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Hi guys, upgrading from my old shuttle (xp3800, 7900GT), and I'd like your opinions :).

Trying to get the best bang for buck, not going over £600. I'll either be using it for gaming or just bits and bobs, I only have a 17" Lcd atm, 1280x1024 max res. I'd also like to point out that the system has to be quiet!

Enermax Pro 82+ 525W EPR525AWT ATX2.3 Silent PSU - £64.61
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £115.14
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB22GB6400C4DC) £31.71
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £93.99
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A33423) £30.54
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £112.79
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £91.64

Total: £540.

I still need to decide on a hsf, also I'm considering getting Vista (32bit or 64bit?), is it worth it?

Also whats this 10% discount thing? And free delivery for members of the forum?

Cheers.
 
Some excellent choices except for the HDD....try the new samsung spinpoint F1 320gb
& go with Win XP.....still the superior & faster OS
 
Ok, I'll be going for the Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II hd. Now I'm just wondering if I should bother with Windows Vista, with me only having 2gig of RAM in this setup (don't wish to get anymore than that for the moment), will I get a massive slow down?

Bare in mind, I'll be coming from a Shuttle with X2 3800+, 1gb RAM, 7900GT and a Harddrive on IDE (:o)... All running on Windows XP, I do fancy a change though.

Also, whats the best cpu cooler I can get for 30 quid atm? I'm looking at the Asus Silent Knight II, I would go for the Thermalright 120 HS but it's out of stock :/. I need it to be pretty silent!

Anybody got the same graphics card I'm going for? Is the fan noisy on that?

Cheers for the input guys :).
 
OtherSide said:
Ok, I'll be going for the Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II hd. Now I'm just wondering if I should bother with Windows Vista, with me only having 2gig of RAM in this setup (don't wish to get anymore than that for the moment), will I get a massive slow down?

Bare in mind, I'll be coming from a Shuttle with X2 3800+, 1gb RAM, 7900GT and a Harddrive on IDE (:o)... All running on Windows XP, I do fancy a change though.

Also, whats the best cpu cooler I can get for 30 quid atm? I'm looking at the Asus Silent Knight II, I would go for the Thermalright 120 HS but it's out of stock :/. I need it to be pretty silent!

Anybody got the same graphics card I'm going for? Is the fan noisy on that?

Cheers for the input guys :).
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can u splash for the tuniq tower??
 
I would go with the Giel 4GB on offer this week, not that much more than getting 2GB so you may aswell. Go with Vista 64Bit that plus 4GB will fly like a space rocket.
 
OtherSide said:
Would that one fit alright into the case I've got? It looks massive :o.

Also would 32bit or 64bit vista be better?
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Not sure about your case for certain but if there is no panel fan you should be fine

32bit is the more user friendly....PCzone has a nice peice baout 64bit os's being more of a marketing gimmik at the moment
 
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