Gaming / Development rig for £700

TreeUK · 21 May 2007 at 23:29

Hey all, would really appreciate any input you have on this.

Pulled these from some other specs offered but am missing a mobo, RAM and CPU cooler I think.

I've got a 19" Hyundai N91W Widescreen monitor, a Samsung Spinpoint T 501LJ 500 Gig SATA II HD, decent mouse and keyboard.

Looking for some overclocking potential and enough RAM (2 Gig to start) to multitask to my hearts content. Will be a gaming rig as well so chose the 8800 for the DirectX 10 future compatibility and because lots of people seem to be rating it highly.

Hoping to spend under £700 all in and thats the Exc VAT price.

Look forward to hearing your ideas

steve258 · 21 May 2007 at 23:38

Noctua NH-U12F + Geil Ultra PC6400 2Gb + DS3P

can't beat this combination tbh.

churned · 21 May 2007 at 23:54

steve258 said:
Noctua NH-U12F + Geil Ultra PC6400 2Gb + DS3P can't beat this combination tbh.

Yes you can

Crucial Ballistix 5300 clocks much better than the geil for only bout an extra tenner.

joeconway · 21 May 2007 at 23:54

this board:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=205#

and this RAM:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-108-CS

is what I use and it's great with my e6600

an arctic cooler 7 pro was a good investment for my e6600 aswell

Jaffa_Cake · 22 May 2007 at 00:10

joeconway said:
and this RAM:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-108-CS

Must disagree, the Giel PC6400 is half the price of that and its the same stuff. If you are looking for a good clock though, take the advice and get Ballistix PC5300. Clocks 1000MHz+

oweneades · 22 May 2007 at 07:55

change the BFG 8800GTS for the OCUK one. Should save you 30 quid and won't show a noticable performance drop (and should overclock about the same as well).

Bloodust · 22 May 2007 at 08:01

Arent all the new "gaming" pcs really the same these days, e6600, 8800 gtx/s and couple gigs of ram...

p4radox · 22 May 2007 at 08:10

There you go.

sidefxv1 · 22 May 2007 at 08:48

p4radox's one looks pretty good, not sure the HR-03 is really necessary though - at least initially. I also like the lifetime warranty on the BFG video card, but I guess if you'll be ripping the stock cooler off it'll be voided anyway.

TreeUK · 22 May 2007 at 21:34

Awesome, thanks for the help.

p4radox: Anything against the case I chose? I'm hearing good things other than the tightness for space?

p4radox · 22 May 2007 at 23:00

Space is an issue. It's also a bit plasticky, and has too may fans for my liking.

There's nothing that 2 120mm fans can't cooler well enough, all those fans on the 900 are bound to be really noisy.

Cupra · 22 May 2007 at 23:08

if you buy an evga card you can overclock it and change cooler and the warranty is still valid

truebluecfc · 22 May 2007 at 23:16

p4radox said:
Space is an issue. It's also a bit plasticky, and has too may fans for my liking.

There's nothing that 2 120mm fans can't cooler well enough, all those fans on the 900 are bound to be really noisy.

mine doesnt make a noise ... looks awsome and keeps your hardware extremely cool, i wouldnt trade my antec 900 for anything in its price range.

Cupra · 23 May 2007 at 01:31

truebluecfc your sig is too big m8 4 lines or less

RC21 · 23 May 2007 at 07:41

p4radox spec is brilliant - I recommend the PC7 as well (I have one too) and they are just amazing when stacked up against anything else in the price range, but it's your call - you're the one whose going to have to stare at it everyday

So get something you think looks nice - at the end of the day, anything you buy is still going to hold you bits together

masslac · 23 May 2007 at 07:51

joeconway said:
this board:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=205#

Seconded.

TreeUK · 26 May 2007 at 11:31

Thanks for all the input.

Two questions left and I'm done, promise

The 8800 page recommends a 600W PSU but the 620W one I suggested was changed to the 520W equivalent but same make. Was this a pricing decision or is it that it really doesn't need it? Does it make sense for the future to spend the extra £30 to make it that bit more future proof or are there other PSUs that you guys would recommend instead?

Last question, are there any leads / thermal paste etc requirements I'll need to get along with the kit? Don't want to get all the components together then find the graphics card is missing a DVI cable or something.

thanks

sidefxv1 · 26 May 2007 at 11:44

The 600W recommendation assumes crappy no name brand PSUs. I'm running a GTX and the rest of the stuff in my sig off the 520W one with no problems at all.

Everything should be included, except maybe the DVI cable, if you'll be needing one.

triggerthat · 26 May 2007 at 12:01

Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU Antec Titan 650 Tower Case - 650w TruePower PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Sub Total : £603.94
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 : £107.96
Total : £724.85