new pc spec check & advice

Spinal2k2 · 20 Aug 2006 at 13:38

finally time to build a new PC.

This is what i was looking at

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-046-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£219.95 £219.95
MO-011-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-011-DE)
£259.95 £259.95
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£48.95 £48.95
CD-031-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-031-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
SC-042-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music + HS600 £29.99 Gaming Headset Bundle - Retail (SC-042-CL)
£66.95 £66.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£154.95 £154.95
CA-000-SS Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-000-SS)
£39.95 £39.95
Subtotal £1,117.55
VAT £195.58
Total £1,313.13

2 things im not sure on are the RAM and the PSU.

I've been reading that the Gigabyte boards are a bit picky with the memory used in them - is the G.Skill ram i've chosen one that works ok with the DS3.

Also the PSU, not sure if the Seaconic 430w will be enought for that system or not (added as it seems a lot currently recommend the seasonic psus)

Thanks

SiriusB · 20 Aug 2006 at 15:10

The problem is with the boot voltage supplied to the RAM. The boards provide only 1.8V when some RAM requires 2.6V [or there abouts] at boot.

The newest BIOS revision should solve this but you obviously need RAM that works before you can flash to a new BIOS. I don't actually know if your RAM is affected so you might have no issues.

Your PSU is a great choice and 430W might be enough. However you may be limited when it comes to upgrades in the future. Personally I would go for the 500W version or even higher if you can afford it.

I have the S12 600W and it is fantastic and absolutely silent.

SiriusB

Monstermunch · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:29

As Sirius says, gor for a slightly more powerful PSU, 500W or upwards really for the xtx.....

As far as that motherboard goes, I would suggest the Geil Ram instead, it seems to be the only one people aren't having problems with... The GSkill HZ still seems a little hit and miss as to whether or not it'll work....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17616457

Spinal2k2 · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:12

thanks to both of you - OC is out of stock on the 500w seasonic

are there any other ideas for a PSU in the same price/range etc,

for Memory ive been looking a bit more and it seems that the gigabyte boards are picky with G.Skill.

I was looking also at the Corsair 2GB - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX [size=-1]Price: £141.95 [size=-2] (£166.79 Including VAT at 17.5%)[/size] [/size]