New System Purchase Today

toxic · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:04

Im building a system for a mate...try to get a good gaming system for about £1500...for everything. First time ive built an intel system so Im pretty confident that everthing selected is good...but not overly sure about the motherboard or RAM. Here is what I have got so far...still got to get keyborad mouse and speakers.....comments please

how do I get a shopping list in here???????

Scythe · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:12

toxic said:
sSKUs = sSKUs + 'CP-128-IN' + ';' sTempProd = '[atc1.CP-128-IN/'; Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) sTemp = ''; sTempProd = sTempProd + 'atm1.' + sTemp; sQuantity = sQuantity + sTemp + ';'; £191.99 sTemp = '£191.99'; sTemp = sTemp.replace(/£/,''); sTemp = sTemp.replace(/./,'.'); sTemp = sTemp.replace(/,/,''); sPrice = sPrice + sTemp + ';'; sTempProd = sTempProd + '/atm2.' + sTemp + ']'; arrProd[iLoop] = sTempProd; iLoop++; £191.99
CP-128-IN

That looks like a ...interesting system

deadeyedic30 · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:21

Welcome to earth what language do you speak ?

toxic · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:25

haha..

how do i get my shopping list in here?????

toxic · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:32

* Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
* Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
* Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX
* Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
* NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
* Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV
* Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case
* Samsung SM-205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM

Thats it

Total so far....£1395 inc VAT

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2006 at 11:40

That looks pretty good although I'd suggest the Geil 2gb PC6400 instead as it is the same price but better specifications. I'd also change the PSU to something else as I think there are better than Hiper out there for the money, if modularity is important then something like an Enermax Liberty 500w is roughly the same price but I think a more solid PSU.

Otherwise it looks fine, I might suggest also getting an aftermarket CPU cooler, particularly if overclocking, maybe an Arctic Freezer 7 which has good performance, is quiet and pretty cheap.

toxic · 30 Oct 2006 at 12:34

Agreed...the Geil Looks like better stuff. Think I will change to this. I know a couple of people with the Hiper PSU and they seem to be OK and reasonably cheap..hence the reason for going with that

Overclocking I dont think will be much of an issue at the moment...its is wanted for playing the latest games on and has to last for a couple of years without upgrading too much...which Im sure it will. Im sure the stock cooler will be OK for the moment.

Any comments on the monitor selection also...how does the Samsung rate? Pricewise its very competive!

toxic · 30 Oct 2006 at 13:18

The Geil RAM is out at the moemnt...what about some of the GSKill Stuff...

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 GA PC2-5400 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit

or

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 PK PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit

If overclocking isnt such a big issue...do I really need the 6400 speed? Anyhow..what is the deafult FSB speed of the Conroe 6600? What is the standard RAM speed required for this CPU.

Thanks

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2006 at 13:27

toxic said:
The Geil RAM is out at the moemnt...what about some of the GSKill Stuff...

No it isn't the GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz is still in stock.

I wouldn't suggest the GSkill with a Gigabyte motherboard unless it is the HZ stuff as there are known incompatibility problems. PC5300/5400 should be fine with the 6600 but I'd recommend the PC6400 if there may be overclocking and it doesn't cost that much more.