Pre-Purchase Advice

Neil-UKWSD · 25 Apr 2008 at 15:03

Hi,

I am considering one of the two systems form Overclockers but cannot decide between the two.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-041-OK&groupid=43&catid=1081&subcat=

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-049-OK&groupid=43&catid=1081&subcat=

Which ever I choose I plan to add the extra 2GB RAM and change the case.

The system would puerly be for gaming on, LOTRO, Age of Conan, UT3, Crysis and a few other games.

Any one recommend either of these systems?

Kearney_1988 · 25 Apr 2008 at 15:28

currently people will reccommend a faster dual core over quads if its for purely gaming

Neil-UKWSD · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:10

Looks like I'll have to call OC, when selecting the Lian Li PC-A71B - Black case and adding to basket it keeps setting it to the Lian Li PC-A71A - Silver.

Neil-UKWSD · 26 Apr 2008 at 13:45

Ok, now toying with the idea of building my own system based on similar spec to the dual core OC system:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) – Retail
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Abit IX38 QuadGT Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
2x Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (4GB Total)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB073000002)
Samsung SH-S203PBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Lian Li PC-A71B Aluminium Tower Case - Black

I already have WD Raptor drives in my current system and Vista Ultimate Retail which I plan to use with the above.

Does this seem an ok spec, anything I should change?