New Rig

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 01:33

Hey everyone, hope you are all well....

I'm hoping soon to be getting myself a new rig. I've had my current one for a long time now, so will be getting a new up to date one for Vista, and one which will also last another few years.

I'm hopefully going to be getting a Dell 2407WFP monitor, and some Logitech Z-10 speakers to go with my Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard, Logitech MX518 mouse, Creative X-Fi Soundcard and Enermax Liberty 500w PSU which I already own as well as the usual DVD-RW and FDD.

So I'm looking for a CPU, Motherboard, Memory and Graphics card.

On the OC site, I've been looking at the bundle compromising of Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6600 2.40GHz Retail, MSI 975X PowerUP Edition and 2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit.
How does this rate? I won't really be overclocking so I'm looking for good performance straight from the box.

As for graphics card, I've been looking at the Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express). All the GTS spec's look very similar so I was picking this as its had good reviews and mid range price.

I look forward to your replies and opinions, if you can give me your honest opinions I would appreciate it as I would like this PC to perform really well and last a few years as well as not being OTT on price.

A2Z · 13 Mar 2007 at 02:06

Willbo said:
I won't really be overclocking so I'm looking for good performance straight from the box.

thats a crime in itself

masslac · 13 Mar 2007 at 04:12

Add a good aftermarket CPU cooler and it'll also overclock really nicely should you change your mind about looking into that.

mishima · 13 Mar 2007 at 05:17

Even if you aren't going to overclock I would still get an after-market cooler as the stock retail fans are horrendous, I replaced mine through shear irritation from the noise of it spinning away. The cooling on them aren't that fantastic either.

Masslac's spec is very good!

masslac · 13 Mar 2007 at 06:07

TBH they are generally OK, so you probably received a dud.

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 08:08

masslac said:
Add a good after market CPU cooler and it'll also over clock really nicely should you change your mind about looking into that.

How does the Intel P965 chipset perform? Would it be last, or would it be worthwhile in spending a little extra to get the 975X on the MSI board?
Seeing as I've had my current set up for so long I've gone a bit out of touch with the chipsets etc..

Also will my 500W PSU be able to cope with a C2D and a 8800GTS?

melbourne720 · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:46

Willbo said:
How does the Intel P965 chipset perform? Would it be last, or would it be worthwhile in spending a little extra to get the 975X on the MSI board?

Nope, the 975 chipsets are worse (paradoxically)

Willbo said:
Seeing as I've had my current set up for so long I've gone a bit out of touch with the chipsets etc..

Also will my 500W PSU be able to cope with a C2D and a 8800GTS?

Should be able to, but a lot depends on how good it is. Post the make and model, and we should be able to make a stab at it.

mishima · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:53

Its a Enermax Liberty 500w PSU, hidden in the original post

I think its up to powering the system, especially if you haven't got any overclocking planned. Enermax are excellent PSUs!

melbourne720 · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:55

mishima said:
Its a Enermax Liberty 500w PSU, hidden in the original post

Oops

No problem then, they are one of the best makes.

mishima · 13 Mar 2007 at 09:57

Don't worry its still pretty early!! I had to drop some friends off at manchester airport at 4am, im dead!

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 10:20

mishima said:
Its a Enermax Liberty 500w PSU, hidden in the original post I think its up to powering the system, especially if you haven't got any overclocking planned. Enermax are excellent PSUs!

thanks you beat me to posting it....at least it should be able to cope. Its relatively new and I have been impressed with it.

At least I know I'm not the only person posting and looking on these forums so early in the morning.

melbourne720 · 13 Mar 2007 at 11:05

mishima said:
Don't worry its still pretty early!! I had to drop some friends off at manchester airport at 4am, im dead!

@ Mishima

mishima · 13 Mar 2007 at 11:12

I saw some cops chasing some chavs in a car too on the way back, they zoomed past me and then the copper was on his tail, they were bombing it!!

Coffee on the go!! that looks so nice... :eek:

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 11:14

mishima said:
I saw some cops chasing some chavs in a car too on the way back, they zoomed past me and then the copper was on his tail, they were bombing it!!

Coffee on the go!! that looks so nice...

Not to turn the topic into a anti-chav rant, but that sounds typcical of chavs, dont suppose there were in a Nova or something really badly modified?

mishima · 13 Mar 2007 at 11:34

Funny you should say that, it was a Nova :S!!

melbourne720 · 13 Mar 2007 at 13:55

mishima said:
Funny you should say that, it was a Nova :S!!

What are the odds...

Ooo, the were caught on camera:-

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 14:22

the faitful chaved up nova's, uninsured, cheap body kit and burberry peaked caps...not that i dislike chavs or anything lol

Willbo · 13 Mar 2007 at 22:47

But anyway....any more advice regarding my original post?

masslac · 13 Mar 2007 at 23:14

Willbo said:
But anyway....any more advice regarding my original post?

See my first reply.

melbourne720 · 13 Mar 2007 at 23:15

Willbo said:
But anyway....any more advice regarding my original post?

Apologies for the deviation... Any conroe with a decent air cooler (tuniq tower, scythe ninja, noctua) DS3/4 or P5B or P5N 650 SLi motherboard, 2GB of 6400 RAM (Geil looks good value), cheapest 8800 GTS and you have a monster rig. Anything else?