please help me spec a new system

waveydave79 · 29 Oct 2007 at 13:28

my AMD system is now gettng alittle long in the tooth.

Current build

Chieftec Dragon with Hyper R type 580
ASUS A8n32-sli
AMD X2 4200, 2GB DDR RAM.
2x Maxtor 7200 Drives in Raid 0
ATI 1950 Pro

Looking to spend in the region of 300-450

Not sure if I should go intel or AMD. The AMD boards seem to be cheaper and I have always been an AMD person in the past. I am not really an overclocker, although I am considering it in the future. However I am tempted by some of the Intel chips, the E6750 from the looks of it has good potential.

Please recommened me build. Prefferably intel. I not bothered about a board which has SLI/Crossfire at this time. I plan to put in a 8800 or equaliant in the future, for now I will be sticking with my ATI 1950. (will save money for now)

I do not need the following

TFT
Keyboard / mouse
VGA card.
Hard drives.

In addition. I would be looking to sell my current build. From past upgrade expirence, but I am not entirely sure I think it may be better to strip the system down and sell off the components individually. I would offer to sell it here on the forums but do not have 250 posts to use the members market yet.

waveydave79 · 29 Oct 2007 at 13:37

so far I am considering something like

OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84) £101.99
(£119.84)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £169.98
(£199.72)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £31.99
(£37.59) £31.99
(£37.59)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Low Profile CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £9.99
(£11.74) £9.99
(£11.74)

mp260767 · 29 Oct 2007 at 13:54

i'd look at swapping the 6750 for the quad 6600, maybe the ocz psu for the corsair 520w, mobo have a look at the abit ip35 unless you want the wifi supplied on the asus.

have a look at the antec p182 case.

you'll need the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro cooler not the 64

, if you can have a look at the tuniq's.

Columbo · 29 Oct 2007 at 14:04

How about this -

waveydave79 · 29 Oct 2007 at 14:22

ManCuBuS said:
How about this -

looking good, I like the look of the board plus its more within the price range.

will the PSU be ok for 8800 in the future, I havent heard of the earthwatts brand before.

My mistake on the cooler. Will use the freezer pro.

Not sure about the case. I had an antec about this size and it was harder to get some of the full lengh cards in.

mp260767 · 29 Oct 2007 at 14:37

have a look at the following, if you prefer the price of evga specified previously get the abit ip35-e instead.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £31.99 (£37.59)

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 (£82.24)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99 (£68.14)

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black) £67.99 (£79.89)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £101.99
(£119.84)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99 (£17.61)

Sub Total : £344.94
Shipping : £10.95
VAT : £62.28
Total : £418.17

waveydave79 · 30 Oct 2007 at 11:49

Looking good, im gonnna have to wait until next pay day

before I should order. Hopefully all the parts i will need will remain in stock.

Columbo · 30 Oct 2007 at 12:23

waveydave79 said:
looking good, I like the look of the board plus its more within the price range.

will the PSU be ok for 8800 in the future, I havent heard of the earthwatts brand before.

My mistake on the cooler. Will use the freezer pro.

Not sure about the case. I had an antec about this size and it was harder to get some of the full lengh cards in.

The earthwatts will be fine on an 8800