Quick spec check before order

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 08:19

how does this look?

will all these parts work alright together?

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 285 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM + FarCry 2 Bundle

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

thank you

nbkpsycho · 4 May 2009 at 08:48

I think you could get a better spec for the money mate. And you would be better changing the graphics card to a 4870x2

Kennysevenfold · 4 May 2009 at 09:24

How much is this costing you in total may i ask, could sugest something better for the money

Cristian · 4 May 2009 at 12:38

my God, is that a 80gb hard drive i see there? :eek:

Kennysevenfold · 4 May 2009 at 12:45

cristi said:
my God, is that a 80gb hard drive i see there?

lol i thought those days were long gone.! my ipod has a larger storage capacity :eek:

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 16:17

what would you suggest? my budget is about £700, the harddrive was an afterthought, I already have a wd raptor and the space on that is not an issue

Cristian · 4 May 2009 at 16:31

considering the price of 1tb drives these days it would be quite a pity to own £700 computer and not include one of those in it...

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 17:54

how about this:

our basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" SSC 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (896-P3-1258-AR) EVGA GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" SSC 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (896-P3-1258-AR) £201.24
(£174.99) £201.24
(£174.99)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM + FarCry 2 Bundle Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 "Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - OEM + FarCry 2 Bundle £139.99
(£121.73) £139.99
(£121.73)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £103.49
(£89.99) £103.49
(£89.99)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) £37.94
(£32.99) £37.94
(£32.99)
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £33.99
(£29.56) £67.98
(£59.12)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Thermally Advanced Side Panel Akasa Eclipse 62 Thermally Advanced Side Panel £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £19.54
(£16.99) £19.54
(£16.99)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £35.98
(£31.28)
Sub Total : £598.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £91.42
Total : £700.90

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Cristian · 4 May 2009 at 18:16

the hard drive is still tiny imo but that is ofc up to you.
And I do think you are spending a bit too much on that mainboard, considering sk775 is gonna be a dead platform pretty soon.
I'd also replace the vga card with this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-OK
and maybe consider after market cooling rather than spending £60 more on the same card.
I'd get this for the mobo and save myself some money as well.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-125-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1344

or make an effort and consider am3 and phenom x4 or even i7.

siumatfung · 4 May 2009 at 18:21

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 18:31

say i went i7, what would you spec given the last list? needs to come in at the 700 mark but i really do need a dual ethernet board

siumatfung · 4 May 2009 at 18:39

i add another £200 realistically

cmndr_andi · 4 May 2009 at 18:39

TBH i7 is not yet possible sub £800. That is including OS. If you have an OS or don't mind getting windows 7 RC then it may just be possible, but not with that graphics card (4770 more likely).

RJC · 4 May 2009 at 18:41

My effort for a I7 system, the board has dual Lan.

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £255.99
(£222.60) £255.99
(£222.60)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.99
(£178.25) £204.99
(£178.25)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £144.98
(£126.07) £144.98
(£126.07)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)

Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £61.99
(£53.90) £61.99
(£53.90)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99
(£28.69) £32.99
(£28.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £799.25 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £121.65 Total : £932.65

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 18:42

damn, well i have os, case, and a hard drive i want to keep, would like a nice graphics card though and a lot of ram, i really dunno what to choose!

RJC · 4 May 2009 at 18:46

That takes the I7 spec down to £767.42 with 12gb of RAM instead of 6gb comes to £829.40.

cmndr_andi · 4 May 2009 at 18:47

I don't think the P6T has dual LAN.

Edit: For Dual Gigabit on the x58 - this is probably the board to go for. I'll go put a spec together with that in mind.

Cristian · 4 May 2009 at 19:02

just buy a pci lan card?

I'd definitely pick the phenom instead of of the lga775 quad for more future proofing, ofc if you can afford the i7 then go for it.

Limenote · 4 May 2009 at 19:07

the pci ports are kind of at a premium in my build, i have an x-fi soundcard ill be using and would really need to keep a pci spare for a wireless card when im away, but keep suggestions coming as you are all very helpful!

cmndr_andi · 4 May 2009 at 19:09

Here is my try:

I included a great CPU cooler on the assumption you want it cool and quiet, with the possibility of overclock available. 6GB should be fine for pretty much all tasks at the moment, but I hear hi res image manipulation on photoshop can use the extra RAM.