Gaming build

[Nivforever]

Samsung SyncMaster 22inch Widescreen SM226BW
2ms Response
300 cd/m2 Brightness
3000:1 Contrast Ratio
£234.99

730W Hiper HPU-4M730
730 Watts
Ultra Quiet
Quad SLi Certified
£76.68

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Gamer
PCI / 7.1 Audio
£54.13

NEC AD-7170S-0B - Black
SATA Interface
18x DVD Write Speed
48x CD Read / Write Speed
£18.79

Antec Nine Hundred
493 x 206 x 468mm / Side Window
9 Drive Bays / Tri Cool Exhaust System
£64.60

768MB XFX GeForce 8800GTX
768MB GDDR3
PCI-Express / SLi Ready
£366.62

150GB Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD
10,000 RPM - 16MB Buffer
£149.33

500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 16Mb
7200rpm
SATA II
16MB Cache
£65.99

Scythe Infinity
Compatible with sockets:
478, 775, AM2, 754, 939 and 940
£26.80

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4x 2.4GHz / Socket 775
1066MHz FSB
2x 4MB L2 Cache
£175.78

4x 1GB OCZ Vista Upgrade Dual Channel Kit
DDR2 800MHz
PC2-6400
Vista Optimized
£111.13

Asus P5KC
Socket 775 / 1333MHz FSB
DDR2/DDR3 / SATA II / PCI-E
Gb LAN / eSATA / Crossfire
£93.92

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit (OEM)

Total (including shipping) : £1,697.09

I'll mostly be using this for gaming/browsing.

Any comments on my spec before I order?

Thanks

 

[derfderfley]

Just a couple of things...

The X-Fi's have known driver issues with Vista 64. Distorted sound, and having to reboot to get working sound, have both happened to me (have a dig on the soundcard forum here for more details).

And the Hiper PSU's do not have the best rep on the forums here. Look at a enermax or corsair, both of which do have a good reputation for reliability here.

FYI, I'm running a very similar machine here Q6600/P5k Deluxe/8GB G.Skill/ 2x 500GB WD/8800GTX using a Enermax Infiniti 720W and it may be nearly double the price of the Hiper but it's worth every penny for peace of mind when your spending over £1500 on a new build.

 

[truebluecfc]

Samsung SyncMaster 22inch Widescreen SM226BW
2ms Response
300 cd/m2 Brightness
3000:1 Contrast Ratio
£234.99

Sweet monitor

730W Hiper HPU-4M730
730 Watts
Ultra Quiet
Quad SLi Certified
£76.68

I'd personally get the Corsair 520/620W or a enermax but you should be fine although a lot of people stay away from Hiper but i heard most of the problems was with their 580W model.

Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Gamer
PCI / 7.1 Audio
£54.13

Well which one theirs either the Music or the Gamer, I'd go for the Xtreme Music one even if its for Gaming. Their have also been some issues with them on Vista 64 although i'm fine but might be worth having a look.

Antec Nine Hundred
493 x 206 x 468mm / Side Window
9 Drive Bays / Tri Cool Exhaust System
£64.60

Got the same case and its looks amazing in the dark aswell has having excellent cooling, one of the best in its price range.

768MB XFX GeForce 8800GTX
768MB GDDR3
PCI-Express / SLi Ready
£366.62

XFX apparantly have appauling customer service, OCuK decided not to sell anything from them their that bad although it still is a very quick card if not a bit overkill for your resolution, also its a bit more expensive than ones from BFG or Leadtek or even OCuK for example.

150GB Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD
10,000 RPM - 16MB Buffer
£149.33

Waste of money, you dont get the increase of performance you'd expect to get for paying so much more for it.

500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 16Mb
7200rpm
SATA II
16MB Cache
£65.99

I'd personally get the WD 500GB AAKS although theirs nothing wrong with this one.

Scythe Infinity
Compatible with sockets:
478, 775, AM2, 754, 939 and 940
£26.80

Shoudl be fine cooling for you Quad although if your overclocking I'd maybe get something more beefier.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4x 2.4GHz / Socket 775
1066MHz FSB
2x 4MB L2 Cache
£175.78

Cant go wrong with these for their price, great overclocking potential aswell.

4x 1GB OCZ Vista Upgrade Dual Channel Kit
DDR2 800MHz
PC2-6400
Vista Optimized
£111.13

Everything should feel that bit more quicker and responsive with 4GB RAM aswell as you not needing to worry about not having enough RAM for a while, good price aswell.

Asus P5KC
Socket 775 / 1333MHz FSB
DDR2/DDR3 / SATA II / PCI-E
Gb LAN / eSATA / Crossfire
£93.92

I'm not sure about motherboards with DDR2 & DDR3 RAM slots, the slightly cheaper Asus P5K will do fine other than that its a P35 motherboard which all have great overclocking potential.

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit (OEM)

Could save urself a bit and but Home Premium unless ofcourse you need the added features of Ultimate.

 

[Nivforever]

Bump

 

[RJC]

Personaly what truebluecfc & derfderfley recommended you wont go wrong

Rob

 

[Nivforever]

Another quick question,

Is the cooling sufficient? or will I need some extra fans or even water cooling?

Thanks

 

[Barry1337]

Cooling is fine i would go with tuniq tower and that should see you to 3.2ghz easily with quad