New Upgrade?
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Ok hows this:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
Total : £984.47
Ok, you should be able to overclock the Quad to 3GHZ+ and with good temps. Dont worry about if you havent ovclocked before, its fairly stright forward, just read a few guides before hand. Their are also people on here that are willing to help you if you get stuck.
The Tuniq Tower CPU cooler is a fantastic CPU Cooler and will cool that Quad of yours very well.
The Abit IP35 Pro is a fantastic P35 chipset board, very reliable, solid and great overclocking potinal. It also fully supports Intels upcoming 45nm processors (Penryn). The board you picked out is vastly expensive and a slightly older chipset.
The G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit is very realiable and overclockable memory.
The Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB will be fantastic for the res that you are playing at.
The Western Digital Hard Drives are very reliable and quite.
If its for gaming a Soundcard is a must have to be honest. It makes quite a big diffrence from the onboard sound controller.
The ASUS DVD Drive connectos to your motherboard via SATA connection, this means you can cancel the onboard IDE controllerwhich will help with boot times. Also you can get rid of them ugly IDE cables.
The Corsair PSU is one of the best power supplys around, very reliable and very quite.
The Akasa case is amazing, brilliant build quality and cooling is of a very high standard too.
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music 7.1 Soundcard - OEM
Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
Total : £984.47
Ok, you should be able to overclock the Quad to 3GHZ+ and with good temps. Dont worry about if you havent ovclocked before, its fairly stright forward, just read a few guides before hand. Their are also people on here that are willing to help you if you get stuck.
The Tuniq Tower CPU cooler is a fantastic CPU Cooler and will cool that Quad of yours very well.
The Abit IP35 Pro is a fantastic P35 chipset board, very reliable, solid and great overclocking potinal. It also fully supports Intels upcoming 45nm processors (Penryn). The board you picked out is vastly expensive and a slightly older chipset.
The G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit is very realiable and overclockable memory.
The Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB will be fantastic for the res that you are playing at.
The Western Digital Hard Drives are very reliable and quite.
If its for gaming a Soundcard is a must have to be honest. It makes quite a big diffrence from the onboard sound controller.
The ASUS DVD Drive connectos to your motherboard via SATA connection, this means you can cancel the onboard IDE controllerwhich will help with boot times. Also you can get rid of them ugly IDE cables.
The Corsair PSU is one of the best power supplys around, very reliable and very quite.
The Akasa case is amazing, brilliant build quality and cooling is of a very high standard too.
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.99 (£65.79)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99 (£176.24)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99 (£88.11)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink (Socket AM2/LGA775) £27.99 (£32.89)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£19.96)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£224.99 (£264.36)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
£79.99 (£93.99)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)
£81.99 (£96.34)
Sub Total : £797.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £141.55
Total : £950.41
You can add another hard drive or a sound card to that spec.
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £149.99 (£176.24)
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99 (£99.86)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99 (£88.11)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink (Socket AM2/LGA775) £27.99 (£32.89)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£19.96)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£224.99 (£264.36)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
£79.99 (£93.99)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)
£81.99 (£96.34)
Sub Total : £797.91
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £141.55
Total : £950.41
You can add another hard drive or a sound card to that spec.
