Got 500 Quid....

brightonrvf · 30 May 2007 at 00:35

I have the rig as in my signature. It was a bit noisy so I just bought a Zalman 8000 cooler and the Arctic 5 Gfx cooler. Its still noisy(can only be the PSU), it has also just started to crash on start up. So I guess the PSU is on the way out.

There are a few other problems with it so I am looking to rebuild. I am looking to get a fast quiet Machine with 500quid utilising any or all of the bits i already have, any bits left over will be sold so we can add that to the cash pot.

Its for surfing and playing WoW.

I can't get my head round overclocking these days so I'll just use stock settings, but if it has the ability to OC at a later date then that would be good. Its either that or buy a prebuilt rig from AN other company!! :eek:

I thought with the price drops on CPUs and RAM I could get some good upgrades

I was looking at the SG03/TJ08 cases but if you have any other suggestions/opinions/flames they will be gladly listened to

TY in advance.

Supercow · 30 May 2007 at 07:53

No Selling Outside The MM. Big Kev

Tute · 31 May 2007 at 02:05

If you don't go for the Shuttle, then i'd recommend keeping the Sugo for your next build, and looking at something like the Core 2 Duo E6300 with a board like the Abit Fatality, or the new Gigabyte DS2 mATX board (when it launches).

For £500, to keep it in budget you could take the GeIL 2GB DDR2 kit (about £60), maybe pop something like an X1950 Pro in, and a nice Corsair HX520 PSU (I have the 620W version and it's totally silent).

Then it's down to HDD, optical drive, and a cooler like the CNPS8000 (or the NT-06).

Should make a nice little system.

brightonrvf · 1 Jun 2007 at 00:51

I got the Shuttle

Thanks Supercow! Looking forward to the build. The Sugo is not the Evo so thought a wee change was the way forward, I have always fancied a Shuttle.

I'm a bit out of touch with these things so excuse me if it seems like a hand holding exercise.

1) Which of the Crossfire pros should I go for? I see there are a few. Will it make a huge difference over the X850 I have?

2) I would like to get it rigged for wireless. Is it worth getting the shuttle PN18 or just get a generic card? I have a Netgear Wireless router.

3) Opticals....any thoughts? May as well get a Dual layer and a Rom drive.

4) Will be getting the 6300 at some point as well, since two people have recommended it. Is the stock HSF quiet?

m1st3r m0nk3y · 3 Jun 2007 at 16:59

If you get an Abit Fatal1ty Motherboard, you can also get an Abit AirPace PCI-E1x Wireless Card then buy an X1950PRO or 8600GTS.

As for an optical drive, I'd go for the Samsung SATA DVD+/-RW Lightscribe Drive for around £19 and get an E6320 instead of an E6300, better FSB!