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mkeats02

mkeats02

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Right ok, looking to build a a machine in the near future, on not a massive budget

Case
-Thermaltake Tsunami Dream

PSU
-Hiper 630W HPU-4M630-PE 85% Efficiency, w/8P PCI-E, UK

Motherboard
-MSI P7N Sli Platinum Motherboard - Skt 775 - NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI, DDR2-1066/800/667
-Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz
-Asus P5Q Pro - Intel P45 Chipset - Socket 775 - PCI Express - DDR2 - Firewire Motherboard, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz
-Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R - Intel P45 - S775 - PCI-E (x16) - DDR2 1366+/1066/800/667 - SATA II - ATX
-Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3 - P45 + ICH10R - Socket 775 - DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 - DDR2 1066/800/667 - PCI-E (x16) ATX Motherboard

I have no idea which of these is best and all similar price

Processor
- Intel Quad Core Q6600 95Watt G0 Stepping
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

From what I read E8500 is the one to go for out of these three

Grpahics Card
- Nvidia 9800 GT
- Nvidia 9800 GTX +
- ATI 4850

Probably 512mb

Memory
- Geil Black Dragon PC2-6400 800Mhz 4GB Kit (2x2GB)

Hard drive
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB

Optical Drive
- Samsung Lightscribe S223Q

Cooling
- ThermalTake Max Orb CPU Cooler

OS
- Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Any thoughts, comments suggestions greatly appreciated
 
Scrap the Thermaltake case. They suck, to put it bluntly. Buy an Antec 300 or Lian Li PC7 or a Hiper Osiris instead.

Get the ATi 4850.

Get the Asus P5Q Pro motherboard.

Swap the PSU for a Corsair.
 
Thanks for the advice, I have to say I like the look of the Antec 300 and I have seen nothing but good reviews and for that and Corsair PSU's.
 
I can also recommend the antec 300 and corsair psu's. I would choose the e8400 if it were going to be a gaming pc and then overclock it. If it was not for gaming then I would go for the q6600.
 
I agree with the others, go for an antec 300 case, great for the price.

Well done on getting rid of the hiper, corsair are much better.

For the motherboard, go for a P45, this one is really good

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I'd go with the E8400, great little overclocker.

Maybe up the ram to 4gb PC2-8500, but depends on how much you want to overclock the CPU.

Definitely go for the 4850, best out of the 3 you picked.
 
what benefit would PC2-8500 give over the 6400 in terms of overclocking potential and speed in general ? Considering it would be an additional £30-£40 more.

Thanks
 
Good choice to repick the corsair psu, get antec 300 case, my brothers pc has the antec 300 case and its nice to work with and can tidy up the cables quite nicely.
 
Ok, so I've just been reading about a number of Corsair failures

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17943295

In the light of that I'm considering chaging my PSU
- Thermaltake W0103 Toughpower 600Watt ATX Power Supply
- OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
- Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel
- Gigabyte ODIN GT 550W ATX2.2 Dual-SLi Compliant Modular PSU

In addition I notice

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

or would I be better of getting?

- Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 "Golden Sample" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
- Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS Extreme 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Any thoughts on the above or the 6400 vs 8500 memory?
 
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