Self Build Concerns

keeping in mind dx10 is not too far away

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MY-064-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC5300 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR2 (OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K) (MY-064-OC)
£114.95 £114.95
GX-018-BG BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG)
£156.95 £156.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£99.95 £99.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£62.95 £62.95
CD-033-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)
£22.95 £45.90
SC-040-CL Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (SC-040-CL)
£15.95 £15.95
CA-027-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL)
£109.95 £109.95
CA-001-SK FSP Sparkle FX700-GLN Epsilon 700W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-001-SK)
£95.50 £95.50
KB-077-LG Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (UK Layout) (KB-077-LG)
£37.95 £37.95
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG)
£33.95 £33.95
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA)
£28.95 £28.95
Subtotal £1,147.85
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £203.49
Total £1,366.29
 
rmuir said:
BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG)
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Haven't these been failing (faulty)?
rmuir said:
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (SC-040-CL)
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I'd rather onboard sound than that card! Besides X-Fi is the way to go, e.g...
  • Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-129-IN) £349.95
  • Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN) £129.95
  • G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) £147.95
  • ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO) £254.95
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP) £219.95
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) 2 £125.90 - Get perpendicular!
  • Samsung SH-S182D 18x18 DVD±RW ReWriter (Black) (CD-078-SA) £21.95
  • Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL) £48.95
  • OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply (CA-019-OC) £94.95
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) £51.95 - Get Professional if you use/need the following.
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (SC-043-CL) £48.50
  • Subtotal £1,494.95
  • VAT £261.62
  • Total £1,756.57
Do you need any Peripherals? Monitor (NOTE: screen res less than 1680x1050 is an insult to a CrossFire setup)?

First build, I recommend you use/install the stock heat sink & fan (HSF - comes with CPU) before you start playing around with the Ninja & AS5 (lost my first chip a Duron thanks to excess thermal compound, etc - though nowdays its harder to cause same damage) :cool:
 
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Peripherals arent a problem for me I very recently bought a Dell 2407 monitor, Logitech z-5500 speakers, Razer Copperhead mouse, Saitek Eclipse keyboard and Saitek Cyborg Evo joystick. :)

I was going to hold out for DX10 but then I thought that it would probably take a few months for the cards to be released and much longer again for a lot of games which will support it to come out so id get a 7950 ot 2x x1900s now and get some DX10 cards in a years time.

I dont think ill overclock at all but I may upgrade the CPU to the Extreme as id still be spending less than I had planned if id got a prebuilt.
 
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This is my updated spec.

CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN) 1
£666.00 £666.00

MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS) 1
£149.95 £149.95

MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) 1
£147.95 £147.95

GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO) 1
£254.95 £254.95

GX-086-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-086-AS) 1
£279.95 £279.95

HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) 1
£62.95 £62.95

CD-036-PL Plextor PX-760A 18x18 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter - (Beige/Black) Retail (CD-036-PL) 1
£50.95 £50.95

HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY) 1
£26.95 £26.95

SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL) 1
£122.95 £122.95

CA-068-LL Lian-Li PC-S80 Silver Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-068-LL) 1
£148.95 £148.95

AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC) 1
£5.95 £5.95

FG-003-DE Delta 120mm Focussed Flow Fan (EHE) (FG-003-DE) 1
£15.95 £15.95

FG-004-DE Delta 80mm Fan (EHE) (FG-004-DE) 1
£9.95 £9.95

OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS) 1
£51.95 £51.95

CA-001-SK FSP Sparkle FX700-GLN Epsilon 700W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-001-SK) 1
£95.50 £95.50

Subtotal £2,090.85
VAT £365.90
Total £2,456.75
 
I think most here will agree that your are paying an extra £60 for just the name Asus in regards to the GFX. The Sapphire card (if they still do) comes with 4 games. Try them out, then choose two keep (or something like that) ;)

Also mixed opinions on the X6800 here, but since not overclocking I guess go for it.

& prepare to hate your build/machine! DELTA fans LOL! Even the name Delta sounds loud :eek: OTT considering Intel Core 2 Duo (all chips) will be running way cooler!
 
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drake, - if it were me, i would drop thr ninja syche cooler and get a better standard type one. i have a feeling that would be mahoosive in your case and not ideally suited to an x-fire system..

i would also go for the 2nd fastest conroe - buying thw absolute fastest always incurs a price premium which is well above the difference in performance.

i would also drop the delta fans they are not needed.
 
Ok then I guess I realy should save that cash :p so drop the CPU to the E6700 and what case fans would be better?

Other than these bits is there anything that realy should be changed or wont work? or is it looking ok? cos if so ill probably look at ordering all this stuff within the next week or two. :)

argh still so many questions sorry :( what CPU cooler should I get if not the one I listed?
 
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