Spec Advice please

Myth · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:16

I am thinking on treating myself for my Bday to a new PC as my old one is a bit out of date now. My limit is £700
I have made a spec but I am unsure about the Mobo and Ram, I would like to eventually OC my Q6600 to the speeds I have read on here. Here is my spec;

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £5.99

EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Superclocked "Crysis Edition" GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E802-AR-CrysisUK) £174.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250620A) £38.99

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £29.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £135.99

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99

LiteON DH-20A3P-12C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £14.99

Total £600

I am still unsure on a case, but if anyone could spec me one for about £50 - £80. I will be re using a 80gig HD for my operating system and my old PSU which is a Tagan TG480-U01 480W. Will that be ok, or will that need upgrading?

Cheers

BENdage · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:34

You could try one of these for the case http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-070-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160

I dont know how well that PSU will cope. As they get older the wattage supplied goes down anyway. You probably should consider a new one.

Also IMO the superclocked 8800gt isnt worth the extra cash. You can just get a standard one and overclock it yourself, it'll save you some cash

uber soldat · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:45

The Antec 900 is a great looking and funcional case, you can pick one up for 60-70 quid

semi-pro waster · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:50

BENdage said:
Also IMO the superclocked 8800gt isnt worth the extra cash. You can just get a standard one and overclock it yourself, it'll save you some cash

But it does include Crysis as well which pretty much takes up the extra cost so it isn't all that bad a deal if you want Crysis and a guaranteed overclock.

As for the case/PSU question, you could do a lot worse than the Antec Sonata III. I'd also change the DVDRW for a SATA model since you will only have 1x IDE port on that motherboard.

Myth · 10 Nov 2007 at 18:37

Cheers for the replies guys.

I think I am going to go for a Antec 900 case. Also I am going to risk keeping my old PSU for now, as I can always get one if need be.

So if I go with that spec will I be ok with Overclocking?