My new PC (roughly £800)

erbismi · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:01

Im considering these components for my new pc im going to build, just wonderin if anyone has any advice:
-E6600, Gigabyte 965P DS3, Geil PC2-6400C4 DDR2 OcUK Bundle Deal
-8800 GTS 320MB
-Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
-Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
-OcUK Value Hanns-G HC194D 19" LCD Monitor
-Raidmax Saggita with 500w PSU
-Win XP
-Belkin F5D7000UK 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter
Ill use it mainly for Gaming and game development, and i probably wont overclock.

Jaffa_Cake · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:15

That is a rather nasty plastic cheapy case with a cheap PSU which I would strongly recommend AGAINS't especially with a GTS at stake.

You need to remove the competitor link sharpish.

You would want a SATA optical drive, lets you disable IDE for faster boot and performance + its faster. I would strongly stay away from a cheap plastic case with a cheap plastic PSU in it.

I would spec you this for performance and build quality:

stickroad · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:23

Jaffa_Cake said:
That is a rather nasty plastic cheapy case with a cheap PSU which I would strongly recommend AGAINS't especially with a GTS at stake.

You need to remove the competitor link sharpish.

You would want a SATA optical drive, lets you disable IDE for faster boot and performance + its faster. I would strongly stay away from a cheap plastic case with a cheap plastic PSU in it.

I would spec you this for performance and build quality:

Agree with Jaffa to be honest. I would be very inclided though to change the screen to this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-003-AS

Only slightly more expensive but it is a very very nice screen. Its also Widescreen.

erbismi · 27 Jun 2007 at 13:50

Ok, hows this for a case, it may be cheap, but the reviews are very good:
LINK

melbourne720 · 27 Jun 2007 at 14:03

I'd reconsider not overclocking - it's free performance and we can talk you through it if you get stuck.

You'll be able to get a cheaper processor that way, and still have the same performance.

Jaffa_Cake · 27 Jun 2007 at 16:01

erbismi said:
Ok, hows this for a case, it may be cheap, but the reviews are very good:
LINK

Yes but cant use top hdd or the GTS won't fit in.

See here http://www.tosk.co.uk/8800/

It's quite a good case actually for the price.

erbismi · 27 Jun 2007 at 19:13

So does this mean there is a place for the HDD to go, with just a limit on the number of HDDs that will fit with the GTS?

This will be my first build, and I really dont want to mess anything up. Thanks for your advice guys.