Have OC made an error?

[Ben B]

For this bundle it is £355 incl VAT, but to buy everything separately that makes the bundle, it only costs £344 incl VAT.

Am I missing something?

And if I were to buy it separately, would it have any effects on my Overclocking abilites? As I cant afford to fork out the huge lump some, so was hoping I could do it in stages.

 

[Ben B]

Ahh okay, well, so an E8400, 4GB of 8500 RAM, and say a P5Q is better?

Thanks

Ben

* My bad, never saw the screenshot, didn't appear.

 

[Ben B]

Hmmm, never thought of that.

I'll probably buy the Mobo, and RAM first, then the rest in another order, I just hope it doesn't change....

Thanks Creed

Ben

 

[Ben B]

Right okey dokey.

I think, its going to be

Q6600
P5Q-E
OCZ 4GB of some kind.... 6400 probably
Tuniq Core Cooler, like was shown?

Think thats the final decision now

Thanks

 

[Ben B]

I'd recommend an E8400 over the Q6600. The lower energy consumption, faster stock clockspeeds, nigher overclock speeds, extra cache and lower temperatures plus the fact that few current applications utilize all four cores mean that a Q6600 is not as good a choice as an E8400 these days...

Hmm, cool.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j137/Nufusion/750.jpg

Thats what I was told to buy, from a member on here.

Was just seeing if anythings changed

 

[Ben B]

Not this again There's a huuge thread on this here, and lots of others. It really depends what the OP's gonna do with the system.

Ahh nice one

Well, gaming, must be able to run GRID, CoD, GTA, maybe Crysis, idk yet.

And video encoding, general usage, music, iTunes, downloading, storage.

Thanks

 

[Ben B]

Thanks to the both of you

It'll be on order a.s.a.p

I think I'll get Mobo first, and secure that in the case, then go from there.

First build for me, and I'm lost with the PSU. Which way do I mount it? Fan facing into the case, or the fan facing down?

 

[Ben B]

My Case is an NZXT Tempest, labeled as the "Airflow King" so we'll see

Ahh okay, so, I'll just order the Mobo, and something else next, I'm doing orders in £150 blocks.

So got my case and Corsair 650W PSU, next will be mobo, and erm, HDD?

ATM, I have PSU fan, pointing into the case, as I thought that'd make more sense, having the fan, pull the hot air from inside, and send it out of the exhaust fan on the PSU.

But all the writing on it, is upside down, so I think I'm wrong....

 

[Ben B]

E8400 doesn't have extra cache but everything else was right!

And doesn't everyone say that above 3.2ghz does not make a difference when gaming (or a lot of posts on here do as i've seen recently)? In that case getting a quad and overclocking to 3.2 is easily possible for even moderate cooling..

Only difference standing then is higher overclock (for benchmarking), lower temps (if its in the safe range why worry?) and lower power consumption (ok i don't pay the leccy bill!)

When i had a e8600 briefly i found vista to not be as snappy as my quad and games ran the same...

I do plan to OC either the 8400 or the 6600, but not like to the limit.

Only to boost it to 3.0GHz with the quad, and 3.4 with the Dual.

I'm very new to OC'ing, well, building in general, I think I'm in over my head :/

 

[Ben B]

Hmm, I guess I could.

I'm thinking keep saving then, but its gunna be like £700 without the monitor, thats an awful lot.

I'm only 15, and earn by working for my Dad in the office, and ironing at home.

I have mock exams this week and next, and coursework to be doing, so not done any choirs for a while

I'll be getting the monitor for xmas probably, along with things like keyboard/mouse, etc, small things like that.

 

[Ben B]

Pretty sure the writing is upside down on my Corsair PSU (not at home at the moment) - don't think it matters, as long as the PSU can pull air inwards.

Just a thought, but instead of buying in stages, you could wait until you've saved up all the money and get it all in one go? That way you could get the latest stuff rather than building with a mobo that's already a few months old, and hopefully the exchange rates will have improved by then! Bonus: you'll only have to pay one lot of delivery.



I think everyone feels like that the first time... best way to learn PC building is by doing, it's pretty hard to break anything! And there's loads of good advice on these forums.

I'm worried about wiring it all up, and then blowing somet up when I plug it in for the first time



Or making a complete **** up of the wiring.

 

[Ben B]

Hey another tempest owner, welcome to the club, its a great case you will love working in it.

Can't wait to get it fired up

How you finding temps? You overclocked anything?

Ben

 

[Ben B]

Mmm... good idea to check it all over before you fire it up, but really you'll find that almost everything can only plug in one way, so it's hard to mess it up. If you have to force any wires in then you're generally doing it wrong.

Ahh okay, will double/triple check everything

I have roughly £150 to spend tonight, what do I order?

Worked it out with Mum, £150 a month is fine. As I can pay it back over time, she knows I'll pay it back, so shes not too bothered.

So its all good

Ben

 

[Ben B]

Ah... I'm 21 now, but built my first system when I was 15 as well XP2500, 512MB RAM, Geforce4 Ti4200. It's a great feeling when you first fire up a system you built and paid for yourself.

Personally I'd go mad with half a PC sitting around the house for months, but it's up to you

I already have, so don't mind about that