Machine spec, can you check please?

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Anyone spot anything wrong with the system below? Like unmatching ram, bad mobo, different gfx card? Been a while since I specced a machine.

Can prob go up a hundred or two if needed, what ya reckon? Thx gfx card is what I am most unsure about, followed closely by the mobo, anyone offer any better ideas / first hand experience with a similar setup?

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
(£202.09) £171.99

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case
(£70.49) £59.99

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24) £69.99

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
(£166.84) £141.99

Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
(£72.84) £61.99

Western Digital Caviar RE 320GB 3200YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£76.36) £64.99

NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM
(£21.14) £17.99

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue
(£64.61) £54.99

Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple
(£34.06) £28.99

Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse - Retail
(£35.24) £29.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
(£7.04) £5.99

Titan Vanessa-L TTC-NK25TB/SC (RB) Heatpipe Cooling Fan (462/478/754/939/940/LGA775)
(£23.49) £19.99

Dell Ultrasharp 1907FP 19" LCD Monitor - Black * 2
(£199.74) £339.98

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£258.49) £219.99
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the clock and memory speeds are faster on the ATI though, is the 8800 newer tech or something?

also with the MTB am buying, it says crossfire support, will that mean I dont be able to run sli gfx cards, ie nvidia?

if thats the case and can only really run one gfx card what would you say about this MTB instead?

Asus P5B Deluxe (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-150-AS
 
8800 GTS = owns the x1950.

If you wanted an 1950, I wouldn't go any higher than a Pro personally.

8800 GTS also has DX10, and is faster in DX9 than the X1950 XTX to.

Clock speeds mean less and less now, its more shaders (or stream processors in the case of the 8800 series) that makes a lot of the difference.

*EDIT*

I would personally ditch that monitor, and get either :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-012-DE Its wide screen, and a 20".
 
cool, thanks for the advice on the gfx card

what about the mobo?

and with the monitor theres 2 of them (dual monitor is one of only pre-requisites for me building this system), and kinda need them to be DVI like the gfx card outputs, that 20" one is analogue only

Actually that 20" dell has both DVI and Analogue, what you reckon as they both the same price?
 
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You could save money by going for a Gigabyte S3, the same, just slightly cheaper components on the board. Will overclock as good though. the only thing is it will last about 7 years rather than 10.

Are you sure on the monitor I linked to: it reads:

1680 x 1050 Optimum Resolution
- 16.7 Million Colours
- 800:1 Contrast Ratio
- 5ms Response Time
- 300 cd/m2 Brightness
- One DVI-D Input w/HDCP Support
- One Analogue Input
- Warranty : 4 year next business day exchange supplie
 
I'd stick with that mobo, but only because I like Gigabyte quite a lot...

If you think you are likely to get two graphics cards in the future then you could change the board. But I don't think that there's much point tbh - say in the future the 8800 is worth 180 brand new and 120 second hand, then you could just sell your 8800 for 120 and buy a new graphics card for 300, and I bet that in the future a single £300 card will beat two £180 graphics cards...

If you get what I'm trying to say!
 
yeah just noticed that and edited previous post

apart from the physical size + res differences i cant see any difference. So how come they are both the same price? never had a widescreen TFT before, let alone two lol

there will be heavy amounts of web dev going on with this machine, so maybe a more standard size monitor would be better, not sure.

thoughts?

edit noticed this http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/monitors/0,39030120,49285080,00.htm not the best of reviews

thanks for all the feedback by the way! :cool:
 
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Hmmm...

You could always buy them, and then if you don't like them send them back under the distance selling act.

As a thought, have a read in the monitor forum. I am using 2 20" widescreens for graphic design, and frankly LOVE them. I have not tried that monitor however.
 
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