Help need spec check etc

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jonomacg

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Ok so my budget of £1100 got cramped to around £700.

My brother keeps telling me that to save money i need to drop an e6600 and to compete get an AMD, he and my father both agree that AMD's are better but with the new conroe's i don't know.

So i made 2 specs, 1 for AMD and 1 for Intel. I need your input in what to change (if needed) and also why i should go for intel over amd.

AMD Spec:

CP-168-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-168-AM) 1
£109.95 £109.95
MB-142-AS Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-142-AS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) 1
£74.95 £74.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT) 1
£63.95 £63.95
HD-000-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-000-WD) 1
£27.95 £27.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£21.95 £21.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG) 1
£46.95 £46.95
SP-026-LG Logitech Precision Gaming Headset (SP-026-LG) 1
£17.95 £17.95
MY-077-CR Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT6464AA804) (MY-077-CR) 1
£104.95 £104.95
Subtotal £583.55
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £104.39
Total £700.89

Intel Spec:

MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL) 1
£74.95 £74.95
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.95 £104.95
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG) 1
£74.95 £74.95
HD-000-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-000-WD) 1
£27.95 £27.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT) 1
£63.95 £63.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG) 1
£46.95 £46.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£21.95 £21.95
SP-026-LG Logitech Precision Gaming Headset (SP-026-LG) 1
£17.95 £17.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£144.95 £144.95
Subtotal £578.55
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £103.52
Total £695.02

Any ideas? Please feel free to build a spec for me and i'll happily read through it to see the changes i can make :)
 
Only problem with that is that i have no idea how to overclock :(

Nice setup tho, looking into that mobo as i personally do fancy the DS4 over it.
 
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£21.95 £21.95
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£107.49 £107.49
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA) 1
£28.95 £28.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£124.95 £124.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£65.95 £65.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£126.95 £126.95
SP-026-LG Logitech Precision Gaming Headset (SP-026-LG) 1
£17.95 £17.95
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS) 1
£134.95 £134.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) 1
£33.95 £33.95
Subtotal £663.09
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £117.96
Total £792.00

How does this look? Things which have changed are motherboard/hard drive.
 
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN) 1
£107.49 £107.49
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI) 1
£104.95 £104.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) 1
£124.95 £124.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£126.95 £126.95
HD-024-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-024-SA) 1
£33.95 £33.95
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA) 1
£28.95 £28.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) 1
£65.95 £65.95
HD-095-MD Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 80GB 6V080E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-MD) 2
£26.95 £53.90
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) 1
£21.95 £21.95
Subtotal £669.04
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £119.00
Total £798.99

So this would be an ok setup to build with? I'm toying with idea of overclocking by looking at a similar set up which Oldman has, but wait til i've got the rig first before thinking about it ;)
 
I realised that i didnt have a enough system storage and also was thinking of trying raid 0, but if im right in you saying. Would i be perfectly happy not running any drives in Raid 0 and buying a single 160gb drive?
 
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