Need Some Advice on this spec

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Processor (CPU)


Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard


ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

Operating System


WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

USB Options


6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk


250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive

20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

Graphics Card


1024MB GEFORCE 8600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT


Sound Card


Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio 7.1: £28

Network Facilities


ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (P5K)

Case


Stylish Silver/Black Sigma case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling


700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Processor Cooling

ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER (£36)




got a quote for 699 inc P&P

advice please.
 
The memory is a bit slow, and the cooler could be better. Graphics is a little weak. Depends what you want to use it for, its ok but not great
 
I wouldnt have thought so. I've just put it together using ocuk, everything but the case and the graphics card cos ocuk dont stock them, but its only come to £466 so far, £230 for an average case and ok graphics card is a little steep.
 
Umm, I'd be inclined to say no. 1024mb of video ram on the 8600gt is completely wasted as it is so slow it can barely make full use of 256mb, it therefore just seems like a part designed to drive the cost of the system up.

EDIT - Just for consideration, see below:

Case - Antec P182
Power Supply - Corsair hx520w
Motherboard - Abit IP35
CPU - Intel e6750
RAM - 2gb Geil pc2-6400c4
Graphics Card - Sapphire radeon hd2900 pro 512mb
Harddrive - Samsung Spinpoint S 250gb
Operating System - Vista Home Premium 32bit
Optical Drive - Samsung 20x dvdrw lightscribe black retail

That's for £702.49 including shipping. It's similar for the most part but the graphics card is considerably faster. The onboard sound you will get is just as good as what you'd find on the cheapest X-Fi. I'm sure someone will be able to put together something even more desirable and cheaper still.
 
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The graphics card is just a placeholder for the 8800gt, which I think comes out tomorrow, so by the time you buy, you could get one of those. It should be around the same price, but a bit quicker I believe. The Q6600 should make it as future proof as possible, but you could always cut that back a bit to save some cash
 
BENdage spec is pretty much what I would recommend too, obviously swap the CPU so you can get Vista.
But at this point in time, is a waste of money to buy anything other than an 8800GT, since they come out tomorrow.
 
because they plan to release a newer GTS that is faster than the current GTX, (id'e imagine in the future they'll release a GTX that is faster than the Ultra)
 
Morning all. In answer to your previous question, its 32 bit vista , but 32 and 64 cost the same so the choice is yours. Overclocking will reduce the life of the CPU very slightly in most cases I believe, however, CPUs last years and years anyway, so rest assured you'd have got rid of it long before it dies. It doesnt really do any serious damage unless you get a bit overexcited and run huge voltages through it.

I still have on old Athlon 1700 DLT3C JIUHB running in my server 24/7, its been overclocked from 1.46 to 2.5 Ghz since the moment I got it about 5 - 6 years ago. The only reasons it has been tured off is when I moved, and when there is a power cut. Shows no signs of dying yet.

Dont know yet if the 8800gt is out. Its not on the ocuk website, and checked a few competitiors this morning too and cant find it, it may be a few days before retailers get hold of stock
 
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