Spec check please

Lakeland · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:06

This is a gaming rig for a mate. Ive not done a spec in a while so id appreciate some hawk eyes to have a look over it for me :cool:

The budget can go up slightly but not by much. I know i havnt added any dvdrw drives, he is using the ones out of his current pc.

stickroad · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:12

I think you can do slightly better with the amount of money that you are spending, so hows this:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Total : £1,032.66

Lakeland · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:31

Thanks for the reply. Im pretty sure my friend is going to be running XP rather than vista, is that gfx card still suitable, it says that its designed for Vista + doesnt mention XP. Also that ram you listed is running a lot slower mhz, was that a typo or is the reasoning behind that choice?

stickroad · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:34

jaxon said:
Thanks for the reply. Im pretty sure my friend is going to be running XP rather than vista, is that gfx card still suitable, it says that its designed for Vista + doesnt mention XP. Also that ram you listed is running a lot slower mhz, was that a typo or is the reasoning behind that choice?

The 8800GTX will run in XP, no worries their.

The Crucial Memory is rated at 5300 (667MHZ) but will hit over 1000MHZ with ease. Even at 667MHZ, that is certainly not slow.

semi-pro waster · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:35

The BFG and Leadtek cards will be exactly the same aside from the cooler and the price, nearly all graphics cards now are built to the same reference design so if you reckon that the Leadtek 8800GTX will work with XP then the BFG one will as well. They will both work is the basic point I'm making in this circuituous fashion.

The Ram supposedly still uses the same chips at the Crucial Ballistix PC8500 but works out a lot cheaper which allows more to be spent on the case. I'm not 100% if the Ram does still use the same chips but it would be fine as is anyway.

Lakeland · 27 Jul 2007 at 18:39

Heh i completly missed the "- Built for Microsoft® Windows® Vista™" on the one i spec'd :rolleyes:

Thank guys :cool:

Lakeland · 27 Jul 2007 at 19:02

I made a slight adjustment. I didnt need the dvdrw so ive added the slightly more powerful psu and changed the case (will this still fit the long gfx card? There is a post in the review part that says it does but thouht id double check)

semi-pro waster · 27 Jul 2007 at 19:38

Someone off the forums created a list of compatible cases for the 8800GTX so I don't know if that helps much or even if it has been updated recently.

The 520w Corsair would be more than enough for the system you have specified there if you wanted to save a bit of cash as there doesn't seem much point in just spending for the sake of it.

Lakeland · 27 Jul 2007 at 23:13

Just had a look and its there on the list, thanks again.

@ the psu choice, i was just going off this statement @ the bottom of the gfx card spec "Finally 500W minimum for PSU and 600W+ is recommended."

Ill take ** word for it though, cheers.