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stinka

stinka

stinka

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14 miles from OcUK
Budget £950
Building for gaming, bf2142 etc

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

£169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

£97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

£5.99
(£7.04) £5.99
(£7.04)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

£13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan

£7.95
(£9.34) £7.95
(£9.34)

OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

£89.99
(£105.74) £89.99
(£105.74)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

£45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)

ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X ***Crossfire/Master Edition*** SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 (PCI-Express) - Retail

£269.99
(£317.24) £269.99
(£317.24)

total £949.71
 
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It looks good although there is limited point in getting a master edition graphics card I suspect, I'm not even totally sure if they are necessary for X1950series cards. I might also pick a Corsair PSU over the OCZ but that is probably just personal preference. :)

You don't need the thermal compound as the Arctic Freezer 7 comes with a thermal pad pre-applied.
 
semi-pro waster said:
It looks good although there is limited point in getting a master edition graphics card I suspect, I'm not even totally sure if they are necessary for X1950series cards. I might also pick a Corsair PSU over the OCZ but that is probably just personal preference. :)

You don't need the thermal compound as the Arctic Freezer 7 comes with a thermal pad pre-applied.
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cheers for the advice, but what is the other option to not getting a master edition card (im a bit of a noob to these cards)
 
Great power supply ------ OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply :) :) :) only down side is the amount of wires
 
stinka said:
cheers for the advice, but what is the other option to not getting a master edition card (im a bit of a noob to these cards)
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Ok after a quick bit more research it seems that it is the X1950pro cards that work with internal Crossfire but I can't find info about the X1950XTs, the other option is to get a bog-standard X1950XTX such as this one which will save you about £20. :)
 
Ok after some jugling and stuff i've come up with this how do you think this will perform:

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

£169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

£97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)

£13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan

£7.95
(£9.34) £7.95
(£9.34)
Tagan TG700-U25 700W ATX2.0 Dual Engine Silent SLi Compliant Silent PSU

£97.99
(£115.14) £97.99
(£115.14)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

£45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

£289.99
(£340.74) £289.99
(£340.74)

total £973.93
 
semi-pro waster said:
Should be a great system, I'd possibly suggest the Corsair 520w as being a good option and a shade cheaper than the Tagan, it is modular(basically a Seasonic M12 under an assumed name) and will get you closer to the budget. :)
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Thanks again for your advice, i can just about stretch to the tagan and ive had my present tagan for 3 years and its a great bit of kit. so im gonna get this little lot tomorrow. I cant wait its gonna fly and i should see a slight change from me present set up :cool:

cheers stink
 
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