Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £125.71
Akasa AK-ICR-01 Internal Card Reader £11.74
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £21.14
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £85.76
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £68.14
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £91.64
Asus Blitz Formula Special Edition Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £170.36)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit £140.98
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 1024MB GDDR4 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £311.36
I chose the 1024mb x2900 as i am planning to get a 30" screen sometime soon & would like to add a 2600 in crossfire mode to hgelp drive a possible HD setup.
The RAM - I have Vista Ultimate 64bit from my MSDN subscription and 4gb is desirable when I'm working especially running some virtual machines for testing. Is the chosen ram overkill/just right/better options?
I havent included cooling as 'phase 2' is to get water cooling in - Im not intending to overclock until thats inplace/systems settled in.
I'd very much appreciate critiques/suggestions but please leave out any ati vs nvidia stuff
- I have decided to go the x2900 route with crossfire in mind in in a future upgrade.
The above build come out at around £1042 incl, prices above are inc VAT. Budget is £1100 give or take a few pounds
The machine will be my primary development and gaming machine. I am into MMORPG such as eq2/lotro and have beta tests for some of the very demanding ones in development.
thanks in advance for the input!
Akasa AK-ICR-01 Internal Card Reader £11.74
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £21.14
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £85.76
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £68.14
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £91.64
Asus Blitz Formula Special Edition Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £170.36)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit £140.98
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 1024MB GDDR4 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £311.36
I chose the 1024mb x2900 as i am planning to get a 30" screen sometime soon & would like to add a 2600 in crossfire mode to hgelp drive a possible HD setup.
The RAM - I have Vista Ultimate 64bit from my MSDN subscription and 4gb is desirable when I'm working especially running some virtual machines for testing. Is the chosen ram overkill/just right/better options?
I havent included cooling as 'phase 2' is to get water cooling in - Im not intending to overclock until thats inplace/systems settled in.
I'd very much appreciate critiques/suggestions but please leave out any ati vs nvidia stuff
- I have decided to go the x2900 route with crossfire in mind in in a future upgrade.The above build come out at around £1042 incl, prices above are inc VAT. Budget is £1100 give or take a few pounds
The machine will be my primary development and gaming machine. I am into MMORPG such as eq2/lotro and have beta tests for some of the very demanding ones in development.
thanks in advance for the input!
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