New PC build

[Sneakydevil]

Hi guys,

About to buy a new system primarilly aimed at gaming/movies however also the occasional serious server application install's for study as i work in enterprise support and systems architecture.

This is currently what i am looking at:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC) £169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £339.99
(£399.49) £339.99
(£399.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £176.99
(£207.96) £176.99
(£207.96)
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £469.99
(£552.24) £469.99
(£552.24)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £151.99
(£178.59) £151.99
(£178.59)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Akasa Mirage 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £83.99
(£98.69) £83.99
(£98.69)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £43.50
(£51.11) £43.50
(£51.11)
Sub Total : £1,738.37
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £24.95
Vat : £308.58
Total : £2,071.90


Any reccomendations for better componants would be welcome. SLI is not 100 percent necessary, I am not sure on which board to use at the moment. It seems most of the best overclocking results with 6600 is still with 975 boards however i would prefer a newer chipset if possible hence the 680. I would also consider a 6400 instead of a 6600.

Budget is around £2k.

I am planning on overclocking to around 3.5ghz

 

[Will_3rd]

Any recommendation's for better components would be welcome. SLI is not 100 percent necessary, I am not sure on which board to use at the moment. It seems most of the best overclocking results with 6600 is still with 975 boards however I would prefer a newer chipset if possible hence the 680. I would also consider a 6400 instead of a 6600.

The 975 boards should be fine, I would consider the 4300 instead of a 6400 personally.

Plus I would get rid of the Raptor, not IMO worth it unless you've got two and even then it's expensive, better off getting a pair of Seagate 7200.10s.

I am planning on overclocking to around 3.5gb.

I think you mean Ghz mate plus overclocking in unpredictable so you might not make it to 3.5Ghz all chips are different.

 

[Sneakydevil]

Why 4300 over 6600 if I have the money?

Thought there was a bit more leeway on the 6400's for overclocking.

Mm yes I considered that however I have had issues with onboard RAID controllers and dont really feel like purchasing a controller card. But you are probably right from a price point perspectave. Can get 2 320gb Seagates for the same price.

Yes of course I mean Ghz Getting late in the afternoon at work here.

3.5 Is an aim that i am basing the rest of the componants around, cooling/MB/ram etc as i know some CPU's clock better then others. I would also consider watercooling with a cheaper chip if you guys thought that would yield better results.

 

[Sneakydevil]

Ok updated list:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Team Xtreem 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXDD2048M800HC4DC) £169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £339.99
(£399.49) £339.99
(£399.49)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £469.99
(£552.24) £469.99
(£552.24)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £87.99
(£103.39) £87.99
(£103.39)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99
(£66.96) £113.98
(£133.92)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Akasa Mirage 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £83.99
(£98.69) £83.99
(£98.69)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £43.50
(£51.11) £43.50
(£51.11)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Sub Total : £1,588.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £24.95
Vat : £282.33
Total : £1,895.64


About £100 Cheaper, but whats £100 when you are spending £2000.

I am about to order so final critiques / additions are welcome.

 

[melbourne720]

I'd stick with the e6600 at that budget, I have the BFG 680i mobo and have my e6600 at 3.015GHz at v1.28 vcore. You might get higher overclocks with the DS3/4, but I have been really happy with my 680i.

You'll be able to leave the RAM at stock with a 680i, so you could get cheaper 6400 RAM. However, if you went DS3/4, you should get that Team extreme, and head for 500MHz FSB (and use a 6300 for that) ;o)

 

[Spursboy]

Another vote here for the e6600 over the e6400