New Build - Power System

vorm · 22 May 2007 at 16:43

New build. Have I missed anything and do I need to change anything?

Newbie, so critisism welcomed.

2 x Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £33.98 (£39.92)

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00765) £109.99 (£129.24)

2x GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £99.98 (£117.48)

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £224.99 (£264.36)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99 (£99.86)

CoolerMaster Ammo 533 Aluminum (No PSU) - Silver £42.99 (£50.51)

Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99 (£123.36)

2x Western Digital WDSC50RCW Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable £11.98 (£14.08)

Abit AB9 Pro WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86)

2x Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £123.98 (£145.68)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £314.99 (£370.11)

Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £544.99 (£640.36)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket775) £16.99 (£19.96)

Sub Total : £1,799.83
Shipping : £24.95
VAT : £319.34

Total : £2,144.12

Cupra · 22 May 2007 at 16:58

firslty your sig is to big 4 lines max

what is the pc to be used for do you want to overclock it

whats your full budget?

do you need 2 moniters?

vorm · 22 May 2007 at 17:08

Corrected, thanks. Don't want two monitors

I've never dabbled with o/c'ing but don't see why not. The PC is for gaming primarily and whilst I have no budget limit, I don't want to waste money!

semi-pro waster · 22 May 2007 at 19:21

I'd change the DVDRW drives to SATA models probably.
I'd change the OS to a 64bit version since you appear to want 4gb Ram which will not be fully utilised on a 32bit OS.
PSU is good.
Case is personal preference provided you have checked that the graphics card fits.
I'd probably change the motherboard for a Gigabyte DS3P, cheaper and hits higher FSB speeds.
You don't really need the Secure-connect cables plus I don't know if they work with anything other than WD drives.
Graphics card is good.
CPU might be better as the Q6600, cheaper and you can overclock to at least the same as the QX6700.
Cooler is decent but I'd pick a Noctua NH-U12F or Tuniq Tower instead as they are better.

Cupra · 22 May 2007 at 20:46

i kept the same case as you wanted but changed a few things

faster than your build

memory is better, hdd,s are faster, mobo is better for a quad and has full sli support for the future, cooler is better, and cpu is faster

semi-pro waster · 22 May 2007 at 20:56

paul_64l fair enough to most of your specification since a lot of it comes down to personal preference but why the QX6800? It is incredibly expensive for what is a fairly minor speed bump.

mk17 · 22 May 2007 at 22:03

semi-pro waster said:
paul_64l fair enough to most of your specification since a lot of it comes down to personal preference but why the QX6800? It is incredibly expensive for what is a fairly minor speed bump.

I'm inclined to agree, i.e. nice spec, but I'd switch the cpu for an X3220, the £420 price saving would allow an extra couple of hard-drives and a 4-port RAID controller and still save over £200. that's just my opinion though.

If it were me, I'd be inclined to hold off until the end of July and see what happens to prices

Cupra · 22 May 2007 at 22:22

tbh if it was me id go e6600 for cheaper till july tbh

get this then sell the e6600 and change it in july

sli gtx for the win

and 1 terrabyte of rai0+1

more money can be saved tho buy using 1 gtx and 2 hdd's ect all down to personal preferance as nothing pushes 1 gtx tbh

mk17 · 22 May 2007 at 22:46

very nice

drop one gfx and you've a supreme spec for sub-2K.

vorm · 23 May 2007 at 09:58

So you think dropping the cash on the extra gfx board is better than the quad cpu eh?

Interesting.

From what your saying though, there's an expexted Intel price drop just around the corner anyway.

I'm selling the house atm and will probably wait until we get into the new house before starting this little project.

semi-pro waster · 23 May 2007 at 10:10

I wouldn't bother with SLi for a 22" monitor, it is extra expense and hassle which is simply not needed for the size of the screen. If it was a 24" or larger screen then it does have a point but at this level I don't think it does.

hyper_piper45 · 23 May 2007 at 10:11

i don't understand why paul_64l has gone for slower ram. I would stick with the geil, especially as it is so cheap right now!

semi-pro waster · 23 May 2007 at 10:23

hyper_piper45 said:
i don't understand why paul_64l has gone for slower ram. I would stick with the geil, especially as it is so cheap right now!

Simple answer, the Crucial Ballistix PC5300 C3 uses the same chips as the PC8500 version so it overclocks brilliantly. I'd generally prefer 2x2gb myself as it allows more space for expansion but it isn't really vital.

vorm · 23 May 2007 at 10:33

Ok, so here's another one. Is there any benefit in going Vista 64 apart from being able to support 4gigs of ram?

Does it limit what can be run on it to just 64 bit applications or versions of games? Sorry if this sounds like a retarded question. We've all got to start somewhere!

stickroad · 23 May 2007 at 10:38

This system is under buget and will be plenty of power for you: If your getting VISTA 64bit is the best option for you.

Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink

Abit AB9 Quad GT (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB X4

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI

Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer x2

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Total : £1,933.82

vorm · 23 May 2007 at 13:59

What do you guys think about this?

Base unit £849.00

Code:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core Processor 
2048MB Corsair DDR II 667 Memory 
400GB SATA II Seagate Ultra Fast Hard Disk 
NEC 7170 Multi Format DVD/CD ReWriter 
nVidia GeForce 7900GS 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card 
Intel Core 2 Duo Deluxe Motherboard 
Sony Floppy Disk Drive 
DVD/CD ROM Drive 
19” Widescreen TFT 5MS Flat Panel Screen 
Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 
Creative Inspire 5800 5.1 Speaker System 
12 x USB2 Ports 
Firewire

upgraded to

Intel Quad 6600 £279.00
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB £299.00
500w Silent PSU £29.00
22" Widescreen DVI & VGA 5MS £95.00
UK Delivery £40.00

£1,591.00
including VAT

semi-pro waster · 23 May 2007 at 14:13

vorm said:
What do you guys think about this?

I think you shouldn't be posting links to competitors, the system isn't terrible but for the budget I'm sure you can do better and you are getting stiffed on the delivery. £40 - yeah right. In fact I've just specified almost exactly the same on OcUK but with almost certainly a better case, double the Ram, a better cooler and PSU for about £80 less.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £49.99
(£58.74) £99.98
(£117.48)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £314.99
(£370.11) £314.99
(£370.11)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £163.99
(£192.69) £163.99
(£192.69)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £291.99
(£343.09) £291.99
(£343.09)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speakers - Retail £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £1,261.86
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £24.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £225.19
Total : £1,512.00

vorm · 23 May 2007 at 15:06

Ahh, sorry for stepping on toes. I keep forgetting this is a forum for the store and not just a tech forum

my bad!

But the spec highlighted by you certainly measures up. I need to read the info on putting these things together.

semi-pro waster · 23 May 2007 at 15:12

vorm said:
Ahh, sorry for stepping on toes. I keep forgetting this is a forum for the store and not just a tech forum my bad!

Don't worry about it too much but do remove the link otherwise a moderator will probably remove it for you. The specification can stay but the link can't.

Putting a PC together is pretty simple, even if it is your first time, there are plenty of guides available. Corsair had a good one if memory serves.

//edit here is one with pictures.

vorm · 23 May 2007 at 15:36

Done. And thanks for the link. Much appreciated.