Please check this £700 system spec

[Shrapnel]

Hi,

I'm about to spend other people's money and figured I'd just check with you guys first. I'm planning on building two of these specs. (One for my mate , and one for his G/F).

Comments please:

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £72.84
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £82.24
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-131-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £35.24
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD4000AAKS) £52.86
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-128-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=

Point of View GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (8717344966320) £223.24
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-017-PV&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £68.14
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.79
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-067-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.61
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £115.14
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-157-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

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Is there a chance it'll overclock well? Will I need to buy any SATA cables or will they come with the motehrboard?

I was considering swapping the CPU for the E2180 and clocking the 'bottom' off it. Comments / opinions?

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail £56.39
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-171-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

Thanks in Advance.

 

[jak731]

the e2180 easily reaches 3+ghz, so i say swap the e6750 out if your mate and/or his G/f wants to overclock.

sata cables coem with the MB

 

[BillytheImpaler]

It's a good spec. It will overclock but since it's already a pretty fast chip you won't need to push it too much farther. If you go for the cheaper CPU use the saved money and upgrade the case to something a bit classier like the P182 and get a better CPU cooler like the Tuniq Tower on sale right now.

 

[Shrapnel]

Thanks for the input so far gents. Are the Arctic Coolers a bit poop now? (I thought they used to be good)?

The case is just an option. His G/F will probably want a pink one or something. But it sets a suitable budget. The P182 is a fine looking example.

Any further input welcome. Cheers.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

The AC Freezer is still quite good, but there are better. If you've got the budget room, case room, and are overclocking I'd go for bigger.

Does the young lady really need a GTS? What games will she be playing and at what resolution? You might be able to save her a sizable chunk of money.

 

[Shrapnel]

Ok, I think the budget should stretch to the better cooler by dropping to the E2180 for overclocking. Cheers. She's a proper gamer so the GTS is justified.