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Hi all,
im looking into building my first rig in about 3 - 4 years, I will mainly use it for gaming, surfing the web, web design. The problem is im a bit rusty with what to buy etc. I've had a nose around the forum and came up with this.
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (£104.56)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail(£215.01)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (£205.61)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) (£135.11)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (£121.01)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£99.86)
2 * Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £ (£23.38)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (£16.44)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU (£103.38)
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM(£21.56)
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£192.69)
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey(£610.99)
Plus £24.09 shipping
Total = £1878.93
Once the price drops a bit more I will be buying buy a 8800GTX. What I wanna know is can I change any of the components for cheaper items without compromising the performance?? . I will be looking to overclock, but would also like a fairly future proof machine(if thats possible?? lol).. I was thinking of getting a DS4 instead of the EVGA, what would be the better buy??
Sorry if I've rambled a bit, I would really appreciate any advice..
Cheers
Ricky
im looking into building my first rig in about 3 - 4 years, I will mainly use it for gaming, surfing the web, web design. The problem is im a bit rusty with what to buy etc. I've had a nose around the forum and came up with this.
Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (£104.56)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail(£215.01)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (£205.61)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) (£135.11)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (£121.01)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£99.86)
2 * Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £ (£23.38)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (£16.44)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU (£103.38)
Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM(£21.56)
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£192.69)
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey(£610.99)
Plus £24.09 shipping
Total = £1878.93
Once the price drops a bit more I will be buying buy a 8800GTX. What I wanna know is can I change any of the components for cheaper items without compromising the performance?? . I will be looking to overclock, but would also like a fairly future proof machine(if thats possible?? lol).. I was thinking of getting a DS4 instead of the EVGA, what would be the better buy??
Sorry if I've rambled a bit, I would really appreciate any advice..
Cheers
Ricky