Good Spec or Bad Spec ?

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 18:59

Ok so looking at upgrading my old p4 3.2 with it's 1.7gb ram and it's AGP grfx card to something a bit more up to date.

Not really looking at overclocking just want some advice as to is this a spec that will work well or aret here conflicts somewhere ?

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) £87.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) £154.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) £106.95
GX-040-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT "Golden Sample" 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-040-GW) £164.95
Total of £604.89

Elb.

fenderbass86 · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:23

Ok spec, but the G.Skill NR kit doesn't work with the DS3, so get some Corsaiir XMS2 C5. Also the 7900's failure rate is quite high, so get an X1800XT instead.

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:36

MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI) £87.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) £154.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS) £124.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) £126.95

Total of £581.39

Seems changing those 2 Items drops the cost of it down a lil bit

So if nobody else has any suggestions think i'm gonna go with the above

Elb.

sgoaty · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:49

elbulus said:
Seems changing those 2 Items drops the cost of it down a lil bit So if nobody else has any suggestions think i'm gonna go with the above

Elb.

Fenderbass has specced you his system lol but saying that its a nice system so no harm. Will you be overclocking?

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:49

Oh Another thing think that spec would run on a 400w Power supply ?

Will be running above spec with a cd drive and 4 x sata drives

sgoaty · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:51

elbulus said:
Oh Another thing think that spec would run on a 400w Power supply ?

Will be running above spec with a cd drive and 4 x sata drives

what make of psu and are you planning a lot of overclocking?

fenderbass86 · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:51

Should be ok if it's a quality PSU, if not try to get 500W minimum.

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:51

sgoaty said:
Fenderbass has specced you his system lol but saying that its a nice system so no harm. Will you be overclocking?

Doubt i'll be overclocking never really had the urge to also the fact thati would probably kill it all so nope wont be overclocking this spec.

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:53

PSU is the one currently in my system

Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU

But i do have a Hiper Type R 480w lieing around from a mates old pc would that be better ?

fenderbass86 · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:54

Stick with the Akasa, for now.

sgoaty · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:55

elbulus said:
PSU is the one currently in my system

But i do have a Hiper Type R 480w lieing around from a mates old pc would that be better ?

yup that akasa will be fine and you could get cheaper ram if not overclocking

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:56

Cool thanks for the help guys probably wont order until Sunday night so any more advice is welcome

elbulus · 5 Aug 2006 at 19:56

sgoaty said:
yup that akasa will be fine and you could get cheaper ram if not overclocking

Which would you recommend for 2gb ram and still compatable with the mobo ?

Also does the GFX card come with a 6 Pin to 4 Pin Power cable adaptor or is one not needed for this card ?

HicRic · 5 Aug 2006 at 20:22

That graphics card comes with a ton of cables, everything you could ever need including a six pin/four pin power connector. I've got it, absolute bargain!