New Build PC - Spec, Price and Compatiability

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 18:14

In the next couple of weeks, I am going to be building a new PC primarily for gaming, I DO have a budget of £1000, I've priced up (what I feel is) a decent setup and would really appreciate if somebody could please have a look at the components selected and make any alterations/additions. Please bear in mind I have a £1000 budget and have already gone over it by a little. Thanks for any input.

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz £111.61

Motherboard
Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £146.86

Memory
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £211.49

Graphics Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £234.99

Harddrive
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £65.79

CPU Cooler
Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler with Fan Controller (LGA775) £19.96

SOundCard
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £89.29

Case
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £68.14

Power Supply
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £64.61

DVD Drive
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.96

Keyboard & Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) £27.01

Paste
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.04

Total £1066.75

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 18:25

I was looking at the 8800 range, any suggestions on a suitable mobo to run the sli and cpu compatiability (also wifi is a must). Thanks.

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 18:48

Thanks for the help guys, so If I was to have the Asus P5K-E Wifi P35 as opposed to the more expensive Deluxe version, it would all run together? And regarding an OS, is it logical for me to assume that I could stick with XP professional (legit OEM, never activated). As it's a system for gaming I have been hearing that XP out performs Vista and I didn't want to upgrade until it is a more established platform. Or should I just plump out for Vista 64bit.

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 18:58

I understand the need for DX10, but I know that Crysis will even support 9.0C. However, I was unware of 4gb of RAM and 64bit support. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I have been reading though that purchasing Vista OEM's effectively lock the copy to one specific motherboard, meaning futher OEM purchases if the motherboard were to fail or is upgraded. I couldn't afford to by Vista retail -_-

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 19:37

System Spec Ver.2

Made a few changes due to several much welcome suggestions from people who have posted such as Motherboard, Soundcard, RAM and the addition of Vista 64bit. Anyone want to please give it a quick scan to just check that everything will run together?

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.33GHz £111.61

Motherboard
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.24

Memory
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £176.24

Graphics Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £234.99

Harddrive
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £65.79

CPU Cooler
Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler with Fan Controller (LGA775) £19.96

SOundCard
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard £52.86

Case
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £68.14

Power Supply
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £64.61

DVD Drive
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.96

Keyboard & Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) £27.01

Paste
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.04

OS
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £64.61

Total £1042.06

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 20:35

Thanks. Noted and taken onboard. Around the £1,050 isn't really that bad

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2007 at 20:47

wow, thanks for the post, i'll definitely give it much consideration. A quad core is definitely something that I would like to have as is 4gb of RAM, it will all come down to affordability at the end of the day. But I have a few weeks to get the funds so anything is possible aslong as I am sensible with spending.