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Dan2kx

Dan2kx

Dan2kx

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After months of careful deliberation i have finally purchased the ultimate system (below)
This build includes all the best hardware available from OcUK (my favorite site in the world ever (discount would be good)) 2 build the ultimate PC (and some extra cheap bits for my brother to use)

and like the title suggests ive got quite a rush too!!!

Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Orange Data Cable 4 £11.96 (£14.05)
Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754/775) CPU Cooler 1 £38.99 (£45.81)
Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail 2 £33.98 (£39.93)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - Retail 1 £19.99 (£23.49)
Samsung SM-931C 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black 1 £144.99 (£170.36)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 1 £55.99 (£65.79)
Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGA1000EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU 1 £194.99 (£229.11)
Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit 1 £3.90 (£4.58)
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE UV DAY-GLO Cable (0.45m) - Orange 1 £5.50 (£6.46)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM 2 £137.98 (£162.13)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM 2 £251.98 (£296.08)
Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1 £559.99 (£657.99)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 1 £119.99 (£140.99)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) 2 £299.98 (£352.48)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) 1 £109.99 (£129.24)
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 XT ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195XT256DV-R) 1 £159.99 (£187.99)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black 2 £9.98 (£11.73)
Akasa Rounded Floppy UV DAY-GLO Cable (0.45m) - Orange 1 £2.75 (£3.23)
Belkin 5-Port USB 2.0 PCI Card (F5U220) 1 £21.25 (£24.97)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) 1 £49.99 (£58.74)
Belkin Pro Series Hi-Speed USB 2.0 A-B Printer/Device Cable - 3m (CU1000AED10) 1 £2.95 (£3.47)
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers (Black) - Retail 1 £69.99 (£82.24)
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - No PSU 1 £21.99 (£25.84)
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) 1 £23.99 (£28.19)
BenQ FP91G+ 19" LCD Monitor 1 £117.99 (£138.64)
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri): £54.95 (£64.57)
Order Total: £2,526.02 (£2968.07)

+ a netgear 270mbps ADSL2+ wireless router from another site (sold out on overclockers whilst i was putting the list together!! damn!!)
 
You bought 2 cases?

I think you overspent on the PSU, and underspent on the graphics card. Also, I'd have gone with a different motherboard.

But all in all, you have way too much money to be throwing around like that! :p
 
i have an old 478 p4 and motherboard with agp that was part of my old (2 years old) build that im gna throw together for my mum dad and bro to use (need a new (cheap) box and screen amd a copy of XP home).

the graphics card is just until the Dx10 ati cards come out (r600) of course! im a crossfire guy! (never liked nvidia... dont know y?)

and the power supply is gna be needed if i get two of those (r600) bad boys!!!

and i like the p5w dh's features (and its crossfire) and 975 chips are good i do believe!
 
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If you want to wait for R600, get the 1950 PRO.

Get silverstone 1000W, it has the Pci-e 8 pin connector meant for ATI upcoming cards.

And those components used on a 19" screen. well done.
 
i was goin to get the pro but the HIS was outta stock and the sappire didnt exhaust and neither does the powercolor so i bit the bullet and thought well for an extra £30 i might as well get the XT (its not wasted tho cos i have another PC to put it in wen the r600 eventually hits the shops!)
and to i didnt look into the power supply bit.... the galaxy comes with a 6 pin i think (rathere than the old 4 pin) but i didnt know the r600 (and others) need an 8 pin... is that right then?? will i need to get a new power supply!?

and to comment on the screen... i got the samsung bordueax (spelling??) 32" lcd tv not so long ago (from OcUK of course) and the new monitor (samsung 931c 19") matches perfectly! its fate!
lol
 
Hornchurch said:
+1, If he's going all out he should atleast get a 24" Dell or bigger.
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i dont like widescreens, prefer the square, did see the 20.1" dell (being the biggest on OcUK (unless im mistaken)) but didnt see the point in the extra money (twice as much)! (and its out of stock!)
 
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naffa said:
Get a GTS as a minimum if you're going to be going quad core. Having an X1950 with a Kentsfield doesn't seem right. :(
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The x1950 is only for the short term... long term is to wait for the ati r600 Dx10 cards!! and possibly crossfire them!!!!
 
what about one of these:
http://www.**********/images/products/560973-A.jpg
£305.49 Inc VAT

Manufacturer: XFX
Form Factor: ATX
CPU Socket: 775
FSB/HT Speed: 1333 MHz
Chipset: NF680i SLI
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Type (ECC): Non-ECC
Memory Type (R/U): Unbuffered
Memory Speed (Mhz): 533, 667, 800
Memory Capacity: 8Gb
On Board VGA: No
Graphics Interface: PCI-E (x16)
SLI: Yes
Core 2 Duo: Yes
Crossfire: No
HDCP: No
Expansion Slots: 2 x PCI (32 bit)
1 x PCI-E
2 x PCI-Express (x1)
2 x PCI-Express (x16 Graphics)
1 x PCI-Express (x8)
SATA: SATA II
RAID: SATA RAID
SCSI: No
MODT: No
Back Panel: 2 x 10/100/1000 (LAN)
1 x 7.1 Audio I/O
1 x Firewire (6pin)
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x SPDIF-Out
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
Internal I/O: 1 x 24pin (V)
1 x 4pin Molex (V)
1 x 8pin (V)
1 x Floppy
1 x IDE
4 x Memory Slots
4 x SATA II
1 x USB2.0/1.1 Header
 
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well too late now i placed the order yesterday, but as mensioned earlier the x1950 is just temporary until the ati Dx10 cards hit the fans (tehe) and i went with a slightly better version (the XT) because i can plonk it into my current PC in replace of my x800.

cant wait till tomorrow tho, hope it comes first thing!!
 
Dan2kx said:
i dont like widescreens, prefer the square, did see the 20.1" dell (being the biggest on OcUK (unless im mistaken)) but didnt see the point in the extra money (twice as much)! (and its out of stock!)
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You don't see the point in spending a bit extra to get a decent monitor to use the full potential of your rig, yet you can justify spending £650 on a CPU?
 
Dingleberry88 said:
You don't see the point in spending a bit extra to get a decent monitor to use the full potential of your rig, yet you can justify spending £650 on a CPU?
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i think the samsung 931c 19" with a 2ms response time is good enough for me
and like i said i dont like widescreen monitors much, so the biggest on OcUK is a 19" otherthan the 20.1" dell

so forgive me but i think u are wrong!
 
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