New pc spec check

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:08

YAY, it's time to build MY pc, after doing one foe the g/f and happy how it turned out thanks to you guys

supernova9 · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:09

Erm, your link just takes everyone to whatever they have stored in their cart, not yours. Take a screen dump, upload it to somewhere and link to that, or copy and paste what's shown in the shopping cart.

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:09

Your basket is currently empty. Add an item by clicking the Buy button.

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:13

Gar sorry guys, i re did the post with links instead now. Wondered if that would work.... obviously not :rolleyes:

hp7909 · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:18

Or simply highlight the items in basket then copy paste here

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:20

This (Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition) is only going to see 3.5 odd gigs of ram.

You have X2 here GeIL 2GB (2x1GB)

You need 64bit vista to see the full 4 gig of ram.

Any particular reason for this? (Thermaltake ToughPower 850W Modular Power Supply)

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:27

Yep sorry i just spotted the 32bit vista, should be 64. Is the Power supply over the top? What would you recomend?

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:39

tommy trouble said:
Yep sorry i just spotted the 32bit vista, should be 64. Is the Power supply over the top? What would you recomend?

I like these.
So do most people that leave reviews.

Have yet to see any feedback on the Thermaltake.

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:43

Ok will go with that one. Looks a nice unit, also i wondered if the 850 was a bit much...

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:47

The Corsair is more than up to it.
See here.

You could prolly get away with the 520 unless your going crossfire at later date.

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:49

Power supply swapped

Any thoughts on the rest of it?

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:03

You picked some nice parts.
If your going to overclock it, you prolly need better cooler.

Now might be the time to decide as some coolers require you to remove the motherboard to fit them.
Worth thinking about.

Did I miss the case?

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:07

this is the case i'm getting, sorry i missed that...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-CM

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:22

In fact, what would you recomend for a cooler? Like i said i might overclock if it struggles with some games... but if i do it'll not be to the max like some of you guys do.

split · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:30

Start here.
You can find coolers that fit the board in that thread.

BillytheImpaler · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:51

Why the 80mm fan? Why the 80 GB HDD?

If I were buying this is what I'd get for that much money:

It's slightly less expensive and should give the same or better performance. In it you have a very fast RAID 0 array capable of 160+ MiB/s transfer rates, an excellent cooler, a fast 500 GB disk for storage that incidentally costs less than the 400 GB drive you had, and a great power supply.

EDIT: If you don't plan on overclocking you can save a lot of money by going with a less expensive motherboard. The Gigabyte GA P35C DS3R is still a competent overclocker but costs loads less.

Cr0fty · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:52

Any reason for the 2 different HDD's billy?

'tis a nice spec aye

tommy trouble · 23 Oct 2007 at 17:02

Hmm well you may laugh, or not. But on my previose pc's i've put the OS on a small HDD then all my other stuff on a large HDD. It helps me organise, and i was under the impression that if something horrible went wrong with the small HDD then i could save the other data on the big one. I don't know, is that just bull?
I'm embarrased to say but i don't really know how to set up a Raid, i know it improves the speed ect but is it really THAT noticable?
I'm totally up for suggestions though, tis why i posted

Cr0fty · 23 Oct 2007 at 17:14

You need 2 Hdd's for Raid 0. Which just increases speed and doesn't help with data storage in any way.

But with several hdd's you can use raid 5 which will mean, one hdd can go down and the data will be ok. *I think, anyway...*

It makes sense, the small HDD. But hdd's are fast now so there's really no need...

BillytheImpaler · 23 Oct 2007 at 17:24

I chose the two different models of hard drives for practical reasons. Each of the pair of 250 GiB Seagates is the fastest 7200 RPM disk you can get, easily topping 80-95 MiB/s transfer. They're relatively cheap so it's economical to put them in a striped RAID for even greater speed. Your OS and games would go on this for lightening-quick booting and loading times. The 500 GB WD was chosen because it maximizs the number of gigabytes each pound buys. It is the most economical choice for storage.

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