Requesting a spec :O

deadman29 · 6 Jan 2008 at 00:54

Hey guys,

Im fairly new to the forums, Ive been viewing up on different spec me threads but havent really been able to come up with anything.

Im looking to spend around 500-600quidish on either just the base unit, or with a 20-22inch monitor (depends on which gives me better performance). The main use of the pc will be for gaming. Would personally like a quad core to make some future proofness. I will not be overclocking atm, but am hoping to in the near future (after I learn how to do it heh). Dont need an OS either and would prefer 4 gigs of ram.

I also have the Nzxt lexa blackline case, which I got as a gift but never opened. Is that a good enuf case?, or would another one be more appropriate?

Think I've mentioned everything ^^. Would be awesome if I can get some help

AndyOcUK · 6 Jan 2008 at 01:15

Welcome to the forums mate

You could shave a bit off the price by going for 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD instead of 400Gb and maybe a slightly cheaper GFX card but I'd try to keep the 8800GT in the build as they are only marginally slower than the 8800GTX.

Stelly · 6 Jan 2008 at 01:34

Nice Spec Andy

Stelly

AndyOcUK · 6 Jan 2008 at 01:39

I do my best mate

Give it 12 months and deadman29 will be on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUEpFef6caQ

Stelly · 6 Jan 2008 at 01:41

AndyOcUK said:
I do my best mate

Give it 12 months and deadman29 will be on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUEpFef6caQ

lol.... yes insane, and dangerous... I'm game for it

Stelly

AndyOcUK · 6 Jan 2008 at 01:43

Yeah, Iv'e done a risk assessment:

Extremely Stupid, Extremely Dangerous.....but it looks a laugh so we'll do it anyway.

Its all fun and games 'till someone loses an arm

deadman29 · 6 Jan 2008 at 02:07

Hehe idd awesome idear ^^

Made some changes to what you advised, any tips on changes? (are they all compatible?):

left the monitor out, thought Id rather use my old 22inch CRT for a month or 2, and buy a dell one later on.

AndyOcUK · 6 Jan 2008 at 02:30

Looks sweet to me mate

Stelly · 6 Jan 2008 at 02:35

Yup that looks good

Stelly

deadman29 · 8 Jan 2008 at 13:41

Being a bit fussy but made some last changes before I hit the checkout button (the leadtek version atm is on pre-order so changed it to the BFG one since im impatient heh)

Any thing wrong in it, or its a go go? ;P

Cheers

deadman29 · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:00

any more tips guys?

TwistNut · 8 Jan 2008 at 15:50

get the samson rws they are nearly silent but not a majer thing

other wise gogogogogo

AndyOcUK · 8 Jan 2008 at 17:48

QUOTE=deadman29;10843360]any more tips guys?

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Nvidia 169.09 driver.

Then post here when built and we'll get it overclocked

deadman29 · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:15

Received the parts yesterday, fast delivery and just installed Windows. Rig looks awesome, will post pics etc later on. Anything other than that vid card driver needs to be installed btw for the system?

deadman29 · 11 Jan 2008 at 22:03

Hey andy!, built up my system earlier this morning (altho received one faulty stick of ram) and was thinking of having a shot at overclocking. Never done it before tho , any advice where to start, i.e. nifty tools to use for the spec i have here?: http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5687/87845719vl4.jpg Going through the basic guide but not sure on what to use ;o

Hah lol copy paste ***, so yar would be leetness for some more help

AndyOcUK · 11 Jan 2008 at 22:09

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

http://www.lavalys.com/

deadman29 · 12 Jan 2008 at 03:30

Cheers, working on it atm takes ago tho

Going up in 5's to be safe from stock (272) or is it wiser to make a jump to something bigger?