new rig...again

kidkhaos

kidkhaos

kidkhaos

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after a disastrous attempt at buying a new rig (bought a new telly instead), i promised myself i wouldn't build another.......................but promises are made to be broken :D

here's what i got so far (i know the gfx and cpu arent much but i will upgrade again later):



Titan Amanda TTC-NP04TZ TEC & Heatpipe Cooling Fan (Socket 775) £55.99


Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £114.99

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £164.99

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

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £59.99

BFG nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £151.99

Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGA1000EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU £194.99

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £92.99

Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM £61.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £101.99

BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £145.99





Sub Total : £1,151.89
Shipping : £14.95
Vat : £204.20

Total : £1,371.04



I know the psu and probly the m/b are overkill, but that's because in a fewish months i will upgrade to quad core and dual gfx cards...............and tbh the worst components for me to switch are psu and m/b so i rather keep the ones i buy now through the next upgrade. Also bought that cooler as i plan to (for the very first time) overclock my cpu.

Also can some spec me something similar but for ati (maybe future proofing it enough so i can pop in a pair of dx10 ati card without too much hassle).


i gave my newer set-up to my brother and i have been using his for a few months (crappy 9800xt ati, 3ghz p4, 1gig ram)..........I'm guessing even though i will upgrade again this current set-up should shoot that crappy one into pieces.


,thxs



also any other set-ups you guys come up with would be great too :)
 
Jonny L said:
I would go for a cheaper card now and have some money left over for a dx10 card later.
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I dunno I think that you should get a DX10 card later next year rather than sooner, when it's all mainstream.

I think getting a DX9 card to last you 12 months is quite justifiable... Just don't spend too much on it. But for me £160 is good for a 12-month card, then sell it for £50 or whatever in 12 months and get an even better DX10 card than they sell now :)
 
thxs all for the advice :D

i haven't got an actual budget but would like to keep it down as possible..........but in this case i guess £15.00 aint that much so i probably will get the connect3d X1950XT.

I have got 1 more question about the gfx cards i got an nvida m/b so obviously when i do go dual card it has to be nvida, but are the problems that people had when changing gfx from ati to nvida still around?


Also do you think when i do go quad my cooler will keep that bad boy cooled down?


,thxs all
 
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