New system advice

modo77 · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:17

What do we think?

Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £171.99
(£202.09) £171.99
(£202.09)
2 * GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £124.99
(£146.86) £249.98
(£293.72)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)

About the PSU I'm not 100% sure if my current one will be able to cope with the G80. I'm at work at the min so can't get the model. It was a decent £80 OCZ one from about 18 months ago (i'll post the model when I get home)

I will be looking to OC, should be able too with this right?

And 2 or 4 gig ram?

modo77 · 28 Jan 2007 at 08:53

Ok here is the PSU:

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ocz_powerstream_power_supply

Will that be ok?

kmistry · 28 Jan 2007 at 09:48

OCZ PSUs tend to be the good ones, as I've not heard of stories of them going boom

Depends on the wattage to be honest. use this:

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

to give you an indication as to your power requirements. Your PSU looks pretty good so should be fine, however, get a few other opinions just to be safe

Kiz

modo77 · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:06

Hmm it was a 520watt iirc, just used that calc and its saying I need 531.

modo77 · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:08

Aside from the psu issues how does the rest of the system look?

Azza · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:34

modo77 said:
Aside from the psu issues how does the rest of the system look?

Do you actually need the Ultimate version of Vista?

modo77 · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:41

Azza said:
Do you actually need the Ultimate version of Vista?

no

But I like the 3 features they have anounced so far, and more will be coming later. And it not much more money really.

Edit: http://windowsultimate.com/Blogs/Extras/Default.aspx

modo77 · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:10

I've made a couple of changes, changed to better ram. Only 2 gig worth. And upgraded the Video to a GTX:

Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £171.99
(£202.09) £171.99
(£202.09)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £137.99
(£162.14) £137.99
(£162.14)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £304.99
(£358.36) £304.99
(£358.36)

Thoughts?

kmistry · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:13

that looks like a great rig

If you are going to be changing the PSU then I would say get a Corsair 620w, great PSUs, very quiet, 5 year warranty and the general consensus is that they are excellent and stable

modo77 · 29 Jan 2007 at 16:48

Well its ordered :eek: