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[mdixson]

Okay too specs:

or

Which would you build? Is DDR3 worth it? Your thoughts please...

 

[semi-pro waster]

Can I have the 3rd option please? Neither of the above. I've kept some of the basics but this option saves you about £65 and gives you an 8800GTX as well as 2x2gb of Ram so that you can still upgrade further in future.

Asus P5K WS Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC) £144.99
(£170.36) £144.99
(£170.36)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM £254.99
(£299.61) £254.99
(£299.61)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Sub Total : £777.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £137.88
Total : £925.77

 

[Gunther]

for the moment DDR 3 is a waste of money, with the Q6600 teamed up with pc6400c4 ram you'll be anle to reach speeds is excess of 3.2 GHZ without stressing the ram.
what do you think of the following.

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[romperstomper]

yeah yeah option 3 but with option 1 cooler imo

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'd take option four:

It's very much like semi-pro's spec but uses RAM that's on sale and a little more sensible motherboard.

Perhaps there's still a bad taste in my mouth after my nightmare of a time spent with a P5K-WS.