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Hi all,

Can I have your opinions of the below spec please?

Any suggestions or comments on what i have chosen? I have Keyboard and mouse and monitor.

I will mainly use for D/L'ing and Gaming.

Are they fine compatibility wise?

I was umming and erring about the RAM and the HDD. Any recommendations?
I've gone for 2GB as i will upgrade to 4GB later on. I dont really need a 750GB HDD, but I have one IDE HDD which i will add, so i can down grade the HDD i have below, and add more when needed.

Ideally I wanted to fast HDD to run Vista off, and another HDD for installing software, D/L'ing.

Also, i want to overclock at some point so looking for reliability in that respect. Any thoughts?

OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
(£58.74) £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)
(£105.74) £89.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)
£59.99 (£70.49)

OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£141.99(£166.84)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£141.99(£166.84)

Total : £841.21

Any potential problems you can see here? or improvements? Or different components which do the same thing at a lower price? (Not asking much, lol)

Thanks all.
 
for ram, you want pc2-6400 ram, if you want to be limited to a fsb of 400 before the ram needs to be OCed, assuming you use *** highest multiplier available, you should achieve in theory a clock speed of 3.6GHzwith *** cpu, this is not guranteed . for HDD try the seagate 7200.10s or maybe *** raptors if you think the extra xost in worth it, there are mixed opinions here.
look at x38 or p35 chipsets to get the best OC out of the q6600.
 
For just downloading and gaming you don't really need a quad, unless you really are into hardcore gaming.

Personally I'd save myself ~£100 and get an E2180

for the HDD, either:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-095-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=

depending on how much storage you need (note the faster seek time on the smaller drive)

and stick a nice cooler on thre CPU to get it cool, if you are short of case space, an arctic freezer 7 pro, or if you have more, a tuniq tower ;)
 
Just re-read my original post, and half my spec didnt paste:

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£109.99 (£129.24)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800EB2GK)
£41.99 (£49.34)

Antec P182 Special Edition Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Mirror Finish)
79.99(£93.99)

I'll look at the other HDD's thanks.

Any more thoughts on the spec above?
 
very good mobo, will hold OCes very well, very good choice.
RAM should be fine
That case is a popular choice, should fit an tuniq tower (i think, best to check dimensions though)
 
Thanks, looks like it will support the tuniq tower, judging by the dimesions. Any one actually got these together?

Is the graphics card ok, is there any better ones for similar price?
 
NoIdea said:
Thanks, looks like it will support the tuniq tower, judging by the dimesions. Any one actually got these together?

Is the graphics card ok, is there any better ones for similar price?
Click to expand...

The GT is currently the best bang-for buck card on the market at the moment. And the OCUK card is the cheapest of the GTs... So yeah It's great =]
 
Coolio, So had a little tweak and come up with this:

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Hows all this look?
 
Great, I was going to add a cooler a little while later when i start to overclock, i'll use the stock one until then. The Tuniq one looks like it will fit, judging by the dimensions.

Has any one got the P182 and the Tuniq Tower?
 
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