Quick pressing buy in 2 hours!!

roid · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:47

Well that time of the month has approached when my pay check will be burning a hole in my pocket, so hows this look:

Can stretch to £800 quid max.

Tetras · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:48

You have an AGP graphics card in your basket but a PCI-Express motherboard.

roid · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:51

god damn good spot :] editting ;p

Trusty · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:54

Can i suggest something a bit different, with a 4300 instead. I know its overbudget but i think its definatley worth it!

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
(£164.49)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£115.14)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
(£50.51)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£54.04)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£72.84)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£16.44)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£258.49)

Sub Total : £692.92
Total : £827.05

The Asus is meant to be superb and the 4300 will allow a great overclock wth tighter timings on the ram as the multi is 9!

roid · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:55

there we go :]

hp7909 · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:55

roid said:
{snip}Can stretch to £800 quid max.

Then why not go go for a Seagate 7200.10, maybe this?

Change that & AGP card to PCI-E one & everything is good

Hades · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:56

Thermaltake said:
Can i suggest something a bit different, with a 4300 instead. I know its overbudget but i think its definatley worth it!

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
(£164.49)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£115.14)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
(£50.51)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£54.04)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£72.84)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£16.44)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£258.49)

Sub Total : £692.92
Total : £827.05

The Asus is meant to be superb and the 4300 will allow a great overclock wth tighter timings on the ram as the multi is 9!

Seconded. This looks a very good system for the money. If it's too over budget then just get cheaper RAM. The motherboard can run RAM and CPU at different speeds and if it means you can afford the 8800 GTS then it would still be faster overall in games. Nicer case too.

hp7909 · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:00

Just curious but, @ stock would a E4300 (1.8GHz - 800MHz FSB) be a bottleneck to a 8800GTS/GTX?

Hades · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:06

hp7909 said:
Just curious but, @ stock would a E4300 (1.8GHz - 800MHz FSB) be a bottleneck to a 8800GTS/GTX?

Probably a little on the GTS and certainly on the GTX... but certainly still very quick... and who runs them at stock?

mattbrown91 · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:07

After getting a DS3 and a 6300 you aren't even considering leaving it at stock are you

.

That will manage 2.7GHz with ease...

roid · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:08

course I'd overclock the 6300 ^^

Hades · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:11

roid said:
course I'd overclock the 6300 ^^

E4300 is easier to overclock though (9 multi compared to 7 multi).

Apatche64 · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:17

Thermaltake said:
Can i suggest something a bit different, with a 4300 instead. I know its overbudget but i think its definatley worth it!

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
(£164.49)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£115.14)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
(£50.51)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£54.04)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
(£72.84)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£16.44)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£258.49)

Sub Total : £692.92
Total : £827.05

The Asus is meant to be superb and the 4300 will allow a great overclock wth tighter timings on the ram as the multi is 9!

is this psu gonna be ok for 8800 gts? i heard their power hungry little buggers!!!

you've got me looking at this myself ... wonder how much i'd get for my shuttle

Trusty · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:23

Its fine mate, my friend has a gts running on a corsair 520w and its fine.

Theres also a few people on here running a gts with that psu! Their extremely good quality psu's!

-Nick- · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:29

very nice....almost the same as what i will have, just need the nice new mobo

roid · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:30

Hmm got me thinking now...

-Nick- · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:34

very nice....almost the same as what i will have, just need the nice new mobo

Trusty · 24 Jan 2007 at 19:37

I have the asus p5n-e, 4300 and ocz coming 2morrow i think.

Cant wait to start overclocking this badboy!

Tetras · 24 Jan 2007 at 21:32

Its fine mate, my friend has a gts running on a corsair 520w and its fine.

Theres also a few people on here running a gts with that psu! Their extremely good quality psu's!

Could prolly SLI (2x) 8800 GTS on that PSU, +12v is 40 A / 480 Watt.

roid · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:41

Well its a done deal, should be arriving on Friday

Gone with thermaltakes recommendation. Probably be posting here later on Friday night when I try over clocking the rig ^^