looking for the right bundle!

simonhutchin666 · 20 Nov 2007 at 20:57

Right im looking to upgrade my mobo,cpu and memory im looking to team this up with http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=292&view=yes. i have a budget of about £250. Im looking for a setup that is stable and future proof, and not likely to easily to overheat as my case is pretty standard. Also to help the games i play are WoW and CS:S and i will be running the system on windows XP to start with and then maybe upgrade to Vista. I would highly appreciate your guys imput

semi-pro waster · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:13

I don't know what PSU you've got or indeed what else you have so I've left some room in the budget but I'd be looking at something like this.

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £46.99
(£55.21) £46.99
(£55.21)
Sub Total : £146.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £27.16
Total : £182.38

simonhutchin666 · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:19

he he thought you might say that i have http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
now you know that is there anything you would change?

Edit: also to add i'll be looking to run at resolutions of 1680 by 1050 as i have a new 22inch widescreen

semi-pro waster · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:27

Good choice on the PSU, in which case I'd suggest buying a good aftermarket CPU cooler - the Tuniq Tower is good but has jumped £10 in the past couple of days leaving another two decent options as the Scythe Ninja and Zalman CNPS9500 both of which are about £10 cheaper but more difficult to install.

simonhutchin666 · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:32

Right thats cool

one last thing to add i have a 2 year old harddrive a 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax10 S-ata 8mb cache hard drive now will this hold back this setup at all?

Fullhouse · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:40

semi-pro waster said:
the Tuniq Tower is good but has jumped £10 in the past couple of days leaving another two decent options as the Scythe Ninja and Zalman CNPS9500 both of which are about £10 cheaper but more difficult to install.

If there harder then the tuniq I'd leave well alone was a right pain in the bum to install on mine

simonhutchin666 · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:43

Fullhouse said:
If there harder then the tuniq I'd leave well alone was a right pain in the bum to install on mine

well this will be my 1st time installing a new Board and cpu so i take your advice

Fullhouse · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:54

Tuniq is doable , but just install long before you even think about putting the mobo in your case. Lots of paitence is required with it!!

simonhutchin666 · 20 Nov 2007 at 21:59

Which Tuniq we talking about here the one that is currenly out of stock?

Fullhouse · 20 Nov 2007 at 22:00

Oh and forgot to add once you do get it on it is worth all the hassle it cools the chip down nicely

Fullhouse · 20 Nov 2007 at 22:11

simonhutchin666 said:
Which Tuniq we talking about here the one that is currenly out of stock?

the flashing purple one is in stock

semi-pro waster · 20 Nov 2007 at 22:16

Fullhouse said:
the flashing purple one is in stock

It was about £10 cheaper a week or so ago though I'm sure.

simonhutchin666 - that hard drive should be fine, I've got 3 of them myself although I now use a Seagate 7200.10 as my boot drive.

Fullhouse · 20 Nov 2007 at 22:22

semi-pro waster said:
It was about £10 cheaper a week or so ago though I'm sure.

simonhutchin666 - that hard drive should be fine, I've got 3 of them myself although I now use a Seagate 7200.10 as my boot drive.

I just sneaked in a day before the rise which was well spawny