--!New Quite Build HELP!--

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 00:25

I will be buying these parts sometime this week or next; just want to know if all of the components will work together.

--All parts are going into a Antec P182--

Also some questions;

1. What does OEM mean; there are two Q6600 CPU's on OC's website and the OEM one is cheaper, why?

2. I don't play much PC games; some here and there (got PS3), but i have picked the 8800 GTS instead of the 8800 GT due to noise level. However the price of the Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB is very good i want to go with ATi because of price and spec.
But i have heard due to the crappy drivers for the Ati cards the performance is not as good as the GT or GTS, will they make a huge difference; because i really like the 3870 XT's price?

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 00:40

thanks for answering the first question. About the ram, i will not be overclocking the cpu; will i still be getting better performance with pc2-6400 than 8500?

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 00:52

I see, so i would be better off getting 4 Gigs of this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

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supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 01:08

ok, thanks for your help!

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 01:27

ok, will do!

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 12:07

with the psu, i am choosing to use the antec one because of the way the cabels come out of it (left-hand side) which allows me to use the P182's cable mangement system better. Also the air flow of the antec psu is better for my case, if i were to use the corsair psu the fan would be facing the bottom of the case due to the way i want to manage the cables.

supra21 · 24 Dec 2007 at 12:17

Ok, heres the final specs; all this is comming up to £703.66 which is just in my price range:

EDIT - i am getting the OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 instead of the ATi 3870 for the same price.