & Blades £5.37
Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4) 1024MB, DDR2-5300/5400 £118.16
(667/675MHz), 4-4-4-12, Black Heat Spreader
Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H i965, S775, PCI-E (x16), £74.01
DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
700W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan £64.57
87%+ Efficiency Quad+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E
512MB MSI 7900GTO Silent, PCI-E, Mem 1320MHz, £176.00
GPU 650MHz, 24 Pipes, 2 x Dual Link DVI-I/S-Video SLi
Samsung SH-S183A/BEBN Black £21.56
SATA 18x18 ±R Dual Layer DVDRW Writer OEM UK inc Nero 6.x
Now which CPU should I get? E6600 or E6400? Is the extra £55 worth it? Also my graphics card, I chose it because I read its a 7900GTX in disguise, plus I didn't want an ATI due to reading that their Tuner tool takes up a lot of ram and also that on most X1950 cards the logo and sticker matters. BFG cards look nicer IMO. The ram I found real cheap and with heatspreaders I already bought them. As for the motherboard I wanted to get a cheap ASRock ConroeXFireSATA2 but my dad insisted I get this as PCPro magazine gave it a 6/6 rating. It supports FSB from 200 - 600Mhz but I've never seen anyone OC on it. Anyone has any experience with these components?
Price is £757.64 with E6400 and £823.89 with the E6600, I'm keeping my Hard Drives and Monitor so thats alright.
