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Phil22

Phil22

Phil22

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Hi I was wondering if these parts that iv chosen are any good/will all be compatible. Not very good when it comes to computers so any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

1. Antec P182 Special Edition Super Midi Tower Case
2. OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
3. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
4. Intel Extreme D975XBX2KR BAD AXE 2 975X PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
5. Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz
 
Phil22 said:
Hi I was wondering if these parts that iv chosen are any good/will all be compatible. Not very good when it comes to computers so any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

1. Antec P182 Special Edition Super Midi Tower Case
2. OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
3. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
4. Intel Extreme D975XBX2KR BAD AXE 2 975X PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
5. Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz
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Hello and Welcome to the Forums Phil, i think you can do slightly better than that, whats your maxiumun budget and what will you be primary using the pc for?
 
Hi Phil, welcome to OcUK.

Regarding your spec, yes they are all compatible HOWEVER;

The motherboard is using a very old chipset which I wouldn't recommend.
The CPU is rather overpriced and not worth the extra money over the E6600.

Looks pretty good apart from that.

Few other things, is this a complete spec for a new system? If it is you seem to have missed out the GFX card/Harddrives/DVD/CD.

What will the computer be used for and whats your total budget?

Will you be overclocking?

Edit: Dam you stickroad and your lightning reply.
 
Phil22 said:
Hi I was wondering if these parts that iv chosen are any good/will all be compatible. Not very good when it comes to computers so any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

1. Antec P182 Special Edition Super Midi Tower Case
2. OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
3. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
4. Intel Extreme D975XBX2KR BAD AXE 2 975X PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
5. Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz
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They're all compatible, but not necessarily the best for your money. If I were you I'd change the motherboard to the Gigabyte P35-DS3R, which uses the newer P35 chipset (which replaced the 975X chipset), and is significantly faster, particularly in memory bandwidth tests.

I'd also change the 6700 to a 6600, get a good HSF (like the Tuniq Tower) and overclock it, it'll easily reach the 6700 speeds and higher.

I'd also change the PSU for a corsair 520W.

Do you not need hard disk, optical drive, graphics card or monitor?

Edit: beaten not once but twice LOL.
 
Hi thanks a lot for the very fast replies. I would be using it for gaming primarily. I have a dell comp at the min so would take some parts from that, I have an ATI X1900 so hopefully that will do for just now. I will have to upgrade my RAM because I think the dell RAM has a strange number of pins or something that won’t fit a lot of motherboards. Max budget would prop be around £600. I was mainly upgrading for a new processor (CoH slows down quite a bit sometimes, using a 3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 just now which isn’t very good).

Phil
 
Sorted :p

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

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

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard

CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

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

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black

Total : £592.05
 
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Jaffa_Cake said:
Why the expensive RAM? If he is not looking for huge overclocks then the Giel PC6400 will be fine http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL and cheaper.

If you are overclocking I would take a serious look at the Ballistix PC5300, it overclocks like a monster.
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Expensive? a little more than other Memory but still in budget.

The Cellshock is great stuff and worth that little more, weather your going to overclock the system or not. Its not all about uber clocks you know.
 
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stickroad said:
Expensive? a little more but still in buget.

If he is doing overclocking the Cellshock is great stuff. Its not all about uber clocks you know.
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Giel PC6400 runs very well at stock & its £15 cheaper which is quite abit at a lower budget.

If you are looking for overclocking ram then the Crucial Ballistix PC5300 is also £15 cheaper and will overclock to 1000MHz.

You can then buy a slightly larger HDD or a Akasa Eclipse case :D
 
Jaffa_Cake said:
Giel PC6400 runs very well at stock & its £15 cheaper which is quite abit at a lower budget.

If you are looking for overclocking ram then the Crucial Ballistix PC5300 is also £15 cheaper and will overclock to 1000MHz.

You can then buy a slightly larger HDD or a Akasa Eclipse case :D
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Ok well thats your opoiun and mine is the Cellshock. I go for a relaiblitly factor not just if that particular Memory can be run at uber speeds.
 
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God thanks a lot for all the quick replies, you guys certainly work fast and know your stuff! I dont think I will overclock tbh, don’t know enough about it, but at the same time I want the games to run well at good settings. Is the E6600 good at the normal settings, as in not overclocked? Since I won’t be overclocking would it be better to get the E6700?

Thanks

Phil
 
Phil22 said:
Since I won’t be overclocking would it be better to get the E6700?
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Really would not recommend it, overclocking on the core 2 duos is a simple matter of turning up some numbers for a small overclock. Theres sticky on the overclocking section gives some very good information on overclocking.

You can clock it to E6700 speeds in about 5 minutes, the Giel/Cellshock ram or whatever you go with should go easily with it to the higher clocks.
 
Ok thanks a lot for everyone’s help. Much appreciated. I will try and give this overclocking business a try with the E6600. Out of interest, would it be worth my time to wait until these price cuts in July? I will be using the PC for gaming so would a quad core make much difference for todays games? (btw I am def going to get crysis when it come out, not sure of that makes any dif). Sorry if it’s a stupid question.

Phil
 
Phil22 said:
Ok thanks a lot for everyone’s help. Much appreciated. I will try and give this overclocking business a try with the E6600. Out of interest, would it be worth my time to wait until these price cuts in July? I will be using the PC for gaming so would a quad core make much difference for todays games? (btw I am def going to get crysis when it come out, not sure of that makes any dif). Sorry if it’s a stupid question.

Phil
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Yeah, if you can wait I definitely would wait for the price cuts, the quad core Q6600 would be the same price as the dual core E6600 and the same speeds.
 
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