New Gaming PC - Help

Usama · 21 Sep 2008 at 15:38

Namistai said:
I like the Antec 300 - great value case. Have a look at the dimensions to check if it's a good size for you.

I think I might get the Antec 900. The dimensions for it are ok around that size. The Antec 1200 is too big.

Usama · 21 Sep 2008 at 16:11

What about this.

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor overclocked up to 3.4GHz

Cooling & Thermal Paste - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Motherboard - Asus P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Memory - 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory

Graphics Card - Nvidia Geforce GTX 280 1024MB PCIe

Hard Disk Drive - 500GB 7200RPM Hard Disk

Optical Drive - Samsung 20x DL DVD±RW SATA Optical Drive

Power Supply - Thermaltake High Performance 850W PSU

Sound Card - On-board High Definition Audio

Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit OEM

Keyboard & Mouse - Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard & Razer Diamondback 3G Mouse

Speakers - Logitech Z-2300 THX® Certified 2.1 200 Watts Speakers

Total products cost ex.VAT: £820.61
Total products cost inc.VAT: £964.23

The keyboard and mouse are £100 and the speakers are £100 so you can take £200 of for them. So £760 for all that!!

What do you think?

flinco · 21 Sep 2008 at 17:26

i have the antec 300 which is an awesome budget case, it has fan filters and a cable management area at the back. the antec 900 is bigger and has more/larger fans (on top) but doesn't have fan filters or a cable management section. the 1200 however has both, its a shame as an antec 900 with the above features would be a great buy =\

wsgroves · 21 Sep 2008 at 17:39

Why not the Cooler Master HAF case if you like the looks of it.
Its unbeatable for the low price tag.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/613

Usama · 21 Sep 2008 at 19:33

I think im going to get the PC for £960.

flinco · 21 Sep 2008 at 22:11

sigh...

500gig hard drives are slower than 320 or 640 gig ones so pick either way

an 850w power supply is massive overkill for your system, your spending cash that youll get no benefit from

the noctua i recommended is far better than the arctic freezer pro 7 and will help you get higher clocks at lower temps for your q9450

do you REALLY need the deluxe version of the asus p5Q?

listen to the advice from people on here =)

nicktay2605 · 22 Sep 2008 at 12:32

Go with Flinco's spec, its a very good system for the cash and will give you some incredible performance.

Usama · 23 Sep 2008 at 23:00

flinco said:
sigh...

500gig hard drives are slower than 320 or 640 gig ones so pick either way

an 850w power supply is massive overkill for your system, your spending cash that youll get no benefit from

the noctua i recommended is far better than the arctic freezer pro 7 and will help you get higher clocks at lower temps for your q9450

do you REALLY need the deluxe version of the asus p5Q?

listen to the advice from people on here =)

I've ordered the 2nd one. A 850W is the lowest PSU I could chose. 320GB is to low and they did not have a 640GB HDD only 750GB or a 1TB. What is differnt about the deluxe version?

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor overclocked up to 3.4GHz

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Asus P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Geforce GTX 280 1024MB

500GB 7200RPM Hard Disk

Onboard Gigabit Networking

Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DL DVD±RW SATA Optical Drive 17.5%

Thermaltake High Performance 850W PSU

On-board High Definition 7.1 Audio

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit OEM

Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard & Razer Diamondback 3G Mouse 17.5%

Subtotal: £734.11
Shipping cost: £24.99
VAT_ship 17.5%: £4.37
VAT 17.5%: £128.47

Total: £891.94

Usama · 24 Sep 2008 at 23:06

flinco, could you reply please.

Usama · 25 Sep 2008 at 16:01

Usama · 25 Sep 2008 at 19:22

Namistai · 25 Sep 2008 at 23:18

Flinco is away in despair, quite the same as me tbh

Usama · 27 Sep 2008 at 00:49

So...

BAcon · 27 Sep 2008 at 11:07

no offence he offered sound advice and you didnt really listen to him

ocuk isnt the only place to buy items so you could have easily got the decent drives, and he also reccomended a better cooler yet you are staying with the one you chose originally and you still chose a OTT psu which is dead money

you also chose a deluxe mobo when you actually have no idea why its better than the others despite people saying its a waste of extra cash

Usama · 28 Sep 2008 at 00:01

BAcon said:
no offence he offered sound advice and you didnt really listen to him

ocuk isnt the only place to buy items so you could have easily got the decent drives, and he also reccomended a better cooler yet you are staying with the one you chose originally and you still chose a OTT psu which is dead money

you also chose a deluxe mobo when you actually have no idea why its better than the others despite people saying its a waste of extra cash

Noo, you have got it all rong. I could only select a 850W PSU or 1000W PSU and they only had the deluxe mobo. Its a website im ordering from where you choes the parts. It's like Dell you can only select a few changes.

BAcon · 28 Sep 2008 at 02:45

Usama said:
Noo, you have got it all rong. I could only select a 850W PSU or 1000W PSU and they only had the deluxe mobo. Its a website im ordering from where you choes the parts. It's like Dell you can only select a few changes.

why dont you do a self build you will be suprised at how easy it is, and how silly it is to waste cash getting a company to make a chunk of money to do it for you!

Usama · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:49

BAcon said:
why dont you do a self build you will be suprised at how easy it is, and how silly it is to waste cash getting a company to make a chunk of money to do it for you!

I dont really know what to do, and I might mess something up. Then what am I going to do...