Help to spec order

Fob · 2 Jan 2007 at 12:56

Hi
My 4 year old computer is on its last legs and its time I built my own again!

Will be used for games a lot and I can increase the budget and I will be buying some sound proofing to keep it quite if possible.

I am comfortable with AMD, ASUS as its all I know, have not had Intel gear for ages, anyway how does it look?

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £329.99 1 £329.99

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £87.98 1 £87.98

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99 1 £5.99

Seasonic M12 Modular 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply £79.99 1 £79.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £234.99 1 £234.99

Asus M2V (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £43.99 1 £43.99

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99 1 £147.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £43.99 1 £43.99

Asus E616A3 16x DV-ROM (Black & Beige Bezel Included) - Retail £11.50 2 £23.00

Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM £15.99 1 £15.99

Titan Amanda TTC-NP02TZ TEC & Heatpipe Cooling Fan (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £56.99 1 £56.99

Any problems please let me know

TIA.

Lolcb · 2 Jan 2007 at 13:11

Change CPU to E6600.
Motherboard to Asus P5W DH. Or Intel Bad Axe.
PSU change to corsair 620W.

Fob · 2 Jan 2007 at 13:21

Oops yes did not notice SLI ready boards will be changing motherboard probably to the ASUS crosshair.

Will need to think about Intel I think when AMD roll out new processers in Easter I would be ready for an upgrade when the price drops.

Lolcb · 2 Jan 2007 at 13:27

Fob said:
Oops yes did not notice SLI ready boards will be changing motherboard probably to the ASUS crosshair.

Will need to think about Intel I think when AMD roll out new processers in Easter I would be ready for an upgrade when the price drops.

If that is the case, Intel would have their quad cores and other processors coming out too. So my best bet is to stick with intel.

tomanders91 · 2 Jan 2007 at 13:34

Yeah stick with intel, much better atm. E6600 is your best bet.

Go for the corsair PSU like said before, much more stable. Other than that looks great.

steve258 · 2 Jan 2007 at 13:43

hmm an expensive processor with a cheapo M2V?? :confused:

Not an overclocker I assume??

Like others said for that kinda money I'd go C2D, if you want AMD then that's fine too just get a X2 3800 with a decent mobo and you should be able to oc to 2.6Ghz+ no probs, saves you a lot of money.

There is nothing wrong with Seasonic at all it's just as stable if not better, but the corsair 620W is a lot better value for money.

Fob · 2 Jan 2007 at 14:57

I may try my hand at a modest overclock my priority was a quite system but it seems like if I do overclock then I would be as well going with c2d.

I will have to check up on INTEL systems a bit thanks for advice will save me on the long run.