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fan_83

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i am planning a new build for conroe as my current rig is about to be gifted to my sis :cool:
please comment on the build specs and what could be better
I already have an enermax liberty 500w . Purpose is for gaming, net and the usual stuff

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)£154.95
MB-151-AS Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS) £99.95
GX-018-BG BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG)
£164.95
HD-078-SE
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£66.95
CD-020-SO
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.50
SC-037-CL
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 EAX Sound Card - OEM (SC-037-CL)
£30.50
CA-054-LL
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
£48.95
HD-001-OK
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95
MY-012-GS
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95
HS-017-AR
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.95
CD-059-LO
Liteon DRW-6S160P-05C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-059-LO)
£18.25
Subtotal £715.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £127.19
Total £853.99

thanks
 
If I were you I'd order the next CPU up from that, as it comes with double the cache. It's £70 more, but an extra 2mb of cache and 300mhz is a lot for your money.
 
Zefan said:
If I were you I'd order the next CPU up from that, as it comes with double the cache. It's £70 more, but an extra 2mb of cache and 300mhz is a lot for your money.
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Thirdededed!

Also, do you really need a floppy drive? :confused:

Seems a waste of a fiver to me :D

SiriusB
 
SiriusB said:
Also, do you really need a floppy drive? :confused:
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This is something I'd almost always agree on, but I've recently had to use my awful ancient one and it's just crap. A new one should ensure that if you do for some silly reason come to use one (BIOS update or whatnot) then you wont get corruption like I did :mad:
 
Zefan said:
This is something I'd almost always agree on, but I've recently had to use my awful ancient one and it's just crap. A new one should ensure that if you do for some silly reason come to use one (BIOS update or whatnot) then you wont get corruption like I did :mad:
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Unless you have an ancient motherboard you should be able to boot from a pen drive, at the very least from a CD.

I haven't had a floppy drive for about 4 years and never missed it :D

SiriusB
 
you mena the beloved floopy is obselete already.. and here i thought they are still useful.. i will drop the floppy then

my problem is that i have 1000 pounds to spend..(and thats the max.. mum is goign to kill me if i go overboard).. as i still need a tft monitor..

my plan is to spend 850 on the base unit and 150 on a 19" tft monitor..

if i go 6600 like i want to i have to downsize monitor to 17..

please commend or would the experts spec me a base unit + monitor without a psu unit for 1000...
thanks
 
You could drop the Audigy 4 (for onboard), go for a smaller hard drive and swap the 7900 GT for the £160.92 (inc VAT) X1800 XT.

All would be very easy to upgrade later (hard drive = just add another, graphics card = add a shiny new DX 10 card in a year or so, sound card = add when you have the spare cash).
 
hmm that may be a good idea.. go for a smaller hd and crappier graphics card and wait till dx10..

i don;t htink i can order the 1800xt as i don;t intend to order yet..
i would be waiting till after conroe is released before i make my order
reasons
1) wants to know the oc capability so i can adjust ram purchase
2) in case retail conroe is unocable and amd price drops enough that i may switch to an amd system

so my system is good to go.. jsut drop ram, get 200gb hd.. and wait for the reviews and go 6600

ps: is the asus p5b a good oc board? most of the talk is about hte pw5dh which is out of my budget
 
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