JUST ABOUT TO PRESS BUY !! pls comment

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Right after lots or reaserch and asking questions on this forum (thanks to everyone who has helped!) I am ready to press the buy button ! Yey

I will be ordering tonight at about 8.30 so you have two hours if u wanna change my mind on sumthing !!!

The spec will be as follows...

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99
(£66.96)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99
(£110.44)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99
(£173.89)

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT512DD-R) £129.99
(£152.74)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49)

2x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £11.98
(£14.08)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44)

2x Scythe S-FLEX 1200RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin £10.95
(£12.87) £21.90
(£25.74)

Akasa AK-178-BL 12" Cold Cathode - Blue £7.00
(£8.23)

Sub Total : £544.41
Vat : £96.84
Total : £650.20

The Mother board will be an ASUS P5B Deluxe/wifi from a different site as ocuk do not currently stock the Wifi model and i think it will come in handy for me!

So anyone want to change my mind or have any comments ??

Thanks again to anyone that halped !

Arge
 
Hi

Again as Ive stated before on other specs, I personally prefer the Corsair memory over the Geil stuff, IMO its worth the few extra £

Mike
 
The ram was my one concern and I expected sumthing to be posted about it !!

Ideally the £170 for the giel ram fits perfectly into my budget, dont think i could jump to £200 wich is the next price up after £170.

I have noticed that there are more options than the giel for £170 though. Iv listed these below.

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)


So if not the geil ram, wich of the above 2gb ram kits should i go for ??

Thanks
 
as for the 2 tubes of AS5, i have two older PCs that im going to give the Arctic silver treatment ! ;)

any answers to the above post ??
 
you'll only need 1 tube of AS for about 10 PC's!

and go from whatever ram you are considering to the Crucial 10th 2gb kit. just read the memory forum to see why!
 
I too will be running the Asus P5B (-E Plus, variant) board, only using the E6600.

Would there be much difference between the 2 Corsair modules:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5, 5-5-5-12 TwinX (2x1GB) £176.24

and

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4, 4-4-4-12 TwinX (2x1GB) £193.86

There is a £17 price difference between the 2, but the modules with faster timings also require higher voltages (2.1vdimm as opposed to 1.9vdimm). Is it worth paying the extra £17?
 
sunama said:
I too will be running the Asus P5B (-E Plus, variant) board, only using the E6600.

Would there be much difference between the 2 Corsair modules:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5, 5-5-5-12 TwinX (2x1GB) £176.24

and

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4, 4-4-4-12 TwinX (2x1GB) £193.86

There is a £17 price difference between the 2, but the modules with faster timings also require higher voltages (2.1vdimm as opposed to 1.9vdimm). Is it worth paying the extra £17?
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If they are both warrantied to the same max voltage they are probably the same DIMM's with different SPD timings programmed. ALthough personally i would go for (b) if you're overclocking, just incase they are different.
 
Hmm im still a bit confused about this memory, the only other thing i am concidering is the OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit.

This would give me a guaranteed overclock too 2.8ghz which to be honest is quite a big overclock from standard !

how much higher could i go with this ram ?
 
If not then i think im just going to chance it with the geil kit as even though i have heard of giel ram going wrong, i have also heard plenty of people praising giel ram !

i just cant stretch to £200 fot the ram (170 was bad enough :rolleyes: ) and as i will prob only be going to 2.8ghz, posibly experiment with 3ghz, then i cant justify spending the extra money !


rite one last chance to choose me a ram between the Geil, Corsair, OCZ, and G.skill all at about £170. ?

quuite liking the idea of G.Skill, any good ?

anyone ?
 
sunama, was looking at that corsair ram but noticed both the OCZ and G.Skill are cas 4-4-4-12/15 rather than the corsair's 5-5-5-12 would this Cas latency difference be a good reason to go with the G.skill over the corsair ??

Anyone using G.skill ?

Need to sort this soon, want to order in the next hour or so !!
 
actually, just found this posted on another thread...

Originally Posted by Gibbo
(Posted 12-8-06 in Thread: [Guide]: Buying RAM for Conroe)

Hi there

The GeIL 2GB and 1GB PC2-6400 CAS 4-4-4-12 Kits are your best bet now. They can run at PC8500+ speeds at CAS 4-4-4-12 with ease and I've personally had a pair upto 1150MHz stable at CAS 4-4-4-12. Whats even more impressive is one of these 2GB Kits will only cost you £110+VAT!

Nothing can beat these kits when it comes to value for money and you will also find it hard to buy a better overclocking kit for more money as well, these really are the dogs danglies.

The code you want to be buying is MY-058-GL !!!!
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So after all this, im going to go with the Geil and take my chances. If i get a dodgey batch and it as to be RMAd then so be it but if i get a good batch id be much happier choosing the giel over anything else !

So, here i go, going to order the above spec.... wish me luck !

Thanks ppl !
 
So, I PRESSED BUY ! yey !!

my final order was this..

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99

2x Scythe S-FLEX 1200RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin
£21.90

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
£93.99

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT512DD-R)
£129.99

Akasa AK-178-BL 12" Cold Cathode - Blue
£7.00

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

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
£13.99

2x OcUK Case Badges
£1.18

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
£5.99

And the motherboard is an ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi from another site due to OcUK not stocking the WiFi model. ~£130

Im very relieved the stress of trying to choose the "best" components is over an now just look forward to building the thing !! YEY

So i will let everyone know how i get on
Thanks againg if you helped !

Arge
 
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