Hey all,
I'm currently looking into building a new computer, mainly for gaming, but I have various dilemma's on which components to use. I've got roughly a budget of £1,200 - £1,300.
Currently what I had in mind was:
OCZ GameXStream 850w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply (£117.49)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case (£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard (£89.29)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (£17.61)
Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter(£21.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache (£66.96)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - (£370.11)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator DHX PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (£146.86) OR
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (£146.86)
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£140.99) OR
EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£170.36)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£234.99)
I've heard from many different forums that the MoBo (EVGA nForce 680i SLi) has issues with the Corsair Dominator series? in which it doesnt work properly and tends to "fry" the memory. Is this correct?
Does this look any good? Specifications and running games wise?
This will be my first build if everything goes to plan, but I would rather consult people with more knowledge and experience than I have. Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Gee
I'm currently looking into building a new computer, mainly for gaming, but I have various dilemma's on which components to use. I've got roughly a budget of £1,200 - £1,300.
Currently what I had in mind was:
OCZ GameXStream 850w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply (£117.49)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case (£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard (£89.29)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (£17.61)
Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter(£21.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache (£66.96)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - (£370.11)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator DHX PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (£146.86) OR
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (£146.86)
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£140.99) OR
EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£170.36)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£234.99)
I've heard from many different forums that the MoBo (EVGA nForce 680i SLi) has issues with the Corsair Dominator series? in which it doesnt work properly and tends to "fry" the memory. Is this correct?
Does this look any good? Specifications and running games wise?
This will be my first build if everything goes to plan, but I would rather consult people with more knowledge and experience than I have. Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Gee
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