New PC - Please help me spec the rest!

champ222 · 30 Dec 2006 at 19:16

want a new PC now, mine is getting on a bit.

want it for gaming and general stuff. Also i would like it to be pretty quiet!!

right, ive done some research, browsing on here and such and i have decided on:

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99(£5.86)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99(£117.49)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £48.99(£57.56)

Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £18.35(£21.56)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99(£110.44)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99(£16.44)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99(£66.96)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99(£7.04)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99(£58.74)

Right, thats what ive got so far. What do you guys think?

i need help with the rest tho.

Graphics

Nvidia 8800GTS but the prices vary from £287 to £352 for what, to me at least, seems like the same spec card? - So which to get?

RAM

Please Advise.... i want 2 gig, i want it fast and reliable, and i DO want to overclock, once ive learnt how to.

Power Supply

Right, i have already a Hiper Type R 480W version (not the modular one) Which has 2x 12V outputs etc. Would this be ok? or would i be better with something bigger/better?

Cooling

The CPU cooler ive chosen seems to get good reviews, and is often reccomended, is there anything else i should consider? case fans etc?

What else havn't i thought of???

Cheers Guys

stinka · 30 Dec 2006 at 19:24

personally id go with the cheapest version of the gts as yep there all the same

you cant go wrong with geil pc6400 ultra low latency mines been fine and people swear by it

id reccomend a ocz 600w psu as your gonna need 500w really and it might save you buying a new one in 6 months due to your existing not having enough juice

ACF7 pro is great for the money

stinka

champ222 · 30 Dec 2006 at 19:29

thanks mate, i assume the 8800 GTS will fit in the case? ive heard they are quite big? or is that just the GTX?

thefishdude · 30 Dec 2006 at 19:31

well i all ways get corsair ram meself 6400c4 variety does trick for me

as for psu i would recomend the corsair 620. the 480 you mention may be enough but i would say is borderline really.

the acpro 7 cooler is great

i use itmeself it can make a bit of noise when at full speed but then i only have mine at 50% and cant hear it

Rab · 30 Dec 2006 at 20:50

champ222 said:
thanks mate, i assume the 8800 GTS will fit in the case? ive heard they are quite big? or is that just the GTX?

will fit the lian li case with "2-3mm" to spare

tomanders91 · 30 Dec 2006 at 20:56

Rab said:
will fit the lian li case with "2-3mm" to spare

Thats the GTX i think.

champ222 · 30 Dec 2006 at 21:13

thanks for the replies guys

i think i'll go for the:

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £247.99(£291.39)

since it comes with a lifetime warrenty, and its only like £3 more than the leadtek which is the cheapest one.

and for ram....

its either:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £164.99(£193.86)

or

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99(£173.89)

any real difference between the two???

And for a PSU, This one maybe?

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99(£99.86)

this is getting pricey!! hehe

champ222 · 30 Dec 2006 at 21:24

So thats:

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99(£58.74)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99(£66.96)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99(£117.49)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £147.99(£173.89)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99(£110.44)

Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99(£5.86)

Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £18.35(£21.56)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99(£16.44)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £48.99(£57.56)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99(£7.04)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99(£99.86)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £247.99(£291.39)

Sub Total : £874.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
Vat : £154.91

Total : £1,040.10

Does that all look good?

so what do you think? a good reliable, well overclockable PC?

can you think of anything else i would need?

will all leads etc come with mobo/GFX Card?

case fans supplied with the case sufficient?

thanks for your help guys!!

tomanders91 · 30 Dec 2006 at 21:28

Im not sure if you need to buy the thermal paste, the Artic pro 7 should come with it pre-applied.

champ222 · 31 Dec 2006 at 00:11

thats a good point, maybe i'll leave that out then.

other than that, all good? any potential problems?

champ222 · 31 Dec 2006 at 12:48

could someone please ok my spec for me? i want to put the order in

thanks guys

Dark_Angel · 31 Dec 2006 at 14:17

champ222 said:
could someone please ok my spec for me? i want to put the order in

thanks guys

I (personally) cant see anything wrong with it... I say order

champ222 · 31 Dec 2006 at 15:12

thanks mate, i can feel the card starting to melt already hehe