Possible new PC

Danluas · 2 Feb 2006 at 13:40

Hi everyone, first post here and its a doozy. Both me and my brother are looking to upgrade our current 3+ yr old PC's to something with a bit more umpf as this will be the first time I have actually built one from scratch I feel its a good idea to get some advice on what we have decided on after talking with friends we play games with.

As you can see we are very much going on the need to not upgrade for a while after we build this and want opinions on things like cases mostly to ensure we have sufficient cooling.

This will be my brother's PC I am still undecided on a few things and will look to build it later. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Danluas

MB-017-DF DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-017-DF)
£124.95 £124.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£164.95 £164.95
GX-113-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-113-SP)
£357.95 £357.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£175.95 £175.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.50 £5.50
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-002-MS)
£81.95 £81.95
CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£629.95 £629.95
HS-010-ZA Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-010-ZA)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT)
£63.00 £63.00
Subtotal £1,713.55
VAT £299.88
Total £2,013.43

Broon · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:00

Danluas said:
Hi everyone, first post here and its a doozy. Both me and my brother are looking to upgrade our current 3+ yr old PC's to something with a bit more umpf as this will be the first time I have actually built one from scratch I feel its a good idea to get some advice on what we have decided on after talking with friends we play games with.

As you can see we are very much going on the need to not upgrade for a while after we build this and want opinions on things like cases mostly to ensure we have sufficient cooling.

This will be my brother's PC I am still undecided on a few things and will look to build it later. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Danluas

MB-017-DF DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-017-DF)
£124.95 £124.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£164.95 £164.95
GX-113-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-113-SP)
£357.95 £357.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£175.95 £175.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£5.50 £5.50
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM (OS-002-MS)
£81.95 £81.95
CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£629.95 £629.95
HS-010-ZA Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-010-ZA)
£22.95 £22.95
CA-010-TT Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-010-TT)
£63.00 £63.00
Subtotal £1,713.55
VAT £299.88
Total £2,013.43

I want one

Welcome to the forums

Nice system looks as good as you'll get. I would suggest maybe faster RAM but as the CPU is an FX you can just change the multi as you shouldn't have to worry about overclocking your RAM.

semi-pro waster · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:03

Welcome to the forums, the PC unsurprisingly looks pretty good although I'd change the DVDRW to the 4551 because it is slightly newer. The case looks to be very closely modelled on the Coolermaster Wavemaster so it may not have great airflow in operation but hopefully someone with the case can advise more fully.

Danluas · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:10

Thanks for the replies so far, I think the main problem is getting a case that offers the best cooling solution and also looks ok as its pointless to put all this expensive gear in something that won't do it justice.

mp260767 · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:12

hi,

if u're happy to spend that then good on you.

maybe look at the x2 4400 or 4800 as their cheaper, but options just as good imho.

maybe look at the Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower as another option for cpu cooling.

amx · 2 Feb 2006 at 14:14

From reading the forum some people would change the Hiper PSU to something like the Seasonic, or if you want modular the tagan.
Also, people seem to favour the Saphire Pure Innovation Motherboard in favour of the DFI Crossfire boards.
But looks like its gonna be a nice system.

Larok · 2 Feb 2006 at 18:27

yeah some people on the forums have reported high noise on high spec machines with the type r. Perhaps the enermax liberty or seasonic.