I want a Q6600 system. Spec me for £550 pls.

kirkster · 20 Jul 2007 at 20:57

Guys,
Noticed the Q6600 is availble for 174.99 inc VAT from this site.

I want a CPU, motherboard, memory, graphics, case and optical drive. I like the look of the Gigabyte P35 board but I also like the 965 Asus jobbie. I like the idea of 4Gig of RAM too if it will improve performance (if not then skip that). I also like the Lian Li case since I want the system to be quiet as possible please. I am getting DELL 2407 in a few months so the system needs to be able to drive that.

I want a cooler that will allow me to experiment with a bit of overclocking. I am not that fussed about OC'ing though, just to play about.

I've got everything else I need for this system and I can spend £550.

I will be running Vista Ultimate and video editing, word processing and a few games.

What do you guys reckon?
Thanks and kind regards,
Steve

Nebzor · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:06

You'd have to drop quality in either the motherboard, RAM or graphics to get a CPU cooler. I personally wouldn't, I'd wait a while to get the cooler.

Edit: That's also assuming you have a PSU.

Raikiri · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:16

I'd be looking at increasing the budget by £100 to get an 8800 and a cooler into the budget if you're gonna be using a 2407.

Nebzor · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:17

Raikiri said:
I'd be looking at increasing the budget by £100 to get an 8800 and a cooler into the budget if you're gonna be using a 2407.

Yeah, Raikiri's spot on. £550 is a very low budget for what you've asked for, especially considering the Dell 2407.

kirkster · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:35

Ok guys

Ok guys,
My daughters not getting a birthday present.....

Only joking. I can get that extra ton. Now what....

Thanks for helping me.

Steve

kirkster · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:37

should have said

I'm not getting the DELL until OCtober. The 650 squid is for the bits I mentioned in the OP. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear....

Steve

Raikiri · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:40

Perfectly, but if you want to run games on the 2407 at the native resolution you're going to need an 8800 series (or x2900xt) which just isn't feasible for £550 with quad core and a decent motherboard.

Nullvoid · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:51

Even with the extra £100 it's asking just a bit too much

.
Admittedly that's mostly to do with none of the 320mb 8800gts' being in stock at OCUK (I don't consider a 320mb card at £211.49 to be a good deal).

Case - Lian Li PC-7 Plus (Silver)
Optical Drive - NEC Optiarc 7170S (Silver)
CPU - Q6600 & Tuniq Tower 120
Motherboard - Abit IP35-E
Ram - OCUK 4gb (2x2gb) PC2-5300
Graphics Card - OCUK ATI Radeon HD2900xt 512mb

All for £670.78 including delivery.

kirkster · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:54

how much extra

OK so how much extra lolly to get all that and the 8800 then ?

I suppose if I am going to bulld the thing I might as well do it properly. Perhaps I can stretch to £750 but the wife won't know (I'm only spending £300 if you know what I mean...)

Steve

Raikiri · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:57

Well, there are other places to buy 8800s.

You could get that spec above with a 320mb 8800GTS for around £75 less than with the x2900xt but obviously I can't get prices or places away. Unfortunately OcUK seem to be having issues with their budget cards which is a shame as they're generally better.

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:04

If you could push your budget up to £740, then you could get this spec which should be perfect...

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£176.24) £149.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£93.99) £79.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2
(£93.99) £79.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£246.74) £209.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
(£38.76) £32.99

Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96) £16.99

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74) £49.99

Sub Total : £619.93
Shipping : £9.95
VAT : £110.23
Total : £740.11

Do other people agree that this is the best option?

Nebzor · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:06

Alex UK said:
Do other people agree that this is the best option?

Pretty much, yes. Could save a couple of quid on the DDR2 only version of that motherboard, though. But otherwise, yes, your spec skills > *.

Nullvoid · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:06

kirkster said:
OK so how much extra lolly to get all that and the 8800 then ?

I suppose if I am going to bulld the thing I might as well do it properly. Perhaps I can stretch to £750 but the wife won't know (I'm only spending £300 if you know what I mean...)

Steve

The 2900xt is actually a better card than a 320mb 8800gts, especially at resolutions of 1920x1200 and up, but it costs £229.11 which makes it considerably more expensive (although not at OCUK since none of the cheaper 8800's are in stock).

edit - That's a nice spec Alex but it would be yet another £70 more expensive without actually giving much in the way of increased performance...

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:29

Nullvoid said:
The 2900xt is actually a better card than a 320mb 8800gts, especially at resolutions of 1920x1200 and up, but it costs £229.11 which makes it considerably more expensive (although not at OCUK since none of the cheaper 8800's are in stock).

edit - That's a nice spec Alex but it would be yet another £70 more expensive without actually giving much in the way of increased performance...

Sorry, I did miss your spec but that does look good as well. The Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB can be had for just £5 more than the OcUK 2900XT, which in my opinion would be the card to go for.

Secret_Window · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:17

Plus less noisier or do I have my facts wrong?

Nullvoid · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:32

Yup, the 640mb 8800gts is quieter and it uses less power.

kirkster · 21 Jul 2007 at 19:41

Thanks

Many thanks for all your replies guys. Been plumbing radiators in all day so this is the first chance I have had to log on.

Steve

Darg · 22 Jul 2007 at 01:09

I'd read up on both the 8800 640 and the 2900XT and try to decide which one is best for you. 8800 640 has solid performance that you can see now in DX9 but the 2900XT will probably surpass it in DX10 if the crappy benchmarks we've seen so far are any indication. 2900XT also has a few driver releases to go before we see the top performance we'll get from it.

Jono8 · 22 Jul 2007 at 01:33

Darg said:
I'd read up on both the 8800 640 and the 2900XT and try to decide which one is best for you. 8800 640 has solid performance that you can see now in DX9 but the 2900XT will probably surpass it in DX10 if the crappy benchmarks we've seen so far are any indication. 2900XT also has a few driver releases to go before we see the top performance we'll get from it.

i sont understand peopels reasoning behind the 2900xt being better in dx10. the benchmarks we have seen so far show it to be 50/50 ( i.e. nvidia wins in lost planet, ATi wins in call of juarez and coh is about even.)