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davetheblade

davetheblade

davetheblade

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Hi peeps - im new to this forum so please be gentle.

I have finally decided enough is enough with my socket 478, AGP system and to build a new one. I dont want to spend loads as i would rather wait till the Nehalems are more popular etc..

However, can somebody please advise if this rig would be suitable for the next year or 2 (maybe 3)? Any advise is extremely welcome! :


Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £97.99

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £164.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £54.99

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £56.99

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £23.99

2 x GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £22.99 each

Sub Total : £509.92 + VAT, shipping

from OCUK.

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £91.50
Total : £614.37
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
Sub Total : £515.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £92.55
Total : £621.43

I would go fort he bit extra and get that if i was in your position, maybe even get a Q6600 instead
 
Welcome to the forum! I would get a 4870 for the GPU tho especially as you are thinking of an intel chipset. Also get 2x2gb of RAM instead of 4x1gb

Edit - Too slow
 
davetheblade said:
ok, ill go for the q6600 and the 4870 - i did consider them at first, so i know what i want now! X38 board instead of the P45 then?
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All depends if you want dual graphics cards or not, if it could be an option then go X38. If not then save the 50 quid with the P45 and buy a better mouse or summit!
 
personally i'd only get a single graphics card, seems a lot of money for little extra performance (and opens the door to a lot of problems) to have two or more cards
 
what is the main use of the pc ? also look in to the board you get carefully as some boards 6600's don't clock so great on.
 
main use is for Flight Sim-x, and i might try Crysis as i havent played it yet.
Reading your very helpful posts chaps, heres what i have come up with :

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
Sub Total : £562.93
 
Looks good, but what about the hardrive, are you using the one you have in your current pc.

Oh and welcome to the forum :)
 
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