Need Help with choosing a new PC!

Jaffa_Cake said:
Sorry yes, indeed you are right. Had to go look that up.

Anyway, here is what I would spec. A little bit overbudget but it will clock well + its a GTX.

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As OP posted he would want to run Crysis at max settings. After seeing the trailer posted in the games section a few days ago I fail to see this happening at a £1000 budget.

If you really want that its best off waiting for it to be released.
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sorry to shoot you down again mate but that cooler wont fit the evga 680i hence why i speced the zalman (would sugest a tuniq but unsure if it fits in a pc-7)

also the crucial ram for the price is un beatable with reports of 1000mhz +
 
stinka said:
sorry to shoot you down again mate but that cooler wont fit the evga 680i hence why i speced the zalman (would sugest a tuniq but unsure if it fits in a pc-7)

also the crucial ram for the price is un beatable with reports of 1000mhz +
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Agh im not having a good day :cool:

Im just going to stick with what i've tried and tested and get the P35 DS3P mobo http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-085-GI
or indeed as you said go for the Zalman or tuniq.

The G.Skill is a higher stock clock and I have a friend who clocked it to speeds the same as the PC5300 with very similar VDIMM+. Not knowing how far the OP wishes to push his machine I figured a higher stock clock would be better for the purpose.
 
You guys are amazing, its really great to get a lot of feedback from all of ya and muchos appreciated!

I'll read up on the stuff you've posted and then put together my own posting of the components you've all mentioned then we can see if I'm on the ball or not ^ ^.
 
Well so far the E6600 processor, the 2GB ram, and the 8800 GTX 768mb OC card are definately going in my PC, the only thing I need to know now is a definative list of the other stuff I'm gonna need that will all work together with each other and be easy to assemble. So far theres been a few good suggestions but is there anything thats comprehensive that you could all agree on that would be perfect? Of course overclocking is a must and the more the better! :-)
 
if your overclocking i stand by my original spec, only change cooler perhaps if a tuniq tower fits in pc-7

but you have so many options and arguments and a lot of the time its down to personal preferance/opinion
 
Ok here we go!

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From what you guys have been saying here's a first draft of what I might get, what I need to know is if it will all work together, fit in the case, and run like silk, and is there anything missing? Again any feedback is much appreciated! :-)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04)

EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1)
(£176.24)

Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler
(£32.89)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£103.39)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£381.86)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£75.19)

Samsung SH-S182MBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£18.79)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £61.99
(£72.84)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00715)
(£75.19)

Total : £1,156.02
 
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Jaffa_Cake said:
Sorry yes, indeed you are right. Had to go look that up.

Anyway, here is what I would spec. A little bit overbudget but it will clock well + its a GTX.

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As OP posted he would want to run Crysis at max settings. After seeing the trailer posted in the games section a few days ago I fail to see this happening at a £1000 budget.

If you really want that its best off waiting for it to be released.
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very good spec jaffa if the op can wait for the a1 evga 680i hes on a winner coupled with the e6600 should be a nice rig same as what ive bought meself , my ram is team xtreem pc 6400 c4, a1 evga gives the option of quad core overclocking
 
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setter said:
very good spec jaffa if the op can wait for the a1 evga 680i hes on a winner coupled with the e6600 should be a nice rig same as what ive bought meself , ram is team xtreem pc 6400 c4 gives the option of quad core overclocking
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Unfortunatly I put the wrong G. Skill ram in that spec, The kit that overclocks really well is this, will overclock as high as the PC5300 at tighter timings. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-013-GS

I would love one of those boards. Saw bits off the Noctua till it fits on ( potentially a good idea?? :)
 
the reason i bought the team xtream was i heard it clocks very well, on my current system the memory is pretty good but the mainboard is pretty crap (lack of support or bios updates from msi)
 
I should probably go to bed, but got tomorrow off. yay. :)

I hope I can put this all together easily if I do get it, the crucial ram looks alright I think, but I dont mind paying bit more if its worth it ;)
 
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Jaffa_Cake said:
Unfortunatly I put the wrong G. Skill ram in that spec, The kit that overclocks really well is this, will overclock as high as the PC5300 at tighter timings. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-013-GS

I would love one of those boards. Saw bits off the Noctua till it fits on ( potentially a good idea?? :)
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i always used ocz on my amd systems, but when the team xtreem dropped in price so muich i had to bite 176.00 to 105.00 i got the last 2gb pair oc had in stock, just waiting on my new mobo (evga680ia1)
 
that ram is pretty good jaffa, my nephew bought 4gb from another company but hes interested in running vista 64, hes into video encoding and photoshop whereas im primarily a gamer
 
I'll buy the case and motherboard first and start assembling it step buy step, I already got a static band and sum tools from when I did a GPU upgrade a while back. Just as long as all this stuff isnt gonna blow up when I plug it in thats all I'm worried about.

Revised list on everyones recommendations!

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £125.99
(£148.04)

EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1)
(£176.24)

Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler
(£32.89)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£103.39)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£381.86)

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ)
(£93.99)

Samsung SH-S182MBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£18.79)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £61.99
(£72.84)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00715)
(£75.19)

£1,269.99 inc vat and Delivery

Just a bit over budget but what the hell!
 
stonking spec mate great choice of motherboard :D

imo id put a sata dvrw in instead to get rid of the ide cable

also if you can stretch another £18 id have 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB in raid 0. this is what i did and it makes so much difference to loading/boot times and allround use. also its very easy to set up
 
Ok I just ordered my case and Motherboard :-) Gonna wait for the price downs on the Processors ^ ^

Here's what I got:

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black 1 £49.99
EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1) 1 £149.99
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (967599-0120) 1 £47.99
Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail


I still super worried bout putting this together but I'm not Peter Griffin So I'll be ok hopefully!
 
I just bought a new set of parts on the recommendation of people on here mate. Never put a computer together before either but using the guide in the sticky on here and some common sense its all up and running smoothly :) You'll be fine, just take your time, its really quite easy to do!
 
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