Spec check please

christopher · 14 Jan 2007 at 17:30

I'm looking to building this rig in a Lian-Li v1100 (already own). Can anybody give me some feedback please? I currently have a 19" and 17" LG TFT monitor. Purely a gaming PC. I might get 2 widescreen TFT's later to replace the LG's.

• Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£217.36)
• Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (£34.06)
• Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi Motherboard (£155.09)
• Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (£202.09)
• BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual (£291.39)
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM (£66.96)
• Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£70.49)
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (£51.11)
• Scythe S-FLEX 800RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin (£25.74)
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (£77.54)

Total : £1,191.83

Cheers

Christopher

christopher · 14 Jan 2007 at 19:25

Ok, so I'll change the Ram to G.Skill sticks. I'd prefer the Seagate drive as i have 4 in my current set up and they are quiet and reliable.

masslac said:
and also buy Vista.

I was thinking XP would be better for gamers, less memory usage etc?

Christopher

christopher · 14 Jan 2007 at 20:29

masslac said:
Dude, DX10. Also the E6600 and 2GB DDR2 will eat it for breakfast anyway.

Cool, I take it DX10 will only be released for Vista. I'm sold...

Just a quick one, will it be worth getting the GTX over the GTS?

christopher · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:59

Maybe i'll stay with the GTS then. Is it worth going for the ultimate version of Vista? Also 64bit or 32bit?
I tried 64bit beta but had massive problems trying to dual boot the RC1 and 32 bit XP Pro...

christopher · 14 Jan 2007 at 22:17

i'll not be dual booting on my new rig, so it'll not be an issue. I'll probably go 64bit.

Trigger, i have just been reading through another thread and you recommend the Corsair 620w PSU. You think the 520w will be ok for my setup? What about if i decide to go GTX?
Also you mentioned 680 boards? My limit is £1500. So i have a few quid left...

Cheers

christopher · 15 Jan 2007 at 21:54

Ok, so i've done a lot more reading up through the forum and i'm pretty set on this final setup.

• Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£217.36)
• Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (£34.06)
• EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£185.64) *Changed
• CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (£223.24) *Changed
• BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual (£291.39)
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache OEM (£66.96)
• Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) (£99.86) *Changed
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (£51.11)
• Scythe S-FLEX 800RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin (£25.74)
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (£78.71) *Changed
• Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) *Added

Total : £1,277.59

christopher · 16 Jan 2007 at 00:09

Wicked, thanks guys. When you're about to spend close to 1500 quid it's nice to get some positive advice and views. I'll just have to build this bad boy without an operating system and wait until Vista comes out.

Christopher