New Computer

Captain_Slick · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:19

Hi guys.

I've spent some time researching, reading up, and working out the details of my new computer.

How does this lot look?

Total: £671.37 (without postage)

I'm planning on overclocking the E2140 to get my moneys worth. I'll probably upgrade to a quad core when they come down, and a DX10 graphics card once that whole things in full swing.

I'm donating my current PC to the parents so I'll be getting a new hard drive for them too.

melbourne720 · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:24

I'd get a P35 motherboard (such as the Abit IP35) otherwise that spec looks great.

hp7909 · 4 Sep 2007 at 11:38

Should also consider a beefier HSF like this one to get a higher/better OC

mp260767 · 4 Sep 2007 at 12:22

maybe drop the lian li case down to the pc7-plus with some of the savings get the 512 version of the 1950pro, swap the hitachi drive to seagate/samsung.

Captain_Slick · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:03

Some questions.

Why should I go for a P35 motherboard over this EVGA one? Apparently this is a pretty good overclocker... What P35 motherboard would you recommend?

Is the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro not very good then? Also, will that HSF fit on most motherboards?

I've changed the case to the Antec P182. What do you guys think of that case?

Also, why Seagate or Samsung over Hitachi? I'm personally a Western Digital kinda guy, but I just thought I'd try something different.

Thanks for the help so far guys. Looking forward to reading your replies.

mp260767 · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:14

P35 motherboards are newer and decent clockers as well, benfit of the 650 board is you can lock the memory speed if needed, depends how much you are gonna try to overclock.

AC7 cooler will be ok, wouldnt go with the ninja too much metal for pop in plugs for my liking.

samsung/seagate decent/quiet disks, up to you really.

P182 is a decent case, from what i've heard has decent cable arranging possible

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Captain_Slick · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:31

Hi there.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Is the Abit IP35-E any good? Or is it worth going the whole hog for the Abit IP35?

mp260767 · 4 Sep 2007 at 13:51

if you can afford it go for the ip35.

melbourne720 · 4 Sep 2007 at 14:43

mp260767 said:
if you can afford it go for the ip35.

2nd'd. Also, there is nothing wrong with AF7 Pro, just you'll be able to go faster with a Tuniq Tower or something similar.

mp260767 · 4 Sep 2007 at 15:13

melbourne720 said:
just you'll be able to go faster with a Tuniq Tower or something similar.

maybe able to go faster, depends on the processor and overclock doesnt it ?

melbourne720 · 4 Sep 2007 at 15:27

mp260767 said:
maybe able to go faster, depends on the processor and overclock doesnt it ?

I should rephrase to say that "you would be less likely to be limited by temperatures in any overclocking that you do"

DavidB · 4 Sep 2007 at 15:46

I currently have a p182 housing a gigabyte board with a tuniq 120 on a E2140, and am running it at 3ghz easy. I could get higher but it envolves cranking up the voltage past stock max which im not willing to do.

The p35 boards are highly recommended with E21*0 chips as they seem to run them far cooler (~10c in a lot of cases), although im not sure why thats the case.

I dont think you'll find temperature to be too much of an issue, at idle my processor hits between 22c and 33c (a big difference i know :s) and max's about 55c when under full load, so i dont think youll get dangerously high temperatures with that heatsink.

Rest looks nice, id say swap the ram for the crucial ballistix 667mhz, but im not sure how good that geil memory is at overclocking. Plus at stock speeds it will get you 3.2ghz anyway, and i dont suppose you'd complain much about a 100% overclock

mp260767 · 4 Sep 2007 at 17:50

melbourne720 said:
I should rephrase to say that "you would be less likely to be limited by temperatures in any overclocking that you do"

cheers, wasnt trying to be funny, but the big coolers are pushed so much when summat like the ac7 is a nice balance for a fair few people, just wanted to clarify it for Slick.

melbourne720 · 4 Sep 2007 at 19:47

mp260767 said:
cheers, wasnt trying to be funny, but the big coolers are pushed so much when summat like the ac7 is a nice balance for a fair few people, just wanted to clarify it for Slick.

Indeed, and for the money nothing can touch it :cool:

And it can be fitted without removing the motherboard.

firewallblocked · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:33

I'm guessing the speakers are pretty

Maybe a case made from one of these and think of the extra £94 on a cpu.

I'm glad to see you haven't opted for a cheap psu,

it looks like a pretty balanced system. It's just a matter of preference of choice of motherboard, case, psu etc.

Captain_Slick · 4 Sep 2007 at 22:15

How's this looking then?

I'm only getting cheapo speakers because I occasionally want to give my Sennheiser headphones a rest.

How's the akasa AK-965 HSF? Apparently it's pretty good according to reviews. Cheap too.

firewallblocked · 5 Sep 2007 at 01:47

I use headphones when playing games and haven't had speakers connected to my hifi for quite a while. Sennheiser headphones tend to do that.

split · 5 Sep 2007 at 02:12

How's the akasa AK-965 HSF? Apparently it's pretty good according to reviews. Cheap too.

this?

Akasa AK-876 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/1207FX)

I can't see Socket 775!!

EDIT: Duh me.....that's the AK-876 so ignore.
Thanks hp7909

hp7909 · 5 Sep 2007 at 05:38

split said:
I can't see Socket 775!!

Here

split · 5 Sep 2007 at 05:43

hp7909 said:
Here :roll eyes:

Duh...I deserved the roll eyes didn't I

I'll get my coat.