New PC - suggestions

[connoleg]

Hi guys,
just put this spec together and wondered what you reckon? Prices are EX VAT

Fast, quiet and upgradable are my criteria. Its for games like Crysis, Far Cry 2, Fallout etc

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £349.99
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) Retail £179.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £109.99
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
Antec Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £94.99
Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU £69.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung £67.99
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) £61.99
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB073000002) £44.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/AM2+/AM2/939) £26.99
Pioneer DVR-216BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

cheers
Gary

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Q6600 will severely CPU limit your 4870. Go for a higher-clocked dual core like the 8400. The monitor is hideously overpriced - go for a cheaper 24" or 22" (like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor - Glossy Black). Go for a P45/nForce 750 chipset on your motherboard for the best overclocking.

I'm getting slightly cheesed off with everybody buying a Q6600, as their overclocking is not a set standard (it varies from chip to chip) but that's just me.

If you CAN overclock that Q6600 to 3GHz per core, then fair enough, but seeing as you can overclock an E8500 to 4.0GHz (apparently) I'd say go for that.

- Huw

 

[pastymuncher]

Personally i would go for a E8400/8500 for a gaming machine. They will happily hit 4Ghz and be a hell of a lot cooler than a Q6600, especially if it's clocked.

Ditch the P35 board for a P45 board as well. The P5Q is cheaper than the old P5K or the P5Q Pro is £7 more expensive.