Sorry guys another new build spec

TONY · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:44

I just cannot decide what to buy (2 cores 4 cores, sli or not) so I thought i'd see what you guys come up with.

I don't need the following

Case/Speakers/Keyboard/Mouse/Mouse matt.

I also have A swiftech Apex Watercooling kit for the CPU and won't be using water for the graphics/northbridge/ram etc, I am using the watercooling on a socket 939 chip atm which uses a storm water block is this ok for the new intel chips? if not I will need to change that aswell.

I have £2200 to spend and would want that to include a 24" monitor and 4GB of ram and OS.

TONY · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:01

I will mainly use it for gaming and web browsing, I like the look of the above spec but would rather take a chance and have the extra ram and sacrafice a few MHZ on the overclock, I need to be sure a game like Crysis will run max detail at 1920x1200 res on the 24" Dell will this system cut it or would another 8800 gtx be worth having?

I maybe able to get 3 ghz out of the Q6600 but if I used say a E6850 I should be able to do atleast 3.6 ghz so which do I go for with games like Crysis in mind?

TONY · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:39

Sorry mate didn't see the x2 next to the ram, If I wanted to spend atleast £2000 on my pc what else would you suggest or maybe change?

TONY · 20 Jul 2007 at 22:49

Ok mate I will have to buy something none pc related with the rest of the money burning a hole in my pocket, although I did see Dells 27" monitor and was wandering if it might be a bit OTT when sitting 3 feet from the screen, I think I will stick with the 24" but I could change my mind when ordering :confused:

Edit: Forgot to thank you for taking the time to do me a spec that I will be happy to order, will have to wait until the midle of the week when I am off work to receive it before I can order it will be a very long next few days.

TONY · 21 Jul 2007 at 00:31

I think the 30" might be a bit big for everyday internet browsing, although I do have my current pc connected to a 46" 1920x1080 hd tv through the second output on my gpu which I switch to sometimes when watching videos etc but find it too big for everyday use.

TONY · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:56

Well here's what I ordered in the end.

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HK PC2-6400C4 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (X2)
BFG GeForce 8800 Ultra OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB (I already have a spare 74gb raptor to use as a boot drive)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
BenQ FP241W 24" Widescreen HDMI/HDCP LCD HD Monitor - Silver/Black
Zalman Anti-Corrosion Coolant - Blue (500ml)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM

Total= £1,588.46 inc VAT

I stuck with most of Stickroad's suggestions but felt a bit flush and decided to pay the extra for the BFG Ultra around £50 more than the OC2, it won't give much of a performance boost over the OC2 just more memory bandwidth but I wanted it anyway, I will be putting my water cooling on the Q6600 when I get it and hopefully taking it to somewhere between 3.0-3.6 Ghz and then I will be happy with it.

TONY · 28 Jul 2007 at 00:22

Just rerceived this kit and my waterblock has no chance of fitting on the motherboard what do I need to get? I have a storm water block and this motherboard comes with 4 holes that an intel heatsink just push fits onto so there isn't even a back plate at the back of the board.

Edit: Just found some bits that should allow me to fit the storm water block, I will have to use nuts behind the board to srew into by the looks of it, would have been nice to have a proper back plate.