Need help Getting my Spec Down in price

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:17

Hi ya guys i am trying to get my spec down to £750 or may be a £755 sorry can not afford anymore, to get my spec i just mostly copied the spec shaffaaf27 does, tho i think some price have increase and some have decrease :confused:

, would it be possble for some one to help, tho the two things i want to keep are the screen and the case becuase they look great and will fit my room.

thx for the help, will be buying to night or in the moring so i can get it for friday, so i have the whole week end to build, one more thing this is my first build so sorry if anything is wrong

2Thumbs · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:20

You don't need Arctic Silver 5 as there's already MX-2 pre-applied on the Freezer7.

You could go for a P35-DS3L that's in the B-Grade section which will drop your total by £20.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-099-GI

icey_haj · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:23

Change the cpu to E5200 and your total will work out to be £756.54

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:26

would rather not buy b grade stuff as i have hurd that it does not come with some of the wire or a short warrient potentiona, and since this is my first build dont want to risk anything, thx for the advice about the artic silver, will the cpu come with some sort of thermal paste, to put on it or do i not need to?

£5 down only £30 to go guys

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:28

how much slower will the E5200 make the rig compared to the wolfdale, as i have no clue about cpu's, what the differents

Freelanc3r · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:28

Use your old keyboard and mouse? And get the new ones at a later date when you have the money. Or you could changed the antec 900 to the 300.

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:32

using my old keyboard, but need a new mouse, as the old one broke last week, the thing is i really like the antic 900, it got that compartment at the top, so i can keep my ipod there, and it comes with all the fan where as i think i would need to buy some with the antec 300

Pilky01 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:33

Swap the case for the antec 300.

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:39

ok guy changed the speakers. 2 some cheap 5 pound one so only need another £23 off, rather not change the case, come on guy we can do it

Ben M · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:40

change the RAM for some pc6400 stuff

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...l Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)

*Chris · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:42

Remove vista - problem solved!

Or do the above^^, was going to be my recommendation but hey

Edward01 · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:44

ditch the frezzer 7 and use stock for the moment?

Slashiem · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:44

qwerty321 said:
Swap the case for the antec 300.

This.

icey_haj said:
Change the cpu to E5200 and your total will work out to be £756.54

Then this.

Also change the RAM to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...l Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)

2Thumbs · 10 Sep 2008 at 19:44

ali825 said:
will the cpu come with some sort of thermal paste, to put on it or do i not need to?

As I said, the Freezer7 comes with Arctic Cooling MX-2 pre-applied.

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:01

ok guy got their, will you guy be able to check weather their are any incompatibilities or problems or anything that i should change

fobose · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:13

ali825 said:
will you guy be able to check weather their are any incompatibilities

I am sorry but that case in incompatible with my eyes. Get the antec 300, it looks so much better and its cheaper!

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:16

lol i like the case, why dont you like it fobose, besides that is there any reason not to get the spec, the reason i like it is because it nice and big so plenty of room for me to work in since it is my first build, and i think it looks cool lol

fobose · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:20

I dont like case windows, I dont like the way how the case has that "extra" looking bit on the top of it and I really hate LED fans (not to mention LED's anyway).

The antec 300 comes with a top 140mm fan, but you could buy two of these cheap fans for the front, which are quiet and shift quite a bit of air:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin

The rest of the spec looks fine though, cant see you would have any problems with it.

ali825 · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:26

no worries fobose, sound like valid reason not to like the case, thx for saying the spec ok, just so nervus about this being my first spec, dont want anything to be wrong.

fobose · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:31

One last thing, I really wouldn't bother with those speakers as they are going to sound awful. Do you not have a headset or ear phones you could use till you could get some better speakers?

I cant believe the price Vista has gone up to, it was £62 the other day I swear! Although I have seen it for £65 inc delivery if you look around.