Help spec me a machine £1200-£1300 ex vat

nok · 20 Jan 2007 at 14:57

Hello everyone,

I have a budget of £1200-£1300 ex vat to spend on a new machine (not including monitor, mouse, keyboard)

I am not interested in overclocking and want the system to run quiet whilst on air. I hope to run a silent geforce 8800 gtx and will probably never go sli.

I am not sure which motherboard to go for. I have been looking at the p5b deluxe and the p5w dh deluxe. Which of these boards are better to go for? Or would it make more sense for me to go with one of the new nvidia based boards? I have also heard great things about the gigabyte ds3 board but will this board be able to handle a 16x 8800? And would I not be better for going with something a bit more expensive? In the past I have used asus boards exclusively.

Thank you for your time.

Tombo · 20 Jan 2007 at 15:40

I have also heard great things about the gigabyte ds3 board but will this board be able to handle a 16x 8800

It will have no problem running it

hai · 20 Jan 2007 at 15:47

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£205.61 inc VAT

Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£164.49 inc VAT

Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC)
£205.61 inc VAT

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£458.24 inc VAT

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£66.96 inc VAT

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£23.49 inc VAT

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£54.04 inc VAT

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
£103.39 inc VAT

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66G-00660)
£64.61 inc VAT

Under £1400 I think, could add a CPU cooler, or even buy the 650i motherboard.

Reality|Bites · 20 Jan 2007 at 18:57

Why are you giving a budget excluding VAT?

Lolcb · 20 Jan 2007 at 19:15

Follow hai's advice BUT

- go for gainward 8800GTX
- put the money to vista home premium.

hai · 20 Jan 2007 at 20:29

Only reason I added the EVGA was because he said he wanted silent and yes you're probably right about Vista Premium being the better option.

Mattus · 21 Jan 2007 at 04:19

IMO that mobo is ludicrously pricey. Get a DS4 or something and put the extra towards Vista Home Premium, running Basic on a rig that decent is a waste.

VTR · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:06

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Tenth Anniversary Dual Channel Kit (TY2KIT12864AA663)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB ST3400620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)

£1,266.88