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James07

James07

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Can you beat the parts for the prices?

My friend has said maybe a E8400 Due paired with a P5Q.. I have no idea but i want to start purchasing over the next couple of weeks so spec me away people :D

 
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e8400, p5q of your choice. Id get one which doesn't have the atx power sucket in a stupid place. Sunbeam core contact cooler. A power supply which doesn't have 'Basiq plus' in the title.

Do you need a monitor, and if not, what resolution is it?

e8400's hit 4ghz routinely, and a 4ghz core two duo is awesome. I'm posting from one now :)
 
Im buying a 20" monitor and changed the PSU, GPU and CPU, the mobo will suffice?

EDIT: See above or below..

 
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Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 Power Supply - Black Nickel
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
FSP Sparkle Epsilon 80PLUS 700W Power Supply

All about the same price as the one in your list.
 
Clairvoyant said:
Asus P5Q-E
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Clairvoyant said:
Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 Power Supply - Black Nickel
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
FSP Sparkle Epsilon 80PLUS 700W Power Supply

All about the same price as the one in your list.
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Suffice?
 
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I would consider Phenom II 720 and a 790 mobo instead of e8400. Same price, better performance IMO.
 
Better performance in what? I challenge you to support that with benchmarks

P5Q pro would do just as well as the P5Q-E. Big flaw in the vanilla P5Q is the power cable in the middle of the board.

Spec looks solid. Need to change it slightly if you're willing to overclock, but otherwise good to go. Check Antec's warranty system. OCZ's is fantastic, they replaced the last psu I killed with a far more expensive one. Takes a while though as they're in the Netherlands. So I'll stick with OCZ myself :)

Links^ meant back up your claim, not just show us a picture of the phenom. Performance isn't opinion, it's benchmarked
 
25 quid to move the power cable away from the middle of the board? Hell yes, that alone would drive me nuts.
On top of that you get crossfire, hence more sensible expansion slots. A second lan port, and critically, the same cooling you'd get with the P5Q deluxe or premium boards.

So yeah, I think the 25 quid is well spent there. You going to overclock this? Dramatically improves bang-per-buck if you do, plus it's fun :)

wbc appears to have posted a benchmark opposing his claim. The e8400 clocks pretty routinely to 4ghz. 775 is hardly dead, my ones are both doing very well thank you. I cannot say in day to day use I notice any difference whatsoever between a 3ghz dual core and a 3ghz quad. The difference makes itself known during design, folding, and rsync -c between ridiculously large folders.
 
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mobo wise check out the Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48, £99.99 inc VAT

if your going for a 20" monitor go for a 4850 or 4870 512mb.
 
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On which board? Not on the P5Q or the X48 gigabyte. On some of the phenom boards possibly.
Tri channel means more bandwidth. I'm not certain what that means in real terms, does good things for games I believe. Until recently it meant a massive price increase as well
 
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Do you really need the G15 keyboard? Up to you entirely, but I can happily game with my LX710
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1) The screen will make me feel like a geek :D

2) The extra keys will be ace for CSS :D

I might not even get it from OcUK, for ythe keyboard mouse and speakers i might look elsewhere on the cheep when i have spare money in my pocket whilst i save for the rest of the parts..

Im gonna buy a tv unit and mount slats on the inside so i can mount my 26" tv on the outside so i can still watch TV in bed, the build pics will be good :D
 
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