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

scoopex · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:24

I ordered the lot from overclockers today.

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.

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)

scoopex · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:02

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

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.