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N9ne

N9ne

N9ne

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Hello all, new build - need everything besides the monitor :-/.

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£149.21) £126.99
(£149.21)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS)
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£133.94) £113.99
(£133.94)
Samsung SH-S203PRSMN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card - Retail
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007)
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-02059) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £740.89
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, CV24BW with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £131.92
Total : £885.76


I don't game often but I would like to be able to play games like Crysis in moderate quality.

Question: will the PCI Sound Card work on the mobo? The PCI-E version is like £25 more expensive and I figured if there's a PCI slot on the mobo I'll use it.

Is the RAM good/necessary? I'm getting Vista so it may well be but I picked the 4GB RAM because it was cheap.

Is there any way to bring the cost down a bit (£50-100ish) without compromising (too much)?

Thanks in advance!
 
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G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-01939) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £126.99
(£149.21) £126.99
(£149.21)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £113.99
(£133.94) £113.99
(£133.94)
Samsung SH-S203PRSMN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail Samsung SH-S203PRSMN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £19.99
(£23.49) £19.99
(£23.49)
Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card - Retail Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card - Retail £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Black - Retail (BV3-00007) £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Sub Total : £710.89
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, CV24BW with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £126.67
Total : £850.51

That's trimmed £35ish off.

Any ideas on the sound card - will it work on the mobo?

Also, I can't find anywhere how many SATA ports the mobo has. I will have 2 SATA HDDs (initially, perhaps more later), and at least one SATA optical drive...
 
Excellent, thanks. I couldn't find that information on the Asus website - although I really do hate their website.

Since the mobo has 2 PCI ports it probably will work just fine. I'll make a thread in the sound city forum to be sure.

Do you have any more suggestions as to what can be improved/what isn't quite right/compatibility? As far as I know from my research, it's all compatible.

What do you think about the Quad Processor I've chosen? There seems to be a debate about Core 2 Duo vs. Quad - they're similarly priced so I don't know what I should be going for?
 
- I won't be upgrading often (every 3 years ish!)
- I don't think I'll be using software which takes advantage.

If I get the E8400, what cooling do you suggest?
 
Ah yes I do like a blue glow. In my first build I had blue glowing IDE cables (heh, so sad), in my second build I got the TrueBlue PSU! The third one will need something blue too!
 
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