Please check my basket...

Jakal91 · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:04

Hi,
This is my basket i have just made and i was wondering wether this would be the highest spec i would get for my money (Around £700 without screen). I will be using this computer for playing games, surfing the web and watching DVDs and pretty much everything else (I have read the general hardware sticky) ...

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Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

£164.49

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Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

£64.61

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Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£104.99

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Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

£105.99

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Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)

£139.99

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Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail

£16.99
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Tagan TG600-U25 600W ATX2.0 Dual Engine Silent SLi Compliant Silent PSU

£96.34
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Vat : £114.60

Total : £769.48
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Im also wondering wether it will all be compatible with each other.

Thanks a lot.

Tom.

Jokester · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:05

Any specific reason you've chosen that motherboard?

Jokester

Jakal91 · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:07

I dont think so.
Its compatible isn't it... Or is it a bad choice?

Cheers

p4radox · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:08

I'd get a DS3 or an Asus P5B. Instead of the Tagan I'd get a Corsair.

What's your CPU cooling going to be? I'd recommend a Scythe Ninja, Tuniq Tower or Thermalright Ultra 120 with a 120mm fan of your choice.

Jakal91 · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:13

Yeah the P5B looks good ill prbably get that then.

I was just goint to use the stock cooler as i heard it was very stable even when overclocked. But yeah i will probably buy a fan, which one of those three would you reccomend the most or are they all relatively the same.

p4radox · 22 Dec 2006 at 20:40

Jakal91 said:
Yeah the P5B looks good ill prbably get that then.

I was just goint to use the stock cooler as i heard it was very stable even when overclocked. But yeah i will probably buy a fan, which one of those three would you reccomend the most or are they all relatively the same.

Personally I'd go for a Scythe Ninja and run the fan on a low RPM.

Jakal91 · 22 Dec 2006 at 21:16

Oh ok cheers

ants83 · 22 Dec 2006 at 21:18

deff get the Asus P5B!!

Jakal91 · 23 Dec 2006 at 11:39

Thanks...
Would you say that the processor is probably the best i could get for around that money. Or should i stay with an AMD.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Dec 2006 at 12:28

Definately, the Conroe's destroy AMD, you'll get about 3ghz out of that no probs.

xirokx · 23 Dec 2006 at 12:36

Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

this mobo I believe is picky with the type of RAM it accepts...

I would also get the tuniq tower....

Why not get the DFI board or the Gigabyte DS3?/

Jakal91 · 23 Dec 2006 at 13:47

Thanks.
I think im going to get the Asus P5B anyway.

Arge · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:04

Jakal91, hi...

Iv just posted basically exactly the same thing as you on another thread.

I have been looking into this upgrade for some time now and people have told me the p5b is the way to go !

just thought id share my info !

Arge

GazD · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:09

If your getting the E6300 then get a 965P chipset board e.g DS3, DS4, P5B as this chipset allows for much higher FSB overclocks. Also why dont you get a Seagate 7200.10 HDD as they are not that much slower than Raptors.

Jakal91 · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:29

Thanks a lot for the help.