Ideas for a Gaming & Graphics build.

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:33

OK !

The XP cd, I had no idea that was the case of it being unusable :eek:

I'd rather keep all the money available for the rig itself... If I read correctly on a different post, we can download Windows 7 and use that for the time being ? In a month or two the pressure will be off and we can buy a new copy of XP or vista :cool:

I think we'll go for the Quad Core option, especially as MS Word is such an resource hog (you learn somthing new every day, maybe a ram upgrade would be good too ???)

Two of the kind suggestions mention an extra case fan, is this essential as I thought the two on the case would have been ample ? :confused:

Thanks again,

Stoutmeister

Ben M · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:35

shr3k said:
It was a simple example its the bit that read,

word will get a core, and word will get a core

i was picking up on lol

oh, pants, itunes should have been one of them, cheers

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 16:47

icey_haj said:
First time I agree with Kenny's spec.

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 17:15

Nearly there, just one problem though:

The cooler mentioned to go with the Intel Quad Core is sold out

Can anyone recommend a replacement please ?

I've omitted the disk drive, but I'll get that locally

shr3k · 8 Apr 2009 at 17:23

I use 4 fans but thats because i store mine in a cabinet and also its on 4-6 hours a day, really its handy but not important, my build above showed 2 extra 120mm to have to add if you want, i would personally but upto you,

Als my rig showed a few little bits like the cpu cooler and 160gb for the operating system and tb for storage which make it a nice pc, upto you at the end of the day bt i wouldnt spend the extra money on a 320gb for the operating system when tbh everything should be stored in the tb if set up correctly.

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 17:26

Kennysevenfold said:

*borat voice*
Very nice

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 17:52

shr3k said:
I use 4 fans but thats because i store mine in a cabinet and also its on 4-6 hours a day, really its handy but not important, my build above showed 2 extra 120mm to have to add if you want, i would personally but upto you,

Als my rig showed a few little bits like the cpu cooler and 160gb for the operating system and tb for storage which make it a nice pc, upto you at the end of the day bt i wouldnt spend the extra money on a 320gb for the operating system when tbh everything should be stored in the tb if set up correctly.

Do you mean by creating a partition on the drive ? I have done this on my Mac and found it easy enough

On a PC I presume the process would be near identical :cool:

Anyone care to recommend a CPU cooler, I googled the above mentioned Kentstown and cooler but none were recommended...are they quad or dual specific ? Sorry for the questions, please remember I'm a pc noob and this will be my 12yr olds and mine first build

Ducky Spud · 8 Apr 2009 at 18:01

The Noctua Heatsink is pretty good if you want to spend £40.

Or for less money, theres a few mentioned in this thread, a Sunbeam, a Scythe and one by Arctic Cooling. Only the Scythe is out of stock out of those 3

Ducky Spud · 8 Apr 2009 at 18:02

And dont google for that, you want to look for a socket 775 cooler

That should get you some better results

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:41

Thank You All !!!!!

Thank you Ben M, reflux,Kennysevenfold, Mathewhotdude, Rawkus, shr3k, icey_haj, and Ducky Spud.

I've placed the final order:

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610

Antec 300 Three Hundred

Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

This came to the princely sum of £759.96 inc p&p to Ireland

Thanks for the great help, and now I have Borat on my side

Stoutmeister

Ducky Spud · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:58

Nice purchase

Looks like a nice setup in the end. Should be able to play most games you throw at it, plus the Q6700 should be a nice overclocker, get to more than 3Ghz easily

Let us know how the build goes too!

Rawkus · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:17

Nice, your son will be really happy with that. Wish there was more info around when I was getting my first pc. Bloody Escom, curse them although I did get a free copy of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

Hope it goes well for you getting it all set up, let us know how it goes.

Ben M · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:21

You're welcome =]

let us know how it overclocks and runs when you get it

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:37

I certainly will Gentlemen, with photos too

It's due to arrive Tuesday 15th, (due to Easter Holidays), no doubt I'll be asking more questions of you with regards to assembly

Great friendly and very helpful forum here :cool:

Slainté !!!!

Stoutmeister

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:53

StoutMeister said:
photos too

Ben M · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:56

A week! Madness!

Get reading up on how to clock c2d chips and ati cards (if you havn't already)

StoutMeister · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:02

Heh, Heh !!!

Alright already, I'm reading, I'm reading

Understanding it is the problem though

. I've oc'd the card on my Mac X800XT (don't laugh, it cost as much as the 4870..second hand :eek:

). That was done via the ATI software, nice and easy

.

Overclocking the chip is going to be a whole new experience :eek:

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:30

StoutMeister said:
Heh, Heh !!!

Alright already, I'm reading, I'm reading Understanding it is the problem though. I've oc'd the card on my Mac X800XT (don't laugh, it cost as much as the 4870..second hand). That was done via the ATI software, nice and easy.

Overclocking the chip is going to be a whole new experience

cpu's are fairy easy to clock nowadays mate, with the awesome motherboards that are available for overclocking you cant really go far wrong

b-star · 9 Apr 2009 at 02:02

Hi, Very good spec You have!

I have same PSU and RAM!
PSU is very good, but It has many cables, and it can't be unpluged, looking at your spec I see that you will have many spare cables, which is a bit annoying for me, as they take much place in my case, which is same as your, so I tried to "hide" all over, behind motherboard/psu/hdd rack, etc. to improve airflow