My first shuttle system

scoopex · 23 Mar 2006 at 15:17

Well after a bit of research i have come up with this SFF setup that will take me upto the release of windows vista and beyond.

I will be buying a powercolour ati 1900 xt-x pci-e card to install in the system.

Any thoughts ?

HD-058-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 250GB ST3250824AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-058-SE) £52.95 £105.90

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM) £277.95 £277.95

FS-059-SH Shuttle XPC SN26P Aluminium Barebones System - AMD 64 (Socket 939) (FS-059-SH) £339.95 £339.95

CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) £23.95 £23.95

MY-008-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS) £129.95 £129.95

Subtotal £877.70

Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.95

VAT £155.17

Total £1,041.82

ajgoodfellow · 23 Mar 2006 at 16:28

That looks good for me

If you're not considering SLI I'd consider the SN25P as it's cheaper.

If you don't wish to overclock then I'd get some low latency PC3200 ram over the PC4000 ram

scoopex · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:24

I ordered the lot from overclockers today.

ajgoodfellow · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:30

Enjoy it - what did you go for in the end?

scoopex · 23 Mar 2006 at 21:07

ajgoodfellow said:
Enjoy it - what did you go for in the end?

The whole lot, and thanks for your input earlier.

ajgoodfellow · 23 Mar 2006 at 21:22

No worries - it'll be a really nice PC!

scoopex · 24 Mar 2006 at 09:49

Just ordered these cards as the ati one i was getting from MM has an issue.

Goods Ordered (prices in GBP)

£149.95 x 2 - XFX GeForce 7800GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT70G-UDF7) (GX-070-XF)

ajgoodfellow · 24 Mar 2006 at 12:06

Those in SLI will be a fair bit quicker than the ATI card too

I'd watch out for temps though!

scoopex · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:02

Would you know if the unit comes with a cooling solution for the SLI cards ?

ajgoodfellow · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:10

It doesn't come with any speciailist cooling for the cards - you have to use the stock coolers supplied with the cards

scoopex · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:15

Thanks for that.

Once the gear arrives tomorrow i will upload a few pictures before i break it.

scoopex · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:10

KarlMcWade · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Nice rig mate
please say you didn't break it already that was only one photo

scoopex · 25 Mar 2006 at 15:53

KarlMcWade said:
Nice rig mate
please say you didn't break it already that was only one photo

Well the good news it booted up first time and i am well impressed with it so far.

I just have to stress test it then i can have a play with some settings.