MY Final Spec

[Drake]

My Final Spec (I hope)

Right after lots of help and even more questions ive come to a decison on a spec. Im already sorted for monitor, speakers mice keyboard ect which is why those arent listed here. The costs arent any consern as Id originaly planned to go prebuilt and spend up to £3000, so all im interested in is will all this hardware work together and have I missed anything?

Also big thanks to everyone on this forums whos helped me especialy Yewen who was trying to help me on msn despite my rubbish connection disconing me everytime he tried to reply.


CP-129-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-129-IN) 1
£349.95 £349.95

MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS) 1
£149.95 £149.95

MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) 1
£147.95 £147.95

GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO) 1
£254.95 £254.95

GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP) 1
£219.95 £219.95

HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY) 1
£26.95 £26.95

SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL) 1
£122.95 £122.95

CA-068-LL Lian-Li PC-S80 Silver Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-068-LL) 1
£148.95 £148.95

CA-001-SK FSP Sparkle FX700-GLN Epsilon 700W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-001-SK) 1
£95.50 £95.50

FG-024-AK Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK) 1
£9.95 £9.95

FG-023-AK Akasa AK-182-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 80mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-023-AK) 1
£3.95 £3.95

AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC) 1
£5.95 £5.95

HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) 1
£62.95 £62.95

CB-014-AK Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Blue EL Data Cable (CB-014-AK) 1
£9.50 £9.50

OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£51.95 £51.95

Subtotal £1,661.35
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Saturday Delivery)) £22.95
VAT £293.01
Total £1,977.31

 

[Calum]

Awesome system! Should all work perfectly. I'm envious

 

[Drake]

Great Ive just noticed I missed the DVD-RW but I guess that doesnt effect much except cost, ill be ordering all this within the enxt 1-2 weeks and then the real questions will start when stuff fails to work

 

[quadboi]

Great system, why not put a raptor in for windows, and the seagate for storage... if you got the cash you may aswell

 

[Drake]

I may well do that Im pretty keen to order all this stuff and get going tho so more stuff will mean a slightly longer wait.

 

[cjayjay]

Very nice indeed!

Your spec is almost identical to mine - Only real differences is that I've decided to go with the 7950 rather than dual X1900, gettin an Akasa eclipse for the case (Not as nice as your case but ive heard the cooling on the eclipse is brilliant ) andddddd getting the standard X-Fi instead.

Just wondering cos are setup is so similar...

What made you go for the dual Ati's over the 7950? And whats the advantages of the X-Fi Fatality over the normal model?

p.s hope your going for a 24" moniter for those GFX cards! Oh....and good thinking about getting the E6700 instead of the X6800. MUCH better value for your money in my oppinion.

Cjay

 

[Drake]

I went with the ATI cos I heard the motherboard im going with defenitly works with them and Conroe where as the 7950 may need a patch, and for the sound card I belive the Fatality has a few more features and is optimised for gaming.

and yea I bought a Dell 2407 2 weeks ago so the graphics cards will be able to strech their legs.

Im going to try my first overclock with the e6700 and try get it close to the X6800s speed which is why Im getting the Ninja heat sink.

 

[UKTopGun]

I'm not sure if its worth spending £560 on graphics cards with DirectX 10 not so far away.

But then if you have got the money, may as well do it.

 

[cjayjay]

Your right about the motherboard.

The new intel nforce 5 sli mobos however should be coming out at the beginning of August. They should have a few better features than the Asus, will be newer tech anddddd will give u the option for quad sli for the future

Personnaly before finallising my spec i was'nt sure between the crossfire ATI's and the single geforce 7950. Since then however i've been posting like mad and came out thinking the 7950 would be better.

This was quoted from AndyOcUk from the OcUk tech dept...

the 7950GX2 is basically as good as 2 Radeons in crossfire and is much more stable. If you look around, ATi have had some driver and stability issues in crossfire of late but, to be fair, crossfire has emerged 18 months later than SLi and its probably the usual teething troubles in the months after a product launch. (BUT the 7950's are 10 times quieter than the 1900XTs.

Its also cheaper.

Hope this helps

Oh yeah how do you like the Dell and is it revision AO2? Im probably gonna get one also

Cjay

 

[Drake]

I think mines only A01 cos I ordered it as soon as OcUK put them up, even so the only time I notice banding and it is very very slight is if I stare at a section of clear sky in a game. In allhonestly if no one had told me what banding was when I ordered it I doubt id of even noticed it.

Hm and that does make the 7950 sound very tempting..

 

[cjayjay]

quieter, less power consumption, virtually equal performance, more reliable, easier to install, colder, newer tech, possibility for quad sli and cheaper by over £100

Just thought i'd tell you a few of the reasons why i chose my 7950 over the ATI's

EDIT: And its a good overclocker

Cjay

 

[Drake]

Have you already built your system then? what mothetboard did you use to get both Conroe and SLI working together?

 

[GhostRider]

Looks like a good spec. I'd get an 6600 and overclock that.

I presume you have a big monitor and are happy with your current keyboard, mouse and speakers. Otherwise i can't see anything else that you've forgot.

wait floppy drive

 

[cjayjay]

The new intel nforce 5 sli mobos however should be coming out at the beginning of August. They should have a few better features than the Asus, will be newer tech anddddd will give u the option for quad sli for the future

Havn't built it yet. Going to wait for the new intel boards to come out. Should be a matter of weeks then im going to order my system - Cant wait!!

Cjay

 

[Drake]

I presume you have a big monitor and are happy with your current keyboard, mouse and speakers. Otherwise i can't see anything else that you've forgot.

Yea I only just bought a Dell 2407, Logitech z-5500s, Razer Copperhead and Saitek Eclipse so im good for all the extras.

And I think ill be doing what you are doing cjayjay, I did want to go Nvidia anyway after having problems with my current x800 xt pe. I opted ATI again at first because people warned me there could be problems making SLI work with Conroe.. just have to be patient I guess.

I just hope when I fianly get all this kit together I can get it built without too many issues as this will be my first ever self built rig.

 

[cjayjay]

I did want to go Nvidia anyway after having problems with my current x800 xt pe.....I just hope when I fianly get all this kit together I can get it built without too many issues as this will be my first ever self built rig.

Exactly the same thing for me bro.....Part from i had an x600

Best of luck with the new rig!!!

Cjay